The Innocents by Francesca Segal (Vintage, £7.99)
This debut novel by the Costa Book Award winner about a North London Jewish couple, Adam and Rachel, and the threat to their future marriage by Rachel's wayward artistic cousin, Ellie, takes a very long time to get started and you rather weary of all the capitalised signposts warning of disaster on the way there.
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