It’s the long-awaited fourth novel from the best selling author

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A copy of Irish author Sally Rooney's newly published book 'Intermezzo', is pictured in a book shop in London on September 24, 2024. Photograph: Ben Stansall /AFP via Getty Images
A copy of Irish author Sally Rooney's newly published book 'Intermezzo', is pictured in a book shop in London on September 24, 2024. Photograph: Ben Stansall /AFP via Getty Images

This month on The Women’s Podcast Book Club, Bernice Harrison, Niamh Towey, Róisín Ingle and Ann Ingle discuss Sally Rooney’s long-awaited fourth novel, Intermezzo.

The novel centres on the lives of two brothers: Peter, a lawyer, and Ivan, a chess prodigy, as they come to terms with the recent death of their father and navigate the complex relationships in their lives.

Some of our book clubbers adored the book, devouring it in “just a couple of days,” while others found it to be a rather “unsatisfactory read.”

You can listen to their discussion in the player above, or wherever you get your podcasts.