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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... never any shouting or calling out ; the boys came out , blinking in the sunshine and stretching slowly , like stray dogs . Half an hour later they were back inside . Sanjay , watching them as he danced and burned , saw that life was ...
... never any shouting or calling out ; the boys came out , blinking in the sunshine and stretching slowly , like stray dogs . Half an hour later they were back inside . Sanjay , watching them as he danced and burned , saw that life was ...
Page 159
... never far away in this long boot of a country , washed by two seas from heel to thigh . This morning they would visit the Morandi museum . They would have lunch somewhere suitable , order tortellini and a fruity Lambrusco , and catch ...
... never far away in this long boot of a country , washed by two seas from heel to thigh . This morning they would visit the Morandi museum . They would have lunch somewhere suitable , order tortellini and a fruity Lambrusco , and catch ...
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... hardly ever went out to eat . John so relished being here , the silence . So different from London , and the office , phones ringing , faxes spilling out . That's why we never put in a phone . Of course , it did 247 The French Wedding.
... hardly ever went out to eat . John so relished being here , the silence . So different from London , and the office , phones ringing , faxes spilling out . That's why we never put in a phone . Of course , it did 247 The French Wedding.
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