Emma Glass’s fictional debut – a novella-cum-prose poem – packs one hell of a punch. It begins in the immediate aftermath of a sexual assault, as Peach, Glass’s teenage heroine struggles home, bruised and bleeding. I pride myself on my strong stomach, but parts of this made my skin crawl : “Slip the pin through the skin. Tug the pin. • Peach by Emma Glass is published by Bloomsbury Circus (£12.99).

Source: The Guardian January 07, 2018 10:52 UTC