Sophie Mackintosh
Sophie Mackintosh was born in South Wales in 1988, and is currently based in London. She is the author of the novels The Water Cure, Blue Ticket and Cursed Bread. Her work has been published by the New York Times, the Stinging Fly and others. The Water Cure was longlisted for the 2018 Man Booker Prize.
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Essays & Memoir | The Online Edition
Best book of 1983: The Piano Teacher by Elfriede Jelinek
Sophie Mackintosh
‘After 2016 I’m done with sentimentality, and it’s hard to think of a less sentimental book than The Piano Teacher, objectively a masterpiece, subjectively a book that changed my life.’
Fiction | The Online Edition
The Last Rite of the Body
Sophie Mackintosh
‘My ex-boyfriend dies, and we all gather to put our hands into his body.’ New fiction from Sophie Mackintosh.
Fiction | The Online Edition
The Weak Spot
Sophie Mackintosh
‘There was a certain kind of teenage girl who would relish not just the killing, but the trophy taking, choosing a tooth and using the pliers herself.’