Hawthorn & Child
by:
Keith Ridgway (author)
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9781847085269 (1847085261)
Publish date: July 5th 2012
Publisher: Granta
Pages no: 288
Edition language: English
Category:
Novels,
European Literature,
British Literature,
Literary Fiction,
Irish Literature,
Mystery,
Detective,
Crime,
Short Stories,
Glbt,
Queer
When it's good it's wonderful, but as with any short story style work the final rating depends on hits vs misses. The writing, though is excellent, making even the stories I didn't like well worth reading.
After I'd read this, I must admit that I was unsure why this had been picked as a Waterstones Book Club title, as it certainly isn't one for everyone. However, one morning on my bus journey to work, a man sat down next to me reading it, and we ended up getting into a discussion about it; not somethi...
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