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Published: 19/09/2017
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Michèle Roberts is the author of twelve highly acclaimed novels, including The Looking Glass and Daughters of the House, which won the WHSmith Literary Award and was shortlisted for the Booker Prize, and, most recently, the highly-acclaimed Ignorance, …


Michèle Roberts recommends Sailing to Byzantium, Swallowing Mercury, Swimming Home, Black Mamba Boy, Astragal.

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