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|summary=[[Portobello by Ruth Rendell|Portobello]] begins with a heart attack and the loss of some money and a group of people are brought together. By the end of the book some will be dead, others will be happy. It's an exceptional book by a writer at the height of her powers and highly recommended. It's been a good year for general fiction and [[The Welsh Girl by Peter Ho Davies]] and [[The Northern Clemency by Philip Hensher]] hardly need a mention but look out for [[The Dirty South by Alex Wheatle]]. It has crisp, clean writing with wit and humour which tempers this story of the urban black experience in Britain. It's not angry, but it makes some angry points. It's a book for both teens and adults.

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