Usually I don't read literary, but I got her Booker Award winner, The Gathering and I'm in awe. I haven't seen such tight, dense prose in ages. The plot is grim but I'm loving the writing. She finesses flashback so adroitly you hardly notice you're there. She moves effortlessly between present and past tenses. Even if The Gathering seems too dark, you owe yourself a read just as a study in writing mastery.
