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by Rose Tremain (Author)
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  • Paperback: 224 pages
  • Publisher: Vintage (21 Sep 2006)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0099268566
  • ISBN-13: 978-0099268567
  • Product Dimensions: 19.2 x 12.8 x 2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 89,198 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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"This collection is a jewel-box containing gems of near perfection ... She's a consistently superior writer. Do yourself - and literature - a service: Read her."
-- "Globe & Mail"
." . . moving and tragic. The Darkness of Rose Tremain is never far from the surface in this brilliantly written short story collection."
-- "Express"
"Written with the deft imagination we've come to know and love from Rose Tremain."
-- "Good Housekeeping
""Mordantly perceptive tales."
--" Sunday Times"
"Her exactness and lightness of touch in scene-setting are used to superb effect in her short stories."
-- "Independent on Sunday"

Stephanie Cross, Observer, 25 October 2006
`a distinguished collection'

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5.0 out of 5 stars One of the finest contemporary writers I have ever read!, 2 April 2008
By Justine Cook (London, UK) - See all my reviews
Please ignore the two previous reviewers who obviously bought the book hoping to read something sensational about Wallis Simpson. Rose Tremain is a remarkable writer, and this collection of short stories is nothing less than brilliant. I savoured every word! If you have an appreciation for literature, particularly the craft of the short story writer, then you will not be disappointed, I can assure you. This woman has added so many bricks to the house, surely a little village must be standing somewhere all of her own making.
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14 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Misleading, 11 Mar 2008
I was extremely disappointed to realise after (what I thought was) the first chapter, that rather than being a fictionalised account of the end of life of the Duchess of Windsor in the form of a novel, this is a collection of short stories. There is very little on the site or indeed on the cover of the book itself to indicate that this is the case. I do not wish to discuss the merits of the book as I have only read the first story so far. I merely wish to advise other potential buyers that this is not a novel.
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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Short story collection of variable quality, 9 Jun 2008
By Humpty Dumpty (Wall St, Upton Snodsbury) - See all my reviews
I would place myself somewhere between the other three reviewers of this. I actually found the headline Wallis Simpson story disappointingly turgid, whereas I really liked some of the others - eg the second story about a German soldier who comes to a chilly end, and another about an elderly American who seeks to retrace the steps of a failed love affair.

But maybe this is always the way with short story collections - a bit hit-and-miss. But Rose Tremain has a very sharp eye for the hidden, quirky corners of life, and I recommend this book.
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2.0 out of 5 stars Nice story, badly written
An interesting, if predictable, tale but sad about the wordcraft. Poor Rose just can't string them together, and she mixes up her tenses in a way that make it confusing.
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Somebody paid Rose Tremain good money to write this stuff. A pity she didn't bother to do a scrap of meaningful research into the life and eventual death at the age of 89 of one... Read more
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