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A review by fantine
Cassandra at the Wedding by Dorothy Baker
5.0
tbh twins have always frightened me a little but these ones just made me melancholy...
A literary gem that should be a classic.
Published in the 1960’s this novel chronicles a chain of events spurred on by brilliant, gay, mentally unstable masters student Cassandra’s decision to attend her recently estranged twin sisters wedding. After crashing her convertible near their family's ranch, fuelled by pills and booze, she comes to the conclusion that her very obviously smitten sister must be saved from the worst fate imaginable—domestic bliss. A darkly comedic and bitingly intelligent look at the crushing weight of convention, at once heart-breaking and healing.
Full review rtc cos i loved this :’--)
A literary gem that should be a classic.
Published in the 1960’s this novel chronicles a chain of events spurred on by brilliant, gay, mentally unstable masters student Cassandra’s decision to attend her recently estranged twin sisters wedding. After crashing her convertible near their family's ranch, fuelled by pills and booze, she comes to the conclusion that her very obviously smitten sister must be saved from the worst fate imaginable—domestic bliss. A darkly comedic and bitingly intelligent look at the crushing weight of convention, at once heart-breaking and healing.
Full review rtc cos i loved this :’--)