A novel of intense, flickering intelligence, Tell is structured as a series of interviews with a woman who worked as a gardener for a wealthy businessman and art collector who has mysteriously disappeared, and may or may not have committed suicide. What might be a gloomy subject is instead alluring, lit from within by a lively deep knowledge of human nature: Buckley's eye for motivations brings to mind a Thomas Hardy for our atomized 21st-century. A thrilling novel of strange, intoxicating immediacy, Tell carries the pleasures of exciting new gossip enjoyed with a rare old cognac by a crackling fire. 
Calling his work "captivating," John Banville has asked: "Why isn't Jonathan Buckley better known?"


Author: Jonathan Buckley
Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation
Published: 03/05/2024
Pages: 160
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.43lbs
Size: 7.98h x 5.24w x 0.47d
ISBN: 9780811237918


Review Citation(s): 
Kirkus Reviews 01/15/2024
Publishers Weekly 01/22/2024
Booklist 02/15/2024 pg. 24