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==Literary fiction==
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|author=Tim Pears
|title=Disputed Land
|rating=3.5
|genre=Literary Fiction
|summary=In this engaging novel, Tim Pears tackles many challenging themes: sibling rivalry, time and change in the countryside, facing terminal illness, reflections on the isolation of academic life and undertaking risky financial investment. This is not a portrayal of a rural idyll although much of the most lyrical writing concerns the colours of the Shropshire countryside and this is strengthened by reference to the layers of the archaic past that underlies this disputed borderland territory. In attempting such a multi-layered narrative in a relatively short novel, it is not surprising that for instance, the traumatic shocks in the epic tale are diminished by random, experimental shifts in the tone of the narrative.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0434020818</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Denis Kehoe
