Double Blind

Edward

St Aubyn

Harvill Secker €16.99

Francis, Olivia and Lucy inhabit such a rarefied intellectual world that some readers will develop vertigo. From epigenetics to immunotherapy, all science is here.

But they are human beings, too. And as they fall in love, fall ill, fall pregnant, we are drawn into their esoteric lives. The novel is heavy-going in places, but redeemed by St Aubyn’s elegant phrase-making.

Max Davidson