An Experiment in Love Author:Hilary Mantel An Experiment in Love is Hilary Mantel's seventh novel, though only her second to appear in the United States. She is considered one of England's most important younger novelists. As the Guardian said, "Hilary Mantel is in the front rank of novelists writing in English today," a view echoed by the Literary Review, which called her "the novelis... more »t of her generation who will achieve a lasting greatness."« less