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The Road Home

The Road Home

Author(s): Rose Tremain

Location(s): London

Genre(s): Fiction

Era(s): Modern

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Lev is on his way from Eastern Europe to Britain, seeking work. Behind him loom the figures of his dead wife, his beloved young daugher and his outrageous friend Rudi who – dreaming of the wealthy West – lives largely for his battered Chevrolet. Ahead of Lev lies the deep strangeness of the British: their hostile streets, their clannish pubs, their obsession with celebrity. London holds out the alluring possibility of friendship, sex, money and a new career and, if Lev is lucky, a new sense of belonging…
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Her prose is full of colourful images and she has an eye for the quirky, the absurd, which makes for an entertaining read. See London through the eyes of someone new to the city...

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