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The Eloquence of Desire by Amanda Sington-Williams (view source)
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|title=The Eloquence of Desire
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|buy=Maybe
|borrow=Yes
|pages=320
|publisher=Sparkling Books Ltd
|date=June 2010
|isbn=978-1907230110
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If this book appeals then you might like to try [[Into Suez by Stevie Davies]].
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|name=Stephen Wyatt
|verb= said
|comment=Having just finished reading The Eloquence of Desire, I find myself in disagreement with the bookbag reviewer.
I found the descriptions of Malaya very vivid in their evocation of the people, climate and landscape, where the the writer makes the sounds and smells almost tangible . There's much more to this than moaning Brits in their enclaves.
It's true that there is no Somerset Maugham-like melodrama in the central story but that seems to me a strength rather than a weakness. Sington-Williams has a wonderfully compassionate view of her all too human and believable characters. This is particularly true with George. On one level, this man is a selfish serial adulterer but we are lead to understand his motives and he emerges as a complex, if fallible, human being. The same understanding is offered to all the characters, major and minor.
I very much hope bookbag's readers will not be put off reading this accomplished and engrossing novel.
Stephen Wyatt
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