The London Train
Format: audiobook
ISBN:
9781461827
Publish date: 2011
Publisher: Clipper Audio UK
Minutes: 8
Edition language: English
Category:
Novels,
Travel,
Literature,
European Literature,
British Literature,
Literary Fiction,
Family,
Contemporary,
Womens,
Relationships,
Marriage
It was a slow-starter and a slow-grower (if there is such a thing). Immediately after finishing, I thought "meh". But, with some time to reflect and ponder, I really liked this book.
I can see why people would like this, but I hate the writing style and just can't keep reading it.
It’s a little like Barbara Pym with trains, this second novel of Tessa Hadley’s: the characters, even those in relationships, feel decidedly solitary. (She has written three other works of fiction but two of them, she explains, were structured as short stories, though they were interconnected.)Cora ...
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