The Bungalow

Author(s): Lynn Freed

Location(s): South Africa

Genre(s): Fiction, Romance

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A sequel to Home Ground this follows the disintegration of the marriage of Ruth and Clive, whilst Ruth embarks on an affair with Hugh Stillington

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Jio has an amazing ear for dialogue and I truly felt like I was catching a glimpse of wartime life in the 1940s. Can’t recommend this one highly enough. (Camille Noe Pagan)

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This novel….has the lean necessity of cruelty and violent thoughts and angry passion that has shaped the best of Nadine Gordimer’s work set in South Africa. (Thomas W Cooney)