False Pretences"Teasing out the extraordinary within the everyday, False Pretences is a contemporary novel in mosaic. Through the separate yet interlinked stories, it traces the lives of two women as they deal with the complexities of love, private terrors, violence and - most precarious of all - hope. There is mystery, wry humour, sometimes tragedy be-neath the jaunty surfaces glimpsed through the years, until, by the end, we have encompassed their lives." |
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Page 56
... Sanjay was doing ; that he was carrying out a strategy . The next time he fumbled with the bricks Sanjay explained to the boss that it hap- pened because his hands were too small . He was brushed away irritably , but the boss's brother ...
... Sanjay was doing ; that he was carrying out a strategy . The next time he fumbled with the bricks Sanjay explained to the boss that it hap- pened because his hands were too small . He was brushed away irritably , but the boss's brother ...
Page 58
... Sanjay to drive him to the brick yard . Sanjay sat in the back of the truck and as they went off saw his mother's blank face , the youngest on her hip , the other two little ones staring , the older one carrying the shoe - cleaning box ...
... Sanjay to drive him to the brick yard . Sanjay sat in the back of the truck and as they went off saw his mother's blank face , the youngest on her hip , the other two little ones staring , the older one carrying the shoe - cleaning box ...
Page 64
... Sanjay : she knew he under- stood English . " Today is a special day for us , a festival we celebrate every year , ' and she showed him a coloured picture of some people sitting in an open - sided hut which Sanjay thought looked very ...
... Sanjay : she knew he under- stood English . " Today is a special day for us , a festival we celebrate every year , ' and she showed him a coloured picture of some people sitting in an open - sided hut which Sanjay thought looked very ...
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