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...Above us is a tangle of harsh, round fluorescent lamps hanging from the rafters, spaced out like stars. They glare down, breaking the fantasy of our meal....
...Like the spring salad, it comes from Edna Lewis, who calls it “Skillet Scallions” and recommends serving it with veal kidneys or steak....
...Girl , by Edna O’Brien, Faber, RRP£16.99/Farrar, Straus and Giroux, RRP$26 In a novel the FT’s reviewer described as “impeccably written and indelible”, O’Brien fictionalises the experiences of Nigerian...
...The London on display in Edna O’Brien’s Haunted bears little relation to the dynamic, diverse capital of today....
...As a writer, Perriam has been compared to Edna O’Brien and Muriel Spark and her gift for humour has been likened to that of Kingsley Amis....
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