Caret by Adam Mars-Jones

Caret by Adam Mars-Jones'We make lazy assumptions about the centre of things and its location. Who's to say that the centre of things isn't in a corner, way over there?''People in authority are always saying you should know your rights, though I've noticed they don't much enjoy it when you do.''Nobody can be a person twenty fours hours a day it just can't be done. At night the sets dissolve and the performance falls away. We're off the books.' That's John Cromer talking, in

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McCall Smith unspools his tales' Daily Mail'[Adds] another treasure to McCall Smith's already glittering library' New York Journal of Books

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This is the story of a bad lad who has turned his life good

of champions and also-rans

from Palermo to Paris to Venice

'Beautifully written

and their memories and life stories form the basis of this book

' Daily Telegraph'Richly imaginative