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Sat 05 May 2009Giving the lie to the literati
FICTION:All Names Have Been ChangedBy Claire Kilroy Faber and Faber, 270pp. £12.99
IT IS CLEAR from the very title of Claire Kilroy’s third novel, All Names Have Been Changed,that a certain knowingness, and even playfulness, is at work. Is it a roman à clef?Well, yes and no. Kilroy’s previous books – All Summerand Tenderwire– had their starting points in art and music respectively, but in this one she’s on home ground. All Names Have Been Changedinhabits the world of academia and literature; it’s a milieu the author is obviously familiar with, and she exploits her insider knowledge to the full.
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