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‘The Crimson Petal and the White’ by Michel Faber

By oldenglishrose - Last updated: Tuesday, May 17, 2011

I hate to seem prejudiced, but there are certain literary devices which I tend to find very off-putting in a book.  The first is present tense narration: logically the action of the book can have taken place in the past or it could be going to take place in the future, but I’m always very aware [...]