Book review: Intermezzo by Sally Rooney

By Philippa Tracy

Sally Rooney writes about complicated and unconventional relationships, about pain, loneliness and love. In this her fourth novel, she also explores grief. At the heart of the novel is a focus on the conflict between two brothers following the death of their father, while “surely the loss is something that should be shared, expressed, consoled, not kept separate and silent.” The existential angst created by family conflict