Since her arrival in the Moroccan city of Tangier with her husband, John – chiefly so that she can ‘forget, leave the past behind’ – Alice has been reluctant to leave their apartment and explore. Alice was paid for by the legacy of her deceased parents, and Lucy won a scholarship. The protagonists of Tangerine are two women, the recently married Alice Shipley, and a past acquaintance of hers, Lucy Mason: ‘After the horrific accident at Bennington, the two friends – once inseparable roommates – haven’t spoken in over a year.’ Alice and Lucy were roommates at Bennington College in Vermont, attending under quite different circumstances. I am fascinated by Moroccan history and culture, and to me, this novel – which Joyce Carol Oates bills as a collaboration between Donna Tartt, Gillian Flynn, and Patricia Highsmith, and which Suzanne Rindell says left her feeling as though she had travelled to Tangier ‘with Daphne du Maurier’s literary heir as my guide’ – was completely enticing. Christine Mangan’s debut novel, Tangerine, was published in 2018, and received relatively mixed reviews.
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