Mia Levitin

Only time will tell if there’ll be a Great Pandemic Novel

Sarah Hall’s Burntcoat now enters the lists — the story of a sculptor with a deadlier version of Covid-19 finding inspiration for her final commission

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  • Burntcoat

    Sarah Hall

    Faber, pp. 240, £12

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