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A celebration of friendship: Common Ground, by Naomi Ishiguro, reviewed

Sixteen-year-old Charlie, a Traveller, acts as protector to his studious younger friend Stanley. But a decade later the roles are reversed

A Traveller site provides the setting for part of Naomi Ishiguro’s novel. Credit: Alamy 
issue 10 April 2021
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  • Common Ground

    Naomi Ishiguro

    Tinder Press, pp. 432, £16

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