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"One of the more absorbing novels I have read in a long time, both for its sheer storytelling ability and for its powers of imaginative conjecture." --The New York Times Book Review
"This book fairly bounces. Its zest dervies in large part from the perfectly sustained tone, which expresses humor without poking fun, and deep regret without sentimentality." --The Atlantic Monthly
"The realistic novel, Drabble forcefully demonstrates, retains its ability to comment powerfully on our lives and engage our emotions deeply." --The Washington Post Book World
"One of the more absorbing novels I have read in a long time, both for its sheer storytelling ability and for its powers of imaginative conjecture." --The New York Times Book Review
"This book fairly bounces. Its zest dervies in large part from the perfectly sustained tone, which expresses humor without poking fun, and deep regret without sentimentality." --The Atlantic Monthly
"The realistic novel, Drabble forcefully demonstrates, retains its ability to comment powerfully on our lives and engage our emotions deeply." --The Washington Post Book World
|Praise for The Peppered Moth:
"One of the more absorbing novels I have read in a long time, both for its sheer storytelling ability and for its powers of imaginative conjecture." --The New York Times Book Review
"This book fairly bounces. Its zest dervies in large part from the perfectly sustained tone, which expresses humor without poking fun, and deep regret without sentimentality." --The Atlantic Monthly
"The realistic novel, Drabble forcefully demonstrates, retains its ability to comment powerfully on our lives and engage our emotions deeply." --The Washington Post Book World
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- Publication date2003
- ISBN 10 0141010193
- ISBN 13 9780141010199
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