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Engleby

Engleby
Sebastian Faulks

Engleby is a novel by the author Sebastian Faulks. It tells the tale of a working-class boy who wins a place at an esteemed university and becomes a suspect in a murder investigation after the disappearance of a girl from a nearby college.

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“The end-of-summer winds make people restless.”

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“Inhale and hold the evening in your lungs.”

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“I'd never chosen to be alone, but that was the way things had turned out, and I'd grown used to it.”

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“One thing about London is that when you step out into the night, it swallows you.”

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“You put your time where your priority is.”

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“Have you ever been lonely? No, neither have I. Solitary, yes. Alone, certainly. But lonely means minding about being on your own. I've never minded about it.”

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