Reviews round-up
Ambivalence
by Brian Dillon
1 of 3 critics positive
6 reviews: 1 positive, 2 mixed; 3 not stating a verdict in public
What the critics said
Positive
Read the review ↗“a portrait in determination to go against the grain and ‘pursue a life in words and ideas’”
Ambivalence by Brian Dillon review – an odd man out
Mixed
Read the review ↗“dazzling if remote account”
Ambivalence: An Education by Brian Dillon
Mixed
Read the review ↗“Slanted memoir told from a distance”
Ambivalence by Brian Dillon: Slanted memoir told from a distance
Verdict not stated
Read the review ↗Ambivalence haunts Brian Dillon as a young man, making his Dublin backdrop even foggier
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