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A Vision of Loveliness

by Louise Levene · 2010

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A slippery, blackly comic gem of a novel that lovingly recreates the grubby glamour of early sixties London and introduces an irresistible anti-heroine.

Genre
historical fictionwomen’s fiction
Setting
20th centuryEnglandLondon
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 270 pages

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