David SavillApr 1, 20234 min readNovel Thoughts: Brother of the More Famous Jack (Victor Gollanz, 1982) Barbara Trapido’s 1982 debut is a dazzling bridge between the romantic dramas and comedies of Somerset Maugham, (or EM Forster), and...
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