On an otherwise average Monday in late February of this year, Sally Rooney completely overtook my Instagram feed. Not the author herself (she doesn’t have any active, public social-media profiles) but rather droves of her readers, who flooded my feed with the news of her fourth novel, Intermezzo, to be released on September 24.
In twin Instagram posts, the Irish author’s U.S. and UK publishers shared the title of the forthcoming novel and, on the next slide, four lines of text: cryptic, morbid, classic Rooney. Then came the avalanche of reposts from influencers, other authors, actors, and more generally cool people. “I’m ready to become insufferable once again,” one comment read. “So sorry for who I will become in September 2024,” read another.
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