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Book SynopsisThe great novel of London: dark, wise, unsentimental' William Boyd
WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY NICK HORNBY John Harmon returns to England after years in exile to claim his inheritance: a great fortune and a beautiful young woman to whom he is betrothed, but has never met.
Trade ReviewOur Mutual Friend made me want to be a writer -- Zoe Heller * Guardian *
Dickens wasn't just telling a story, but drawing a panoramic picture of his times, full of detail about the way the Victorians lived, loved and thought.
Our Mutual Friend is superbly constructed - part social satire, part murder mystery, part love story. It is crowded with memorable characters: the aspirational Veneerings, the playboy lawyer Eugene Wrayburn, and the heroines: giddy-minded Bella Wilfur and saintly Lizzy Hexam * Independent *
Our Mutual Friend disturbs us to the root of our being...terribly great -- John Sutherland
Perhaps his greatest work. The great novel of London: dark, wise, unsentimental -- William Boyd * Newsweek *
Charles Dickens is the greatest novelist in the English language -- Peter Ackroyd
