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A Romantic Hero

A Romantic Hero

Summary

Fourteen subtle and beautifully written stories of varying theme and setting are brought together in this brilliant collection: haunting studies of lonely childhoods, shrewdly perceptive portraits of adult relationships and black comedies of domestic deadlock - all infused with Olivia Manning's precise and consistent wit.

Reviews

  • The most considerable of our women novelists
    Anthony Burgess

About the author

Olivia Manning

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