Intermezzo by Sally Rooney review: Her best novel yet
At this point, it feels as though there is very little interesting left that can be said about Sally Rooney. Every criticism has been mined, every degree of adulation expressed. Seven years on from her dazzling debut Conversations With Friends, and particularly since the stratospheric success of Normal People the following year, Rooney occupies a unique place in modern culture.She is a once-in-a-generation sybil, the first great millennial author. Or: her books are superficially political, her prose is hollow. She’s a genius. She’s a charlatan.