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CHOSEN AS ONE OF THE BEST NOVELS OF 1998 BY THE LOS ANGELES TIMES AND WINNER OF ENGLAND'S MCKITTERICK PRICE
This award-winning literary tour de force, shortlisted for both the Whitbread and the Booker prizes, tells the captivating tale of three men: Tam and Richie, good Scots ladsContinue
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readingmatters published on Mon, 27 Sep 2010
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Magnus Mills: The Restraint Of Beasts
Gary Marshall As a general rule, the more hype that surrounds a book the bigger the disappointment when you finally get to read it. And The Restraint Of Beasts has certainly been hyped. Nominations for the Booker Prize notwithstanding, we have been i ... (read full critics)
spikemagazine published on Tue, 14 Sep 2010
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- English Books
- Paperback 224 Pages
- Edition: New Ed
- ISBN-10: 0006551149
- ISBN-13: 9780006551140
- Publisher: Flamingo
- Pub date: Jun 07, 1999
- Dimensions: 1290 mm x 774 mm x 129 mm Just how big is that?
- Also available as: Hardcover, Audio Cassette, Others and eBook
- In other languages: other languages
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| 9780006551140 | Paperback | $12.86 | -- | The Book Depository |
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'The Restraint of Beasts' by Magnus Mills
A highly unusual tale written in a highly unusual style, The Restraint of Beasts (the title refers to what a fence does) is a black comedy like no other. It tells the story of two itinerant Scots fencers, the pub-obsessed, cash-strapped Tam and Richi ... (read full critics)