Glyph

This story of sisters blends experimental touches with a warm, playful approach

Melding history with today's headlines, Glyph is invigoratingly political

This feels like one of Smith’s most vital novels – restless, tender, angry, and alive to contradiction . . . What makes Glyph so compelling is its tonal confidence. It's funny without being flippant, political without being sanctimonious . . . What begins as a haunted family story opens into something more ambitious, more dangerous. Smith shows us that private pain and public violence are not separate systems. It asks whether we are paying attention, not just to our own histories, but to what is happening, very plainly, in front of us