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DescriptionA sequel to one of Lessing's most celebrated novels, 'The Fifth Child'. Reviews'A wonderful novel, flawless as a black pearl.' Daily Mail 'Outstanding!A tour de force that poses stark questions about modern-day Britain and what it is to be human.' Sunday Times '"Ben, In the World" is huge in scope, humanity and pathos. Lessing created a monster; her triumph is that he not only personifies the human yearning to belong, but that we also come to love him.' Shena Mackay, Daily Telegraph Author descriptionDoris Lessing is one of the most important writers of the twentieth century and was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature 2007. Her first novel, 'The Grass is Singing', was published in 1950. Among her other celebrated novels are 'The Golden Notebook', 'The Fifth Child' and 'Memoirs of a Survivor'. She has also published two volumes of her autobiography, 'Under my Skin' and 'Walking in the Shade'. Her most recent novel is 'The Cleft'. |