Ysenda Maxtone Graham

Leaving Sussex

  • Motherland

    William Nicholson

    Quercus, pp. 544

I read William Nicholson’s new novel in proof before Christmas. ‘The must-read book for 2013 for lovers of William Boyd and Sebastian Faulks,’ it said on the back. Well, I like Boyd and Faulks, but I positively love William Nicholson, so I found that come-on slightly grating.

Then I saw what the publicity people meant.

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