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• Eliza Clark @fancyeliza

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She’s in her literary fiction era! In this (quite frankly unhinged) debut from Eliza Clark, we follow Irina, a photographer who obsessively takes explicit photos of men on the streets of Newcastle. Meandering, plotless and self-destructive, we see Irina in her rut of drug and alcohol usage.

Irina was such a fascinating character. Her humour was sharp as a knife’s edge. She is intensely unlikeable, narcissistic and impulsive. All her relationships in the book are toxic and unhealthy, from men to her best friend. Through Irina, Clark explores ‘pretty privilege’ – how Irina, an attractive woman, can get away with murder – and how she rejects this, shunning all typically feminine traits in favour of her ruthlessness and cold heart.

The intensely British black humour in this was hilarious. Darkly funny at times and sickening at others, Eliza Clark is truly That Girl of hot girl literature.

I read She’s Always Hungry last year, Clark’s debut collection of short stories, and Penance will definitely be on my TBR after this.

Have you read any Eliza Clark? Let me know in the comments <3