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PUBLISHER: Sandstone Press Ltd

FORMAT: Paperback

ISBN: 9781912240685

RRP: £7.99

PAGES: 288

PUBLICATION DATE:
June 27, 2019

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Finer Things

By David Wharton

London: 1963. The lives of a professional shoplifter, and a young art student collide. Delia needs to atone for a terrible mistake; Tess is desperate to convince herself she really is an artist.

Elsewhere in London, the Krays are on the rise and a gang war is in the offing.

Tess’s relationship with her gay best friend grows unexpectedly complicated, and Delia falls for a man she’s been paid to betray. At last, the two women find a resolution together – a performance that is both Delia’s goodbye to crime and Tess’s one genuine work of art.

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