The Bombshell
Effortlessly cool: a smart, sophisticated tale of sexual and political awakening over the course of a fateful summer that reads like falling into an Éric Rohmer film ... Farr expertly dances around revealing the entire truth ... Heady and reckless and dangerously fun in its early days, maturing into something a little wiser, sadder and softer by the end.
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Well-crafted ... Farr’s main characters are carefully drawn, their relationships develop realistically, and the action is taut and suspenseful. The final chapters, set in 2013, bring this auspicious debut to a satisfying conclusion.
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Though far from breezy, Farr’s accomplished debut deftly balances heady ruminations on colonialism and revolution with relatable human moments. Too many obstacles are too easily overcome, but vibrant prose lends texture and urgency, while the fully fleshed characters’ increasingly thorny interpersonal relationships raise the story’s stakes and give it soul. A passionate powder keg of a novel.
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