With 'Intermezzo' comes the latest wave of envy and desire to replicate the star author’s sales. But she stands alone

Irish author Sally Rooney, hailed as the "voice of a generation" after the runaway success of "Normal People", examines modern love in all its glory and friction in her fourth novel "Intermezzo" released next week.

On an otherwise average Monday in late February of this year, Sally Rooney completely overtook my Instagram feed. Not the author herself (she doesn’t have any active, public social-media profiles) but rather droves of her readers,