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Jul 13, 2018lukasevansherman rated this title 2.5 out of 5 stars
"This is because politics in imaginative work is like a shot in the middle of a concert. The noise is deafening but it imparts no energy." A woman gets involved with an older writer. An economist is detained at the airport. Year later, the writer is interviewed by the BBC. These are the three stories/sections that make of "Asymmetry," the celebrated the debut novel From Lisa Halliday. I went into this with high expectations but found the characters flat and the story somewhat hard to get into. Two debut novels that I thought were more compelling: "Neon in Daylight" and "Conversations with Friends."