Its prose shows a master stylist at work, its aesthetics are striking - all ivory-tipped cigarettes, hand-pureed pate, Vassar socialists in dungarees - and it has a surprise queer romance that twists the whole narrative into new shape. for the novels of protest and liberation in the next decade * Independent * Feels like discovering a thrilling secret. Its continuing relevance is one of the book's most extraordinary attributes - Elizabeth Day * Guardian * Few works of literature can genuinely be termed 'ahead of their time' * The Times * Juicy, shocking, witty, and almost continually brilliant * Cosmopolitan * Lively, vivid and exceedingly entertaining * Sunday Times * One of my favourite books ever - India Knight A woman of intellect and style - Celia McGee * New York Times * Her greatest novel. the book still dazzles as a generational portrait, falters as fiction, and blighted McCarthy's life - Laura Jacobs * Vanity Fair * A brilliant novel: honest, engaging and sharp as a tack - Sarah Waters McCarthy's characters confront many of the same issues as their modern counterparts: sex and contraception, career and marriage, love and lust, fidelity to one's husband versus loyalty to one's friends and the attempt to carve out a place for oneself unconstrained by the gender limitations of previous generations. I consider it a masterpiece - Hilary Mantel Shocking, titillating, and acid-laced.

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The Group by Mary McCarthy