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Book review: The Lighthouse: Washed up on the rocks without the usual flash of inspiration
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The Lighthouse
PD James
Faber & Faber, GBP 17.99
IN THE 'Author's Note' preceding her novel, PD James advises her
readers that Combe Island, the stunning setting for her story's dire
events, is entirely made up. "The island, the deplorable events which
took place there and all the characters in the story, living or dead,
are entirely fictitious," she writes.
This is not the usual disclaimer: "Any resemblance between the
characters in the book and actual persons alive or dead", etc. It
serves instead to suggest that we, her eager readers, are poised on
the brink of a story so powerfully ...
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