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The decision to invite his Southern relatives to stay proves a fateful one for Austin King. By the time they leave, his reputation and his marriage have suffered irreparable damage. Against the perfectly-drawn background of small-town Illinois at the turn of the 20th century, Maxwell once again uncovers the seeds of potential tragedy at the heart of a happily-established family.

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This is such a good novel that I'm still shaking thinking about it... A novel not to be recommended to people but to be pressed on them, urgently -- Nicholas Lezard * Guardian *
Truly magnificent...I implore you now, not to let it pass you by * Glasgow Herald *
A novel written with sympathy and with restraint, and in a prose thatt is almost poetically direct and sure... If you do not read Time Will Darken It you will have missed something rare * San Francisco Chronicle *
Here is a book that is as near perfection as it is possible for a novel to be * Boston Globe *
He conjures depths of pain and regret in words of radiant simplicity * Observer *

Time Will Darken It

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      Publisher: Vintage Publishing
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 07/01/1999
      ISBN13: 9781860465543, 978-1860465543
      ISBN10: 1860465544
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      The decision to invite his Southern relatives to stay proves a fateful one for Austin King. By the time they leave, his reputation and his marriage have suffered irreparable damage. Against the perfectly-drawn background of small-town Illinois at the turn of the 20th century, Maxwell once again uncovers the seeds of potential tragedy at the heart of a happily-established family.

      Trade Review
      This is such a good novel that I'm still shaking thinking about it... A novel not to be recommended to people but to be pressed on them, urgently -- Nicholas Lezard * Guardian *
      Truly magnificent...I implore you now, not to let it pass you by * Glasgow Herald *
      A novel written with sympathy and with restraint, and in a prose thatt is almost poetically direct and sure... If you do not read Time Will Darken It you will have missed something rare * San Francisco Chronicle *
      Here is a book that is as near perfection as it is possible for a novel to be * Boston Globe *
      He conjures depths of pain and regret in words of radiant simplicity * Observer *

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