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Good prose, Orwell would have you believe, is like a window pane. Had Orwell been Simon Mawer, he might have specified what kind of window pane he had in mind, where, when and in what lighting. The ...

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One of the most acclaimed books to be published in the last couple of years is the Man Booker Prize shortlisted novel, The Glass Room, by the British writer, Simon Mawer.