The remarkable new work of fiction from the Booker Prize-winning author of Last Orders, Waterland and Mothering Sunday 'His archly modulated, precise prose, reminiscent at times of his friend Kazuo Ishiguro?s, has lost none of its power ... immensely readable late-career Swift from start to finish, Twelve Post-War Tales is a marvel of the storyteller's art.' Financial Times?There can surely be no better contemporary writer to take on history?s circularities that Graham Swift. ? ?Growing up in the 1950s there was all the evidence of war.? Swift has said. This beautiful cluster of stories shows how vital it remains in recollection.? Observer'Skilful, generous and humane, these 12 tales suggest the complexity and heartbreak of being engaged on such an uncertain journey.' Guardian?The characters in this collection...
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