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OUR SPOONS CAME FROM WOOLWORTHS, by Barbara Comyns
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Naomi K
Jul 10, 2017
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Recently I've been reading a number of very mannered, and yet quite modern, British novels. Obviously, I come across these books using the best possible catalogue of slim, mannered novels: The New York Review of Books Classics. I adore this publisher. They aim to publish "lost classics," and yet if you read enough of their books, you'll see that they ha…

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