I gave up on this one after finishing part one of three.
He is a well respected historian and this the first step into fiction, historical fiction.
The beginning of the Russian revolution a for me a bit to cosy a novel for something that would be a lot darker and dangerous than comes across.
Score 4/10
Date read March 2009
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Debut novel set in current day Yorkshire. Story about a disturbed sheep farmer son who gets obsessed by the new city girl next door.
Very good if not unsettling. Read it. It should have won some ort of prize…has it?
Score 7.5/10
Date read March 2009
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Booker shortlist and Costa winner.
Literary, well written and accessible. Our latest book group read.
Set on the west coast of Ireland Co Sligo 1900’s in a crumbling mental home. Roseanne has been a patient here for 60 years and when the hospital has to close Dr Greene has to access her to see where she should be placed.
We find out how she gets here and the horrible way clergy and men treated women in those times.
Score 7.5/10
Date read March 2009
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