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The Offing

Highly sensory and inviting, Benjamin Myers’ novel reads like a paean to the mettle of Britain’s men and women during a time of great upheaval.

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Review of ‘The Offing’

The passing of time encourages reflection, looking back over one’s life and the seminal moments that defined it. In author and poet Benjamin Myers’ The Offing, an old man remembers a youthful summer of significance.

As a shattered England recuperates from World War II, 16-year-old Robert Appleyard heads out to wander, in search of life…

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