Adam Foulds' The Quickening Maze is an intensely lyrical novel which depicts the historically accurate story of the incarceration of John Clare in an asylum in Epping Forest, following a lifetime's struggle with alcohol, critical neglect and depression. A young Alfred Tennyson, meanwhile, moves nearby and becomes entangled in the life of the asylum. Roma Tearne's The Swimmer is a captivating novel about love, loss and what home really means. It tells the story of forty-three year old Ria, who is used to being alone and who has struggled to find love, until she discovers the swimmer, Ben, an illegal immigrant from Sri Lanka, with whom she enters an unconventional romance. Tickets cost £2 and can be obtained by telephoning or visiting the Customer Service Department, Second Floor, Blackwell Bookshop, Oxford. Tel: 01865 333623. (oxygen_142)… (more)
Brixton Beach 187 copies, 13 reviews Mosquito 185 copies, 15 reviews Bone China 117 copies, 7 reviews The Swimmer 82 copies, 12 reviews The Road to Urbino 42 copies, 22 reviews The Last Pier 22 copies, 2 reviews The White City 19 copies, 3 reviews The Dark Side of the World 3 copies Field Study no. 2 1 copy Refugee Tales: Volume III (Contributor) 3 copies Roma Tearne has 2 past events. (show)
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