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...Burial Rites , by Hannah Kent, Picador, RRP£12.99/Little, Brown, RRP$26 In 19th-century Iceland, convicted killer Agnes Magnúsdóttir is sentenced to death for stabbing her lover, but still has the power...
...Lynton does a thorough job on its genesis and its time, although more on its afterlife might have been interesting....
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