Sally Rooney’s fourth novel “Intermezzo”: complicated relationships, told in a light way.

“Intermezzo” is different from Sally Rooney’s previous novels, warmer, more complex, more mature. And: fantastic. It is about the big question of how to create closeness again from hurt.

“Intermezzo”, it has been hard to miss the information in recent months, will be the hottest novel of the fall. Internationally awaited, from here to the USA. “Are You Cool Enough for the Latest Sally Rooney Novel?” asked the British magazine Esquire and declared the book and its sparsely distributed advance copies a “status symbol” for anyone who can be seen with it – without knowing a single line of it.