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The Repentent Morning

The Repentent Morning

Author(s): Chris Paling

Location(s): Barcelona, London

Genre(s): Fiction

Era(s): 1930s

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Fitzrovia, Soho in London, 1930s. Meredith Kerr is spending another evening of inebriation with three men. Harry Bowden, billy boyle and Arthur Lawler all want her for themselves. But Meredith has forgotten how to understand what it is she herself wants. Through the fog of cigarette smoke, she spots Kit Renton and just “know” that he is something special. He is, however on the brink of leaving for Barcelona where he will fight for the Spanish Republic in the Spanish Civil War. A terrible journey awaits them.

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A marvellous evocation of this era, particularly 1930s London.

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