Just acquired - 2

 

     Stories of "a vanished England" are the stuff of Louis de Bernières' new collection Notwithstanding:

"The English village was a place where a lady might dress as a man in plus fours and spend her time shooting squirrels with a twelve bore, or keep a vast menagerie in her house. A retired general might give up wearing clothes, a spiritualist might live in a cottage with her sister and the ghost of her husband, and people might think it quite natural to confide in a spider that lives in a potting shed."

    With characters who roam in and out of each others' stories - much as they might have done in one another's houses - this is a portrait of a community, and a very British one by the sound of it. I'm looking forward to becoming acquainted with it.

(Just acquired - 1 is here).

Comments

[Simon S]

I have just recently received this and am itching to read it, just need to get a huge Wilkie Collins novel out the way first!

[Cornflower]

Not sure when I'll get to it, Simon, but it does sound good!

[Darlene]

Looking forward to reading what you think of this book, it sounds right up my alley!