Review

Rush is a great writer on love... His sentences are dazzling traps that ensnare the consciousness in mid-sprint and is full of well-observed light comedy. Subtle Bodies flickers with the possibility of a utopian politics rooted in love and friendship. --Times Literary Supplement

This is a rare thing - a book that sets difficult political notions like risk management alongside enduring personal insight, all within a thoroughly enjoyable portrait of marriage and friendship. --Review 31

Subtle Bodies is more concentrated and more charming [than his earlier novels]. The source of much of the novel's charm is Nina, at once the most disagreeable and most loveable of Rush's heroines. --London Review of Books

'Rush explores how, for Ned, a romantic partner ought to be one's truest, 'total friend'. If that sounds saccharine, it is. But it is touching too. In any case, the effect is frequently offset by the laconic, deadpan tone in which the novel unfolds.' --Daily Telegraph

Subtle Bodies is more concentrated and more charming [than his earlier novels]. The source of much of the novel's charm is Nina, at once the most disagreeable and most loveable of Rush's heroines. --London Review of Books

Poignant... Fans will find Subtle Bodies a crisp enjoyable read. --Financial Times

Its frenetic pace, zesty tone and enjoyably madcap premise flirt pleasingly with screwball. Subtle Bodies proves that Rush is a writer of sharp humour, vigorous prose and real ambition. --Literary Review

'This is a clever novel about middle age. It's funny, too' **** --Paperback review, Independent on Sunday

About the Author

NORMAN RUSH is the author of three previous books; Whites, Mating (winner of the National Book Award) and Mortals. His stories have appeared in the New Yorker, the Paris Review and Best American Short Stories. He and his wife Elsa were Co-Directors of the Peace Corps program in Botswana. They now live in upstate New York.