”'Penelope Fitzgerald’s resources of odd people are impressively rich.
But it is astringent too: no self-pity in its self-effacing heroine, who in a world of let-downs and put-downs and poltergeists, keeps her spirit bright and her book-stock miraculously dry in the damp, seeping East Anglian landscape.” - Isabel Quigley, Financial Times ”'Its stylishness, and this low-voiced lack of emphasis are a pleasure throughout, its moral and human positions invariably sympathetic. ”'Wise and ironic, funny and humane, Fitzgerald is a wonderful, wonderful writer.” - David Nicholls Then, after a mile or so, someone throws the steering-wheel out of the window.” - Sebastian Faulks Everything is of top quality - the engine, the coachwork and the interior all fill you with confidence. ”'Reading a Penelope Fitzgerald novel is like being taken for a ride in a peculiar kind of car.
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