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Just finished A Sweet Obscurity by Patrick Gale - I adored it. I need to hunt out some more of his books now. He has a lovely turn of phrase and a clear eye for the way people delude themselves, without being a cynic.
I suppose you would call it romantic fiction, in that it's quite gentle and focuses on relationships, thoughts and feelings. But there is a darker side to the situations and characters (I haven't linked to the Amazon page because it gives far too much of the plot away imo).
He reminded me of Kate Atkinson, another author I love.
In my bag at the moment - Madame Sadayakko, The Geisha Who Seduced the West. I picked it up secondhand quite randomly and wish I hadn't. It is written by Lesley Downer, and I didn't really enjoy the last book of hers that I read. Ah well, I'll muddle through it.
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