Novelist Louise Doughty tells a great untold tragedy of the second half of the 20th century

By Nick Galvin
Updated July 29 2016 - 7:20pm, first published July 23 2016 - 5:46pm
British author Louise Doughty has set her latest novel in Indonesia. Photo: Yves Salmon
British author Louise Doughty has set her latest novel in Indonesia. Photo: Yves Salmon

There are perhaps as many reasons for writing a novel as there are novelists writing them but Louise Doughty's motivation is intriguingly simple – she wants to know how things turn out.

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