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The Independent UK
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Katie Rosseinsky

Sally Rooney is her own harshest critic – but that could be a good thing

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Nothing sets literary pulses racing like a new Sally Rooney novel. When her fourth book, Intermezzo, arrives later this month, you can expect bookshops to be thronged by hordes of millennial fans. Some stores are even opening at midnight, such is the demand. There’ll be the inevitable branded tote bags, and special edition covers. A select few readers have already spent the last few months sneaking their advance proof copies into their Instagram stories, for the ultimate highbrow humblebrag.  

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