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WINNER OF THE BETTY TRASK AWARD
WINNER OF THE SOMERSET MAUGHAM AWARD
LONGLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE
On a street in a town in the North of England, ordinary people are going through the motions of their everyday existence - street cricket, barbecues, painting windows... A young man is…
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1 author picked If Nobody Speaks of Remarkable Things as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
A reread for this one... it's as good as I remembered it. Jon McGregor writes so beautifully, turning ordinary people's everyday lives into something transcendent.
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