The Best Books to Read in July: New Paperbacks from Andrew O'Hagan, Miriam Toews, and Oyinkan Braithwaite In a season marked by an increasing obsession with escapism, four new novels offer unflinching gazes into the abyss that lies within and around us.
Among them are Oyinkan Braithwaite's Cursed Daughters, Michael Clune's Pan, Hal Ebbott's Among Friends, and Alice Jolly's The Matchbox Girl.
Braithwaite's novel is a gripping exploration of family secrets and the curse that binds three generations of women in Nigeria.