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==Literary fiction==
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|author=Gerbrand Bakker
|title=The Detour
|rating=3.5
|genre=Literary Fiction
|summary=Gerbrand Bakker's Dutch novel, ''The Detour'' translated by David Colmer, is a very odd story indeed. Mostly set in Snowdonia, the book tells the story of a Dutch woman, who gives her name as Emilie, who rents a remote farm. She's clearly on the run from something, perhaps an affair with a student at the university where she was researching the works of Emily Dickinson, but it increasingly becomes clear that this is only part of the story. Certainly her husband and parents back in the Netherlands have no clue where she has gone - or why. Once these details are established, the book takes a turn to the seriously odd which is more of a full blooded journey rather than a mere 'detour'.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1846556392</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Angela Carter
