4. Book Reviews

Their Lips Talk of Mischief by Alan Warner, review: 'dark satire'

Francesca Wade admires an ambitious novel about two chancers in Thatcher’s

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cool blather and callous betrayal, grow frustratingly repetitive. The
novel is at its dark best in vignettes of set-piece comedy which
satirise the men’s attempt at a bohemian lifestyle: there are hilarious
interactions with the breezy publishing executive who uses them for
casual copy (think Cat Caption Calendar 1986), and a gripping scene