Big Bunch of Carrots for Bridget McNulty’s Strange Nervous Laughter

by Ron on January 22nd, 2008

Bridget McNulty’s Strange Nervous Laughter has received kudos from numerous sources. Recently nominated for the M-Net Literary Awards and voted one of the “Best Summer Reads” for O, the Oprah Magazine, Real Simple and Woman&Home, the novel was also touted as one of the “Best Reads” of 2007 by Janet van Eden in the Natal Witness, who wrote:

I loved Bridget McNulty’s Strange Nervous Laughter. Set in a steamy, sticky Durban during one of the hottest summers ever, the world the characters inhabit is as real as the characters are quirky. McNulty uses magic realism to create metaphors of meaning which greatly enhance the read. Always surprising, constantly enchanting, this was one of my most enjoyable reads of the year.