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    Apr 01, 2024 3 minutes

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    No man is an island

    he best fiction can immerse you in places, times and mindsets that you never thought you would be interested in. This week’s two books do that wonderfully in completely different ways. First up is by Carys Davies. At only 150 pages long, it’s a powerful novella that deals with loneliness, human connection and the power of language with beautiful economy. The book is set in the 1840s in Scotland during the Highland Clearances, where John Ferguson is an impoverished

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