Today, we discuss the author Sally Rooney. Her new novel Intermezzo was published this week – causing queues outside bookstores, launch parties everywhere and a flurry of praise from critics. Does Intermezzo live up to the hype? Why has Rooney become the voice of the millennial generation? Lilah is joined by the FT’s deputy books editor Laura Battle and Griselda Murray Brown, the FT Magazine commissioning editor and her former co-host of Culture Call.

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Links (all FT links get you past the paywall):

– Intermezzo by Sally Rooney is out now, published by Faber and Faber.

– The FT’s review of Intermezzo is here: https://on.ft.com/3XGoelV

– Griselda’s interview with Sally Rooney from 2018 is here, or you can search: ‘Life and Art bonus: Normal People author Sally Rooney’ wherever you listen.

– Gris is on X @griseldamb and Laura is on X @battlelaura

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