With The Job of the Wasp, Winnette deftly introduces a stern Headmaster, an indifferent teacher, a perverted tailor and dozens of nameless enemies. This whips up a web of intrigue, but it’s Winnette’s wicked prose (a standout passage: “What use is there in talking about something in the language of what it is not?”) that tantalizes the reader and introduces uncertainty at every turn. 

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