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A novel to stand alongside atonement and the remains of the day. Iain pears is a journalist and art historian with a doctorate in art history from oxford. Dive deep into iain pears stones fall with extended analysis, commentary, and discussion. Stones fall is constructed as an intricate and, at almost 600 pages, hefty, puzzle, but. Pears combined his knowledge of art and his mystery writing technique in an instance of the fingerpost and other novels. Iain pears books list of books by author iain pears. Both are set in a thoroughlyrealised historical past. The growth of interest in the arts in england, 16801768 studies in british art iain pears. Aug 20, 2015 iain pears has always written complex books his latest, arcadia, has 10 separate story strands. I have lots of books which have been on my shelves for far too long.
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