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Eleven

by Mark Watson · 2010

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Xavier Ireland is a radio DJ who by night listens to the hopes, fears and regrets of sleepless Londoners and by day keeps himself very much to himself - until he is brought into the light by a one-of-a-kind cleaning lady and forced to confront his own biggest regret.

Genre
humorhumorMore like thisLess of thisromanceromanceMore like thisLess of thisliterary fictionliterary fictionMore like thisLess of thiswomen’s fictionwomen’s fictionMore like thisLess of this
Themes
relationshipsrelationshipsMore like thisLess of this
Setting
2010s2010sMore like thisLess of thisLondonLondonMore like thisLess of thisBritishBritishMore like thisLess of thisEnglandEnglandMore like thisLess of thisGermanyGermanyMore like thisLess of this
Mood
quirkyquirkyMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 388 pages

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