The Mail on Sunday

The Betrayals Bridget Collins

- Madeleine Feeny

Borough Press £14.99 The Betrayals confirms Collins as a storytelle­r of rare imaginatio­n and craft. Set in an alternate 1930s, it unfolds at an elite European university dedicated to an esoteric multi-disciplina­ry art form. When culture minister Léo objects to an oppressive new law, he’s forced into exile at his alma mater, where he confronts his blighted undergradu­ate years. This intricate symphony of a novel is both a disturbing portrait of fascism and a soaring meditation on artistic expression.

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