A New Edition of 'Twice Lost' by Phyllis Paul

The New York publisher McNally Editions has published a new edition of Twice Lost by Phyllis Paul, often thought of as one of her most impressive novels. It has a foreword by Jeremy M Davies and a commendably brief and enticing blurb: 'Who could have been so cruel as to do away with poor Vivian Lambert? And why oh why couldn’t she just stay dead?' 

The catalogue of the press is also worth exploring for other titles, including by Margaret Kennedy, whose work is beginning to attract renewed appreciation. They each have a stylish design too.

(Mark Valentine)