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September’s second batch of paperbacks begins with two of my books of 2022, the first of which I was reluctant to read despite it being by one of my favourite authors. Elizabeth Strout’s Lucy by the Sea is both the second outing in quick succession for Lucy Barton and a pandemic novel hence the wariness. […]
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Two things attracted me to Joanna Campbell’s Instructions for the Working Day: firstly, its setting in the old East Germany which I’ve visited a few times; secondly, Claire Fuller’s puff extolling its virtues. Set in a dilapidated village, Campbell’s novel follows Neil Fischer who has inherited this settlement from his father whose childhood home it
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More new titles caught my eye than usual for this August, enough for a two-part preview beginning with one I put up my hand for as soon as I read the blurb. The premise for Hernan Diaz’s Trust is intriguing. Benjamin and Helen Rask are immensely wealthy. She’s the daughter of old money, he’s a
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