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Ben J. Dutton

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I am the author of 'The Inheritance of Things Past' and 'Grass and Ember' - both available through Amazon.

I am currently securing publication for my next novel. ...more

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Second Lives by Kevin Jared Hosein is a Caribbean writer from Trinidad and Tobago is his second novel, following the award winning Hungry Ghosts. That novel was an historical epic, exploring some major themes and won him many plaudits. For his second ...more
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In One Brief Moment All Eternity is the latest novel from Elif Shafak and it is another tour-de-force, a polyphonic novel which tells the story of Gustave Flaubert as seen through the prism of the women that have known him, passed paths with him - an ...more
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Percival Everett is a seriously good writer, and with his latest Serious Music, he continues a great streak of novels, which includes the Pulitzer Prize winning novel from 2024, James. This is his first work of fiction since that novel, and so expect ...more
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Winter Song by Rebecca Lee Morales is an atmospheric debut which really makes you feel the Minnesota winter snow in your bones. By focussing her novel on two characters - Byron Lugo, just released from prison and Gordon Trent, the local police chief ...more
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