The second novel by Chris Cleave, Little Bee has a plot that is indeed curious. The title refers to one of the characters, a young black South African girl who befriends a white woman from America. The jacket of the book is intentionally obtuse: “We don’t want to tell you what happens in this book.” [...]
This book, written by Muriel Bayberry and a sensation in France, is difficult to describe. Much of it is told from the point of view of 12-year-old Paloma Josse. The double narrative structure of the novel gives us Renee Michel for the other strand: a nondescript and rather dumpy concierge in the exclusive Paris apartment [...]
