“In these times of ours – and we don’t need to be precise about the exact date – but, anyway, very early in the year, a young man not much over thirty, tall – six feet plus an inch or two – with ink-dark hair and a serious-looking, fine-featured but pallid face, went to keep a business appointment and discovered a hanged man.”
‘Armadillo’ by William Boyd 
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Read my reviews of these other books by William Boyd – Any Human Heart, Sweet Caress, The Dreams of Bethany Mellmoth, and Love is Blind.

Try one of these 1st paras & discover a new author:-
‘A Change of Climate’ by Hilary Mantel
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‘Half of a Yellow Sun’ by Chimamanda Ngozi Adiche

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