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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... past . They got in his throat and made him cough and there was nowhere to spit so he had to swallow them . The day the two Englishwomen called in , things had been going badly for him already : as he had anticipated , nimble fingers ...
... past . They got in his throat and made him cough and there was nowhere to spit so he had to swallow them . The day the two Englishwomen called in , things had been going badly for him already : as he had anticipated , nimble fingers ...
Page 175
... from the scorching summer ; the downs rolled gently , the streams wound their way past the clumps of trees . And as the weather grew fiercer down on the plains , Ootacamund cast its - cool lure . The Nilgiri mountains shimmered with a 175.
... from the scorching summer ; the downs rolled gently , the streams wound their way past the clumps of trees . And as the weather grew fiercer down on the plains , Ootacamund cast its - cool lure . The Nilgiri mountains shimmered with a 175.
Page 217
... past sushi restaurants and kiosks serving grilled eels , past pachinko gambling parlours with blinding lights and walls of jangling slot machines . Down a side - street , a small room offered noodles , with vividly coloured plastic ...
... past sushi restaurants and kiosks serving grilled eels , past pachinko gambling parlours with blinding lights and walls of jangling slot machines . Down a side - street , a small room offered noodles , with vividly coloured plastic ...
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