Thomas W. Hodgkinson

Not grinning but scowling

  • Gold

    Chris Cleeve

    Sceptre, pp. 366

I am deeply envious of Chris Cleeve, so maybe everything that follows should be taken with a pinch of salt. This is a guy whose first novel won the Somerset Maugham Award and whose second nestled snugly in the New York Times bestseller list for over a year. ‘Stunning,’ said the International Herald Tribune.

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