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Fludd by Hilary Mantell Find!
I'm delighted Stephen reminded me about Hilary Mantell. Fludd was the first of her novels I ever read and I couldn't stop talking about it. It has a very strong feel of that border area where Lancashire Cheshire and Derbyshire come together in a mix of lonely moorland and characterful mill towns and villages, particularly her home town of Hadfield. It starts off as an apparently quite ordinary portrait of a Catholic parish and its people and gradually becomes stranger and more fantastic. I love the compassion and the dark humour of it and ....oh you've just got to read it!28 October 2009 from Ruth Gordon
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Hello Ruth
I had to re read Fludd after your enthusiastic and inspiring talk about it on Saturday at the finale event. It is just as good second time round. Made me chuckle out loud on the train yesterday.
All the best
Priscilla
This sounds like a book I must read I hadnt realised it was set locally so I may suggest it for my book group as we decide our titles for the next year in September. I've not read any Hilary Mantel yet and it sounds an excellent story.
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