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The Lessons

(2010)
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Hidden away in an Oxford back street is a crumbling Georgian mansion, unknown to any but the few who possess a key to its unassuming front gate. Its owner is the mercurial, charismatic Mark Winters, whose rackety trust-fund upbringing has left him as troubled and unpredictable as he is wildly promiscuous.


Genre: Literary Fiction

Praise for this book

"A remarkable novel... Alderman is a supremely talented writer." - Joanne Harris

"Wise, compassionate, and heart-rending, a novel that conveys all the cruelty and pain of gilded youth." - Liz Jensen

"Witty, dark and compelling." - Charlotte Mendelson


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