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Scenes from Early Life

Scenes from Early Life

Author(s): Philip Hensher

Location(s): Bangladesh, Dhaka

Genre(s): Fiction

Era(s): 1970s

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One family’s life, and a nation – Bangladesh – are uniquely created through conversation, sacrifice, songs, bonds, blood, bravery and jokes. Narrated by a young boy born into a savage civil war, ‘Scenes from Early Life’ is a heartbreaking, funny and gripping novel by one of our finest writers

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Tt is one of the most delightful and engaging descriptions of family life to have been published for many years. The Independent

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