ReadingRoom Paddy Richardson is swept away by a magical new novel   I love novels that you fall into and languish, trusting that each word will be perfectly placed, that each action will be either consistent or surprising, that each character will be rounded and real. Fiona Farrell's sumptuously written, impeccably paced and frankly terrifying new novel, The Deck, exactly fits. As well as Covid being an obvious inspiration, plagues of the past also underpin the narrative, as Farrell's fictional world is menaced by a new pandemic.

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