Jenny Turner

It is a funny and inventive book and Turner manages to fence dazzlingly with stereotypes and sharp home truths while making her mordant observations part of a far bigger picture

This is an original first novel, cruel and incisive

This is a very clever, subtle novel, that in its quiet way polishes the surface of things so that we see them, for a while, as if for the first time

A highly amusing and pretty convincing satire of the newspaper industry

Seriousness and farce are perfectly balanced in an elegant, thoughtful whole

Turner, a writer and journalist herself, faithfully portrays the dynamics of a media environment, often to comic effect

This wry, teasing novel should appeal to hacks and Hegel fans everywhere

All of [the characters] are exquisitely drawn, satirically yet with compassion... Her style is so considered and condensed it is sometimes as beautiful as blank verse... Jenny Turner is a gifted novelist and this novel, slender but never slight, leaves you wanting more

[A] smartly-written novel...the writing remains fresh and persuasive

Supposing one day at the office, you simply forgot why you were there. Would anybody notice? Would anybody care? 
 
When Lorna comes to work one morning at the offices of a buzzing newspaper and a colleague offers to bring her a sandwich, all seems as it should be. Emails, boyfriends and sparkling parties follow. But Lorna has had a brainstorm. She can't remember what she does, where she came from and where she's supposed to go next... 
 
An acid yet poetic comedy set in the booming London of the 1990s, The Brainstorm is a startlingly funny and incisive novel about office life, friendships, ambition and love that will leave you wondering about the inner lives of your own colleagues.

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A fascinating comic creation

It is a funny and inventive book and Turner manages to fence dazzlingly with stereotypes and sharp home truths while making her mordant observations part of a far bigger picture

This is an original first novel, cruel and incisive

A fascinating comic creation

It is a funny and inventive book and Turner manages to fence dazzlingly with stereotypes and sharp home truths while making her mordant observations part of a far bigger picture

This is an original first novel, cruel and incisive

A fascinating comic creation

It is a funny and inventive book and Turner manages to fence dazzlingly with stereotypes and sharp home truths while making her mordant observations part of a far bigger picture

This is an original first novel, cruel and incisive

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