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A story about the bleak and unforgiving nature of insomnia, of restlessness, repressed passion and dislocation. Orlingford is a town where it is hard to differentiate between pleasure and pain: the wonder of a moment is ignored, misconstrued or overridden by the fear of it passing.

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"'No novelist writes better, none can evoke with such perfect art the smells, sights and sounds of the countryside, or depict the essential pleasures with so sure a touch' Sunday Times * 'One of his best novels' Sunday Times * 'A haunting, bitter-sweet story of love by this finest of British writers * 'Drawn with simple, often touching force.' Guardian * 'Few writers have a more exact feel for texture - of a flower, a face, a silence - and it is this that has value.' Spectator"

The Sleepless Moon

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    A Paperback / softback by H. E. Bates

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      Publisher: Methuen Publishing Ltd
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 28/02/2008
      ISBN13: 9780413776525, 978-0413776525
      ISBN10: 0413776522
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      Book Synopsis
      A story about the bleak and unforgiving nature of insomnia, of restlessness, repressed passion and dislocation. Orlingford is a town where it is hard to differentiate between pleasure and pain: the wonder of a moment is ignored, misconstrued or overridden by the fear of it passing.

      Trade Review
      "'No novelist writes better, none can evoke with such perfect art the smells, sights and sounds of the countryside, or depict the essential pleasures with so sure a touch' Sunday Times * 'One of his best novels' Sunday Times * 'A haunting, bitter-sweet story of love by this finest of British writers * 'Drawn with simple, often touching force.' Guardian * 'Few writers have a more exact feel for texture - of a flower, a face, a silence - and it is this that has value.' Spectator"

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