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The characters rang true, too: the girl who had run away from home and who was on the verge of prostitution, the women who had stepped over the line and the men who were trying to make a living, by any means. Even the slum landlord wasn’t ‘’that’’ bad and you could certainly sympathise with ‘’his’’ history. The plot was good - and unfortunately completely believable - but I would have liked it to be a bit ‘’pacier’’. There were several occasions when I found myself wanting the characters to just get on with it - whatever ‘it’ was.
There was plenty to think about - not least that public agitation over immigration is hardly new. And there was something to be grateful for - the plot moved along in a permanent fug of cigarette smoke. At least that’s not with us to the same extent! I’d like to thank the publishers for sending a copy of the book to the Bookbag. We also have a review of [[The Other Woman by Laura Wilson]].
For more of Notting Hill in the fifties, you might like to try [[The Wonder by Diana Evans]]. Although it's set some twelve years earlier, you might also enjoy [[A Commonplace Killing by Sian Busby]].
