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Persistent Rumours

Persistent Rumours

by Lee Langley (Author)

Synopsis

This novel tells the story of a man whose early loss of his mother has distorted every relationship in his life. In an attempt to unlock the secret of the past, the man travels to the Andaman Islands seeking traces of his mother.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 304
 Edition: New edition
 Publisher: Vintage
Published: 07 Mar 2002
ISBN 10: 0099437082
ISBN 13: 9780099437086
Book Overview: The closest thing to a faultless novel that I have read in years' Daily Mail

Media Reviews
Langley has a very definite and original voice of her own, with the power to portray a real sense of deeper truths about humanity within the context of a gripping and moving story. - Sunday Times
Author Bio
Lee Langley was born in India and spent her childhood there. Her last three novels were set in India. Changes of Address and A House in Pondicherry were shortlisted for the Hawthornden Prize, and Persistent Rumours won both the Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best Novel (Eurasia) and the Writers' Guild of Great Britain Best Novel Award. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of literature. Her latest book is the novel, Distant Music, also published in Vintage.