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New Scientist recommends: Curtis Sittenfeld's new pandemic romcom

The books, TV, games and more that New Scientist staff have enjoyed this week

By Emily Wilson

31 May 2023

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Emily Wilson

This week, I’ve been on a reading spree, ripping through four great books of varying vintages.

First up was Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld (who wrote Rodham, a brilliant alternative history of Hillary Clinton). It’s, well, a romantic comedy, but it morphs into a pandemic novel – my first, I realise.

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Evie Wyld’s All the Birds, Singing was next: a powerful story about a mysterious young woman on a sheep farm, with fantastical elements, and an interesting way with timelines. Nail-biting.

My third …

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