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Debut collection presenting an uncompromising portrait of love and shame within London's Soho community.…

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Set in (what was then) Bombay against the backdrop of war in the Indian subcontinent and the birth of Bangladesh, telling…

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Of the countries that remained neutral during the Second World War, none was more controversial than Ireland, with…

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This collection brings together the poems Ted Hughes wrote for children throughout his life. Raymond Briggs brings to the…

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