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Maria McCann

The novel was well received by readers and critics and has recently been championed by Orange Prize winner Lionel Shriver, but failed to attract what one could call widespread attention.

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They desert their posts in Cromwell’s New Model Army to establish a farming commune in the countryside.

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The story focuses on the relationship of two men, Jacob Cullen and Christopher Ferris, and is set during the English Civil War.

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