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Everyone agreed that Shark Grayson wasn’t fit to keep her baby. A heroin addict living in a sordid London squat, she was already close to death when her American lover took charge, carrying off the baby Alexander to give him an affluent future and a loving home in the Midwest. But now Alex is 27 and afflicted by his lost roots and a romantic vision of England. When a business trip provides the chance to go and trace his unknown relatives, he discovers that while some British people are, indeed, very hard to get along with, others turn out to be more closely akin to him than he ever could have imagined.
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Libby Purves is a writer and also a broadcaster who has presented the talk programme Midweek on Radio 4 since 1984 and formerly presented Today. She is a main columnist on the Times and in 1999 was named the Granada "What the Papers Say" Columnist of the Year, and awarded a O.B.E for services to journalism. She lives in Suffolk with her husband the broadcaster and writer Paul Heiney.
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Compelling reading with an array of skilfully conceived characters * Tablet * A beautifully written story, rich in evocative language and emotion. * Good Book Guide * A complex and compelling detective story . . . surprising but satisfying * Home & Country * another satisfying novel * Spain (Edinburgh) * For three-quarters of its course, the novel is pure late Shakespeare . . . A comedy of manners . . . drawn with skill and humour. * David Robson, Sunday Telegraph * contemporary and assured . . . There is a hint of Henry James in the lonely, bright and kindly young man from America * Jan Lee, Oxford Times * A thoughtful and entertaining read. * Northern Echo * Amusing, wry and often thought-provoking . . . its greatest rewards are to be found in the subtle changes which occur in Alex and the people he encounters as he gets ever closer to discovering the truth. * Robert Colbeck, Yorkshire Evening Post * Purves's great skill is her ability to marry her cultural and historical insights with her characters' personal development - all wrapped up in a well-paced detective story. . . . Engrossing. * Joanna Hunter, The Times Play *
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- PublisherHodder & Stoughton
- Publication date2003
- ISBN 10 0340793910
- ISBN 13 9780340793916
- BindingPaperback
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