![]() ![]() It’s a sizeable novel and the fact that it only took me three days to finish is telling. This ceased to matter the moment I began reading. The Miniaturist is set in seventeenth-century Amsterdam (prompting inevitable comparisons with Tracy Chevalier’s Girl with a Pearl Earring) and I am not generally a fan of historical fiction set in the distant past. The proof sat on my bookshelf for a good couple of months before curiosity got the better of me. This kind of phenomenal success and the media attention which goes with it is very rare for a debut author and brings a lot of pressure to deliver. It was acquired by Picador in the UK for a six figure sum and went to auction in more than thirty countries. That is true of The Miniaturist by Jessie Burton, a debut which is now being released or eagerly anticipated all over the world. I am writing fewer reviews these days so only pick the books which really stand out for me. ![]()
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