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Thriller of a ride back to the Victorian pot-boiler; books SCARLETT THOMAS The End of Mr Y (Cannongte; pounds 10.99).(Features)

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From: Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England)
Date: 20070902
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Byline: by Lorne Jackson

THE Victorians built things big. They built them to last.

Top hats, corsets, trains and bridges were all constructed using the base materials of faith, confidence and practical artifice.

Victorian novels were no less magnificent constructions. Authors such as Charles Dickens, Charlotte Bronte and Wilkie Collins weren't afraid of producing thumping good reads.

However, by the 20th century, many prominent scribblers baulked at the idea of writing ripping yarns that sold by the truck load.

This wasn't art, ...

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