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In a small town somewhere in the heart of England, the aftermath of the Second World War brings change. For ambitious and expansive industrialist Charles Freeman, it offers new opportunities and marriage to Mary. He buys the big house on the hill to cement their union and to nail his aspirations to the future. In quick succesion, three sons and a daughter bring life to the big house and with it, the seeds of joy and tragedy- Simon, large and ebullient like his father, follows in his footsteps into the Business; James becomes a photographer and proceeds to document the town- Robert, wilful and self-assured, submerges himself in the darker side of life; and Alice, a dippy individualist succumbs to the efficient attentions of Harry Singh, grocer's boy turned property entrepreneur. As his children grow up, Charles's business expands in direct proportion to his girth and becomes synonymous with the town's prosperity as Britain claws its way from the grey austerity of the war years. As times change, so do their fortunes, for better and for worse, ebbing and flowing with the years. Their stories create a generous epic, an extraordinarily rich and plangent hymn to the death and perhaps
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"'His genius in telling a story...An operatic novel full of death, sex, brothers, sisters, cousins and throbbing hearts' Daily Telegraph"
"'Astonishing and amibitious...Each detail is resonant, and the author's realism and compassion irradiates the writing. A story about people - us - and their context, written with authority and unshowy grace. Early nineteenth-century France had Balzac, we have Pears to trace our fortunes and follies' The Times"
"'Impossible to resist. I could go on about how wonderful it is, but read it for yourself' Time Out"
"'He's an astonishing novelist, as interested in small domestic detail as in the wider implications of human relationships. A long book, yes, but so satisfying that I wished it even longer'
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- PublisherBlack Swan
- Publication date2001
- ISBN 10 0552998613
- ISBN 13 9780552998611
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