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The Bookshop

Penelope Fitzgerald

The Bookshop is a 1978 novel by the British author Penelope Fitzgerald. It was shortlisted for the Booker Prize.

“The frame of mind, however, is everything. Given that, one can have a very satisfactory party all by oneself.”

Penelope Fitzgerald book The Bookshop

The Bookshop (1978)

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