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mstan
It's kind of cool that I read this after one of Kingsley Amis's books, as the foreword to this opens with a reference to Amis having admired Taylor's writing.

Strangely, there was also the mention of 'greengages' here - something I'd never heard of before, but which also popped up in Amis (and which appears in the title of a Rumer Godden novel I have on my to-read list for this season).
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Mary
Feb 24, 2012 rated it it was amazing
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Nancy
Oct 19, 2023 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
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