The Betrayals Bridget Collins
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.