Not since Anita Brookner has such an accomplished novelist so skilfully put forward such a wrongful, damaging, view of life.
David Sexton has form in this area. There are varied references to Anita Brookner in his reviews over the years, including a complimentary one of Strangers in 2009. But his major contribution came in 1991 with a full-page article on Brookner in the Standard, 'Daring to question the morals of Miss B'. I was a newish fan in those days, and this was probably the moment when I fully realised Anita Brookner was a controversial writer, a subversive writer, a writer who could provoke outrage.
I've covered Sexton's 1991 J'accuse in an earlier post here.
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