![]() ![]() It’s like watching some unknown turn up on the high board at the Olympic diving pool and pull off dives of such stylistic complexity that even recognised gold medal contenders would not attempt them. Debut writers just don’t do that sort of thing. The sorts of words that most come to mind with reference to Elysium are “ambitious” and “audacious”. And yet, to quote from Liz’s review, “It’s really quite difficult for me to believe it’s a first novel”. ![]() She’s a graduate of the prestigious Stonecoast creative writing program, and consequently had the likes of Elizabeth Hand, James Patrick Kelly and Jeff Ford reading her book. Jennifer Marie Brissett is Jamaican by ancestry, a Londoner by birth, and currently lives in New York. Those of you who don’t want to be spoiled, go and read the book now. That’s partly because it is quite difficult to talk about a book as experimental as Elysium without going into detail about how that book works and partly because I need to talk about the way gender is treated in the book. ![]() This review is going to be rather spoilery. ![]()
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