In chess, an intermezzo is a tactic where a player makes an unexpected move in the middle of a sequence which often confuses the opponent and introduces a new threat. Intermezzo is a perfect melange ...

Sally Rooney has a lot to say about the word normal. The title of her wildly popular “Normal People” and its Hulu screen adaptation comes crashing back into the mainframe in her latest novel as its ...

Sally Rooney’s new novel is entitled Intermezzo — the old chess term for an unexpected move. The board game is a significant element in the plot — Ivan, one of the main protagonists, is a chess master ...

The Irish author explores bereavement and age-gap relationships in a breathtakingly intimate tale of two brothers and the women they turn to If any few pages of Sally Rooney’s fourth novel blew ...

Sally Rooney, who made such a splash with her first novel, Conversations with Friends, back in 2017, has made it clear with each succeeding book that she is no flash in the pan. Intermezzo, her fourth ...

It is almost impossible to come to a Sally Rooney book objectively. Whether influenced by rumblings from the literary world's hype machine, or the flavour of her previous books still lingering on the ...

Sally Rooney released her fourth novel, “Intermezzo,” Tuesday. The title, meaning a movement between the major sections of a musical work, is a herald of the events that unravel in the story. (Chris ...

In October, the Book Review Book Club will read and discuss “Intermezzo,” by Sally Rooney. Before You Get Started Learn More About ‘Intermezzo’ Book Club Conversation Space: Main Discussion Book Club ...

With The Queen’s Gambit, Sally Rooney’s Intermezzo and a new BBC TV show, the game is winning it right now Once ignored and marginalised as a niche pursuit for nerds, chess is now primetime TV – on ...