==Historical fiction==
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{{newreview
|author=Colm Toibin
|title=The Testament of Mary
|rating=3.5
|genre=Historical Fiction
|summary=The subject matter for Colm Tóibín's 'The Testament of Mary' is exactly what the title suggests in that it relates Mary's feelings about the death of her son, Jesus, whose name it hurts her too much to even mention. It's a curiously slight offering though. Its 100 odd pages lands it somewhere between short story and novella territory. Even so, with Tóibín's excellence as a writer and the emotive subject matter, I expected to be more engaged with the story than I was.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0670922099</amazonuk>
}}
{{newreview
|author=Lawrence Norfolk