True Story - Book Review

What: True Story Publication date: 4 August 2020 Written by: Kate Reed Petty Published by: Quercus True Story, by Kate Reed Petty , is the first book I have read from start to finish without getting sidetracked by other books in a very long time. It is also the first book, I think, I have ever read which made me want to start again straight away. True story is unique in its construction although it has a very clear provenance from James Joyce 's Ulysses. This horror/crime novel is written as a collection of literary styles, all of them swirling in a Vorticist style, to bring us a sense of truth in a world built on stories. Petty's writing always has a sense of being a third party, almost witnessing, account. It is something about the short sentences and the dearth of metaphors and similes which give it a dispassionate, straight to the point kind of feel. Add to that her penchant for using alternate text forms to tell the story, and you have the feeling that you are