Louis de Berni res is the master of historical fiction which makes you both laugh and cry. This book follows an unforgettable family through the Second World War and beyond.
Louis de Berni res is the bestselling author of Captain Corelli's Mandolin, which won the Commonwealth Writers' Prize Best Book in 1995. His most recent books are So Much Life Left Over and The Dust That Falls From Dreams, the short story collection Labels and the poetry collection The Cat in the Treble Clef.
De Bernieres is a singular, cherishable voice. * Mail on Sunday
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Louis de Bernieres is in the direct line that runs through Dickens
and Evelyn Waugh... he has only to look into his world, one senses,
for it to rush into reality, colours and touch and taste * Evening
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Both heart-warming and heart-wrenching, this novel will captivate
the senses and make you laugh as well as cry. Brimming with
incredible, quirky characters and beautiful, lyrical writing,
The Autumn of the Ace is the ideal book for lovers of
historical fiction -- Carmen Coetsee * South African *
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