The genre — dubbed “Brex-lit” by the Financial Times — spans dystopian visions based on the angst of europhiles and more reflective novels probing the apparent divides. It only became a so-called “Brexit novel” because the “poverty and sense of hopelessness” depicted in it had helped explain the result, Thorpe said. “I wanted the novel to be a litmus test of a nation at a certain moment more than a political statement,” he said. Still, British novelists are starting to make a much-needed return to “forcing people to think and feel about stuff that’s quite uncomfortable,” said author Amanda Craig. Fiction is there to entertain and to move and to delight, but it’s also there to make you think.”

Source: Egypt Independent January 06, 2019 08:48 UTC