Fiction
Every once in a while I listen to a book which temporarily takes over my life and this has been one. It made me laugh and it made me cry and I think its main characters will live on in my brain for a long time. Not only did they all seem original and individual. They are also so imperfect and therefore so completely human and loveable. Except perhaps for the awesome presence of King Charles II, who lurks in the novel like - well I was going to say a spider, but spiders are not attractive and he...
Reviewer: Jane, from London
Date: 01/10/2009














