Francine Prose

Standard Name: Prose, Francine

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Literary responses Hilary Mantel
This novel was widely and positively reviewed. Grace Ingoldby in the Sunday Times found it so gripping that it urges the reader to suspend normal life entirely until the book is read.
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Literary responses Hilary Mantel
This novel received generally positive reviews. Francine Prose called it smart, astringent and marvelously upsetting.
Prose, Francine. “Culture Shocks”. New York Times Book Review, 20 July 1997, p. 9.
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Reviewer Janet Barron , however, thought the predictability of the plot undermined the strong writing.
“Hilary Mantel”. Complete Review Quarterly: A Literary Saloon & Site of Review: Review Index: Authors.

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Prose, Francine. “Culture Shocks”. New York Times Book Review, p. 9.