Alex Peake-Tomkinson

Tales from behind the veil: Moroccan women talk about lies and sex

Leïla Slimani is ‘shaken, angered and sometimes disgusted’ as she listens to the young women who bravely confide in her

issue 14 March 2020
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  • Sex and Lies

    Leïla Slimani

    Faber, pp. 162, £12

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