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Brigid Delaney

Sophie Cunningham on the ‘crazy challenge’ of bringing Leonard and Virginia Woolf to life

Portrait of writer Sophie Cunningham
‘People are so obsessed with Virginia and Leonard, there’s always going to be extra scrutiny.’ Photograph: Alana Holmberg/Oculi for The Guardian

Writing a book can be like completing a Rubik’s Cube: no matter how long you work at it, no matter which way you turn it, the colours refuse to align. Until one day, with one move, it all falls into place.

Melbourne writer Sophie Cunningham had been working on her puzzle for more than 12 years before it clicked. The result is her wonderful – and wonderfully weird – third novel This Devastating Fever.

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