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What is a question mark? An exclamation mark in middle age
Spufford, Francis • Red Plenty
Quite a strange man, thought James, watching him go – but what a relief to discover he still contained the capacity to be taken by surprise.
Sarah Perry • Enlightenment
Sadiq Khan.
Gregory David Roberts • Shantaram: A Novel
Francis Spufford writes, “We don’t have an argument that solves the problem of the cruel world, but we have a story.”
Tish Harrison Warren • Prayer in the Night: For Those Who Work or Watch or Weep
Do we move in time, or does it move us?
Francis Spufford • Light Perpetual: 'Heartbreaking . . . a boundlessly rich novel.' Telegraph
I am superterrestrial, he thought, and passed untouched through crowds on Aldleigh High Street with the waters of his body drawn up by the moon with the tides.