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The new novel from the Booker Prize-shortlisted author of The Northern Clemency. Hanmouth: a quiet picturesque English seaside town. But behind closed Georgian front doors and the within the artisan cheese shop its residents live lives that are anything but. When an 8-year-old girl goes missing from the estate on the fringes of the town Hanmouth becomes the centre of national attention. Under the scrutiny of the investigation the extraordinary individual lives of the community are laid bare: the passions of a quiet international aid worker; a recently widowed old womans late discovery of sexual gratification; and a memorable party held by the Bears. Through the apparent civility and spiralling paranoia a small town Philip Hensher brings us another brilliantly funny and perfectly observed
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The new novel from the Booker Prize-shortlisted author of The Northern Clemency. Hanmouth: a quiet picturesque English seaside town. But behind closed Georgian front doors & the within the artisan cheese shop its residents live lives that are anything but. When an 8-year-old girl goes missing from the estate on the fringes of the town Hanmouth becomes the centre of national attention. Under the scrutiny of the investigation the extraordinary individual lives of the community are laid bare: the passions of a quiet international aid worker; a recently widowed old womans late discovery of sexual gratification; & a memorable party held by the Bears. Through the apparent civility & spiralling paranoia a small town Philip Hensher brings us another brilliantly funny & perfectly observed slice of contemporary English life.

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King - The figure head of a monarch
Year - The time it takes the planet earth to orbit the sun. This takes around 365.25 days.
Small - something that takes up less space than normal.
Contemporary - An object that is living in the same time.
Cheese - A hard pale yellow food made from curds of milk.
Year - 365 days (366 days in a leap year), the time taken for planet earth to make one full revolution around the sun.
Estate - A group of houses on the same land or area.
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