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The story is so interesting, the theme so important and pertinent, and the fluency and lightness of touch so engaging to read. -- PHILIP PULLMAN\u003cbr\u003ePast sins, present values, forgiveness and redemption all inform this subtle modern morality tale . . . A compelling read. -- Peter Stanford * Observer *\u003cbr\u003eAn absorbing novel, a mature and important work . . . [Arditti] has given us a novel very much for our time, good enough to be for all time, too -- Allan Massie * The Scotsman *\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Choice\u003c\/i\u003e is an intelligent and entertaining novel that handles lightly problems of great moral weight. Clarissa faces many hard choices and unearths many horrors, but in the end, for her and for the reader, it is all worth it. -- Christopher Shrimpton * Guardian *\u003cbr\u003eA book that probes any number of aggressive varieties of moralism, while testing the reader's own moral alertness for rigour, realism and generosity.  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Brilliantly ambiguous, waspishly witty and thoroughly enjoyable, this is Michael Arditti's own masterpiece to date. -- AMANDA CRAIG\u003cbr\u003eArditti's fondness for comic flourishes adds levity to what is not infrequently a discomforting exploration of art, religion and morality - one that, with the fate of artist Eric Gill's oeuvre back In the headlines, feels very current -- Stephanie Cross * Daily Mail *\u003cbr\u003eChallenging, mischievous and enormously satisfying. -- Neil Norman * Daily Express *","brand":"Quercus Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47851480580439,"sku":"9781529425758","price":17.09,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781529425758.jpg?v=1710637404"},{"product_id":"a-song-for-arbonne-9780007342051","title":"A Song for Arbonne","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBased on the troubadour culture that rose in Provence during the High Middle Ages, this panoramic, absorbing novel beautifully creates an alternate version of the medieval world.The matriarchal, cultured land of Arbonne is rent by a feud between its two most powerful dukes, the noble troubador Bertran de Talair and Urte de Miraval, over long-dead Aelis, lover of one, wife of the other and once heir to the country''s throne.To the north lies militaristic Gorhaut, whose inhabitants worship the militant god Corannos and are ruled by corrupt, womanizing King Ademar. 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