A new Ali Smith book is always an event – or should that be, a series of events. Artful (2012) started as lectures she gave at Oxford University, and became a ghost story novel-cum-essay. How to Be Both (2014) featured two stories that could be printed either way round. Her Seasonal Quartet formed rapidly-written responses to current affairs – with the years between Autumn in 2016 and Summer in 2020 offering plenty of material.

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