WAT-R Diamante Dreams: ‘Something New under the Sun’
Sarah Resnick, 16 December 2021
Alexandra Kleeman’s second novel, Something New under the Sun, begins as a classic writer-goes-to-Hollywood story. The writer is Patrick Hamlin, a forty-something with two novels and an ‘epic novella’ to his name. He’s not as successful as he thinks he should be (but his books sound turgid and dreary). His wife, Alison, has become so preoccupied with the climate...