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Teasing out the extraordinary within the everyday, FALSE PRETENCES is a contemporary novel in mosiac. Through the separate yet interlinked stories, it traces the lives of two women as they deal with the complexities of love, private terrors, violence and - most precarious of all - hope. There is mystery, wry humour, sometimes tragedy beneath the jaunty surfaces glimpsed through the years, until, by the end, we have encompassed their lives.
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"It is a tribute to Lee Langley's controlled style and wit that by the end you long to start the book again." (Daily Telegraph)
"A stunning collection of short stories, each of which stands alone, yet is satisfyingly linked . . . Langley is a talented chronicler of the human condition." (Daily Mail)
"A series of delicately fashioned cameos . . . tantalising and satisfying." (Sunday Times)
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"A stunning collection of short stories, each of which stands alone, yet is satisfyingly linked . . . Langley is a talented chronicler of the human condition." (Daily Mail)
"A series of delicately fashioned cameos . . . tantalising and satisfying." (Sunday Times)
False Pretences is Lee Langley's acclaimed first collection of short stories. Two women feature throughout, either in leading roles, or on the sidelines of somebody else's drama. A novel in mosaic. Fragments of love and betrayal, bitterness and regret come together to form a whole and with humour and rueful affection. Langley peels away the layers to reveal her characters facing turning points in their lives, stripped of defences and pretences.
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- PublisherChatto & Windus
- Publication date1998
- ISBN 10 0701168358
- ISBN 13 9780701168353
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages288
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