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The strange concurrence of small feet in some of my favourite novels and one I don’t like

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I recently encountered Ian McEwan for the first time, in the form of an audiobook of The Children Act lent to me by my mother and very sternly read by a woman called Lindsay Duncan, CBE.

It’s relentlessly depressing so far. But some light relief came from an unexpected quarter: McEwan’s descriptions of people. Continue reading “The strange concurrence of small feet in some of my favourite novels and one I don’t like”

Author ProjectJenniferPosted on January 23, 2016February 5, 2016Categories BooksTags Books, Free Indirect Style, Ian McEwan, Kingsley Amis, Literature, Lucky Jim, Pnin, Small Feet, Symbolism, The Children Act, Vladimir Nabokov, White Teeth, Zadie SmithLeave a comment on The strange concurrence of small feet in some of my favourite novels and one I don’t like

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