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Edith Hope is a romance novelist who is banished by her friends to the Hotel du Lac on Lake Geneva in order to atone for a transgression, the details of which we don't learn until well into the second half of the book. At the hotel, it is approaching the end of the season and only a handful of long-term guests remain. Edith establishes a routine of writing and spending time with the other guests. Then along comes Mr Neville.
I am quite bemused that this won the Booker in 1984. It's such a simple, ...more
I am quite bemused that this won the Booker in 1984. It's such a simple, ...more
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