Review

The Paper Palace, Miranda Cowley Heller's bestseller, is a grim and wintry tale, despite its Cape Cod setting

By Mark Thomas
July 24 2021 - 12:00am
  • The Paper Palace, by Miranda Cowley Heller. Penguin, $32.99.

If my father were still alive, he would describe the characters in this novel as "misery-gutted". By that Dad meant selfish, narrow, devoid of grace or fun - and probably well-off.

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