Maggie O’Farrell | 'It’s a story about a boy who has been consigned to a literary footnote. I wanted to give him a voice'

In order to trace the roots of Maggie O’Farrell’s eagerly awaited new novel, one has to travel back 30 years or so, to a chilly Scottish classroom where an English teacher named Mr Henderson was preparing to teach “Hamlet”. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-03-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Bookseller | 2013-03-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-03-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-03-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ AdWeek | 2013-02-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Bookseller | 2013-02-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Bookseller | 2013-02-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-02-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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