James Walton

Michaela Coel’s dazzling finale reminds me of Philip Roth: I May Destroy You reviewed

Rather anticlimactically, Roth’s own The Plot Against America, adapted for Sky Atlantic, is shaping up to be both perfectly watchable and ultimately disappointing

Dazzling: Paapa Essiedu (Kwame), Michaela Coel (Arabella) and Weruche Opia (Terry) in I May Destroy You. BBC / Various Artists Ltd and FALKNA / Natalie Seery
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