By Simon Demetriou
I’m pretty sure I’ve never described a book as rollicking before. Rollicking isn’t typically one of my words. But Go Gentle is rollicking. And I’m incredibly glad to have been rollicked by a novel as funny and tender and erudite and knowingly silly as Maria Semple’s latest.
Adora Hazzard has started a coven. But she’s not a witch; she’s a stoic philosopher. And here’s the sales pitch:
