Simon Ings

The eeriness of lockdown: To Battersea Park, by Philip Hensher, reviewed

A complex novel explores the ways we try to understand a world that isn’t good or fair or causal or even comprehensible

The most enjoyable section of the novel is the ‘hero’s journey’, set in Whitstable. [Alamy] 
issue 01 April 2023
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    Philip Hensher

    4th Estate, pp. 300, £16

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