Book review: The Things We Thought We Knew is a juxtaposition of black comedy, memory and place - Th

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<table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"><tr><td width="80" align="center" valign="top"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=en_ie&usg=AFQjCNFzNt385ACdxSkKUYJlx0NwHlWgcA&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&ei=wvtQWfCZB4b-zAaVkI3gCg&url=http://www.thenational.ae/arts-life/books/book-review-the-things-we-thought-we-knew-is-a-juxtaposition-of-black-comedy-memory-and-place"><img src="//t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcT0Ncjp520C1NIqlMaqwOnT2wocQNwXL ldAgvmRp_G-6K5QZeLd7X77C_9AL3pdMj-e0Jviih-b" alt="" border="1" width="80" height="80"><br><font size="-2">The National</font></a></font></td><td valign="top" class="j"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br><div style="padding-top:0.8em;"><img alt="" height="1" width="1"></div><div class="lh"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=en_ie&usg=AFQjCNFzNt385ACdxSkKUYJlx0NwHlWgcA&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&ei=wvtQWfCZB4b-zAaVkI3gCg&url=http://www.thenational.ae/arts-life/books/book-review-the-things-we-thought-we-knew-is-a-juxtaposition-of-black-comedy-memory-and-place"><b>Book review: The Things We Thought We Knew is a juxtaposition of black comedy, memory and place</b></a><br><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">The National</font></b></font><br><font size="-1">Snaith manages it by setting her book in a relatively recent past, which finds an easy nostalgia in <b>Commodore 64</b> computers and preparations for the millennium. Ravine and Marianne&#39;s brother communicate via glasses pressed up against a shared wall, and&nbsp;...</font><br><font size="-1" class="p"></font><br><font class="p" size="-1"><a class="p" href="http://news.google.ie/news/more?ncl=dacMcaFV3IBsARM&authuser=0&ned=en_ie"><nobr><b></b></nobr></a></font></div></font></td></tr></table>

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