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Following a scalding row with her mother, 15yearold holly sykes slams the door on her old life. One of the best drawn characters in the tremendous cast of david mitchells sixth novel is an outwardly curmudgeonly though softcentred. It has been longlisted for the man booker prize 2014. David mitchell is good at setting different scenes.
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