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I have heard good things about Sarah Waters, which is probably the reason why I picked her most recent novel, The Little Stranger, as my my next stop on my attempted odyssey through the Booker shortlist, although my reading speed is so dismal that between finishing this one and the last, the shortlist has been announced and I might just pick book number three 3 off of that one. As I?d hoped, Ed O?Loughlin?s awful novel has not been shortlisted, but Sarah Waters? Gothic novel, deservedly, has. The Little Stranger is a very well written and well constructed book, marvelous, really. It?s not without its flaws but its strengths clearly overshadow its weaknesses; I found it a satisfying read, both on an emotional as well as on a cerebral level. the rest is here: Queer: Sarah Waters’ “The Little Stranger” shigekuni.