Title: Great British Author
Review: I didn't discover Hilary Mantel until two weeks ago when I read a July 2005 New Yorker magazine (I don't remember the week). All I can say is that I thought I was well read, but now I wonder. No, I AM well read! So how have I missed this great author? And why, I demand to know, hasn't she won a Booker Prize?Anyway, in the two weeks since my discovery, I have read "A Change of Climate" and "Fludd". I now have before me "A Place of Greater Safety" which I hungrily look forward to. In fact, I plan to read all of her books. I even considered becoming one of those nuts who dedicates a web page to his or her favorite author. I won't, however, but not because Mantel is unworthy of such adulation, but because, well, I am not a nut.Finally, please allow me do the reader of "A Change of Climate" a great favor: do not read the back cover, as it tells way too much of the story. Instead, trust Mantel to tell you the story. You won't be disappointed. Great writing and great story.
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