well, that’s quite lovely

sometimes you've got to tally the good things

It’s rare for me to open a book and stop reading because the prose is so perfect, it demands to be savoured. This has been my experience with Rapture, the new novel by Australian author Emily Maguire (published in the UK in March). I purchased a signed copy in Sydney and read the first few pages in the hotel room and again at the airport and after both …