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Reviews

Press reviews of Adelle Stripe's books

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The Observer

Stripe’s immersive memoir of her Yorkshire upbringing breathes in the smells – sweet and foul – of a lifetime’s experience. Chris Power reviews Base Notes for Paperback of the Week ...

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The TLS

The olfactory stations of the cross. A life in fragrances, from Giorgio Beverly Hills to CK One. James Cook reviews Base Notes ...

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The Telegraph

Do you remember how you smelled at the key moments of your life? This scent memoir told through perfumes is ingenious. Base Notes reviewed by Tomoé Hill ...

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The Spectator

The strange potency of cheap perfume.  Base Notes reviewed by Suzi Feay ...

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The Guardian

An olfactory trip down memory lane.

The novelist uses perfume to conjure scenes from a working-class upbringing in this funny, bleak memoir. Reviewed by Fiona Sturges ...

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The Irish Times

High Octane Carnage. Ten Thousand Apologies reviewed by Wendy Erskine ...

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The Observer

Ten Thousand Apologies: Fat White Family and the Miracle of Failure reviewed by Miranda Sawyer ...

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The Spectator

From Bradford to Belgravia. Black Teeth and a Brilliant Smile reviewed by Andy Miller ...

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