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A Perfect Explanation

Eleanor Anstruther

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A Perfect Explanation gets to the heart of what it is to be bound by gender, heritage and tradition. In a world of privilege, truth remains the same; there are no heroes and villains. Here, in the pages of this extraordinary book where the unspoken is conveyed with vivid simplicity, lies a story that will leave you reeling.

Longlisted for the Not the Booker Prize 2019

Longlisted for The Desmond Elliott Prize 2019

Observer: Fiction to look out for in 2019

The i Paper's 30 of the best new debut novels to read in 2019

Scottish Review of Books: 2019 in Prospect

As featured on BBC Woman's Hour, Sky Sunrise and London Live

'Filled with cerebral intensity and scintillating dialogue' -The Desmond Elliott Prize

Exploring themes of ownership and abandonment, Eleanor Anstruther's bestselling debut is a fictionalised account of the true story of Enid Campbell (1892-1964), granddaughter of the 8th Duke of Argyll.

Interweaving one significant day in 1964 with a decade during the interwar period, A Perfect Explanation gets to the heart of what it is to be bound by gender, heritage and tradition, to fight, to lose, to fight again. In a world of privilege, truth remains the same; there are no heroes and villains, only people misunderstood. Here, in the pages of this extraordinary book where the unspoken is conveyed with vivid simplicity, lies a story that will leave you reeling.

Format:
Paperback / softback
Pages:
320
Publisher:
Salt Publishing
ISBN:
9781784631642
Published Date:
15/3/2019
Dimensions:
216mm x 135mm x 23mm
Category:
Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Format: Paperback / softback

ISBN: 9781784631642

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