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
... smile . Before the brick yard he had done other jobs : he started out cleaning shoes , his father showing him the way . Sanjay carried the cleaning materials in a small wooden box , and went after tourists or businessmen . ' Clean your ...
... smile . Before the brick yard he had done other jobs : he started out cleaning shoes , his father showing him the way . Sanjay carried the cleaning materials in a small wooden box , and went after tourists or businessmen . ' Clean your ...
Page 71
... smile of relief . Gerald liked their house with its high ceilings and long , walled garden , but sometimes he felt oppressed by it : behind the sparkling paintwork of the doors , the emptiness of rooms hummed at him . He thought it was ...
... smile of relief . Gerald liked their house with its high ceilings and long , walled garden , but sometimes he felt oppressed by it : behind the sparkling paintwork of the doors , the emptiness of rooms hummed at him . He thought it was ...
Page 145
... smile . ' He'll be all right . ' ' Of course he will . At worst it's only a fracture , and it probably isn't even that . ' The woman looks shocked , her smile redundant , somehow no longer appropriate . Bridget can read her thoughts ...
... smile . ' He'll be all right . ' ' Of course he will . At worst it's only a fracture , and it probably isn't even that . ' The woman looks shocked , her smile redundant , somehow no longer appropriate . Bridget can read her thoughts ...
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