DOPPELGANGER by Jenny Twist

4 out of 5 stars

Short story: parallel lives

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This is a most entertaining long-short story with the element of dark humour and tongue-in-cheek that I recognise from Jenny Twist's non-fiction articles ~ it's a fab one to snuggle up in bed with for an hour before sleep :)

Favourite quote, about a love rival:
"Daphne had nothing about her ~ no personality, no intelligence.  Kevin said she was his muse.  You'd think a muse ought to at least be able to do joined up thinking"

I get that you have to be of an age where one was taught to do 'joined up' writing to get that!   Anyway, Christine's life is going to pot ~ but is that life the only one she might have had?  She has occasion to fall into a deep sleep, but where does she wake up?  

I've always enjoyed thinking about what might have been, had I chosen different paths in life (and indeed have written about it myself), so I loved the subject matter of this story anyway, and it's a jolly good yarn to get stuck into, as well!   Recommended to anyone who likes good, light-ish contemporary fiction.

AN OPEN LETTER TO STEPHEN KING AND OTHER ESSAYS reviewed HERE

TALES OF THE MANTEQUERO reviewed HERE