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Jean Rhys's late masterpiece Wide Sargasso Sea was inspired by Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre , and is set in the lush, beguiling landscape of Jamaica in the 1830s. Born into an oppressive, colonialist society, Creole heiress Antoinette Cosway meets...
When Harold Fry nips out one morning to post a letter, leaving his wife hoovering upstairs, he has no idea that he is about to walk from one end of the country to the other. He has no hiking boots or map, let alone a compass, waterproof or mobile...
"Quirky and fresh with an ironic take on biography in a grand house, and a family in decline. I really enjoyed the sly (rather dark) humour. The novel managed to portray family members with sympathy - through an unreliable narrator - whilst exposin..."
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"The mystery didn't intrigue me at first, the premise seemed a bit silly, but after about 50 pages it turned into an enjoyable page-turner."
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