![]() ![]() In 'What Maisie knew', the lies were told to the young heroine of the piece however, in 'Atonement', it is a young girl who tells the lie which is the catalyst for the later, tragic events. Vintage, the publisher, had created ten twin-packs of classic and modern novels based on a common theme, and the theme for these two was 'Lies'. There was a reason for the two books' being sold together. They were the aforementioned Henry James novel and the subject of this post, 'Atonement'. Imagine then my excitement (well, a mildly elevated pulse, nothing too energetic I am English, after all), when I saw two books bundled for the price of one, both of them books that I was quite interested in reading. ![]() Most of the books were $10, which, although reasonable, is not good enough to get me to drag my moth-eaten wallet out of my pocket (because I am extremely tigh. ![]() The university bookshop had one of its periodic outlet sales where they try to flog off surplus copies of paperbacks, some good, some not so good. I recently wrote a review of 'What Maisie Knew', but I thought I'd also tell you a little about how I bought the book (come back, I am going somewhere with this). ![]()
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