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Reading House of Doors by Tan Twan Eng

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Lovetopaint037 Tue 06-Jun-23 07:38:11

This was recently published but having loved The Gift of Rain and Garden of the Evening Mist I couldn’t wait for the paper back. I am half way through but taking my time. It is lovely to be taken on a fictional/historical journey by a real writer. By that I mean a special one who transports you to a different level of reading. Anyone reading or read this or has felt this way about other writers.

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Lovetopaint037 Tue 06-Jun-23 07:39:24

Meant to put a question mark.

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JackyB Tue 06-Jun-23 07:47:37

It was serialised on the radio last week. I was captivated. Not sure if it has not imposed today's attitudes on the world of a century ago, though.

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Lovetopaint037 Wed 07-Jun-23 08:15:38

Didn’t realise it was on the radio. Didn’t realise that the murder story was indeed told to Somerset Maugham and he then used it as a basis for one of his books.

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toscalily Wed 07-Jun-23 09:06:06

For anyone interested it is available to listen to here: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/series/m001mc4d

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