A masterful work of emotional force from one of the greatest, most daring contemporary writers, Strange Hotel is the blistering new novel from Eimear McBride, the Women’s Prize for Fiction–winning author of A Girl is a Half-formed Thing. The story follows a nameless woman as she enters various hotel suites, and is forced to reckon with the turning tides of a life she’s tried desperately to escape. Heather Rose meets the author Anne Enright has called “that old-fashioned thing, a genius”.

A masterful work of emotional force from one of the greatest, most daring contemporary writers,&nbsp;Strange Hotel&nbsp;is the blistering new novel from Eimear McBride, the Women&rsquo;s Prize for Fiction&ndash;winning author of&nbsp;A Girl is a Half-formed Thing. The story follows a nameless woman as she enters various hotel suites, and is forced to reckon with the turning tides of a life she&rsquo;s tried desperately to escape. Heather Rose meets the author Anne Enright has called &ldquo;that old-fashioned thing, a genius&rdquo;.

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