Madeleine Feeny

Problem parents: My Phantoms, by Gwendoline Riley, reviewed

Bridget increasingly distances herself from her bullying father and wimpish mother in this distilled psychological tour de force

Gwendoline Riley. Credit: Getty Images
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    Gwendoline Riley

    Granta, pp. 208, £12

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