Fitzgerald is a quirky writer who constantly surprises in this story of a middle-aged woman who opens a book shop in a bleak Sussex town aptly called Hardborough. The atmosphere and the landscape of a seaside village in the 1950s are convincing. There’s no sentimentality in Fitzgerald – a surprise and a strength. You have to like a book in which a crucial incident is whether to sell and display Lolita.
Quotes: “It’s a peculiar thing to take a step forward in middle age.”
“Men and women aren’t quite the right people for each other.”
“A good book is the precious life-blood of a master-spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life, and as such it must surely be a necessary commodity.”
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