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|summary=A bittersweet look at the life of a boy from Ghana transplanted to a British sink estate. It's funny, sweet and sad and the boy's voice has a great truth about it. Bookbag wasn't sure the magic realism element really worked.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1408810638</amazonuk>
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|author=Patrick McGuinness
|title=The Last Hundred Days
|rating=4.5
|genre=Literary Fiction
|summary=Looking at the final days of Ceausescu's Romania, this first person narrative is one part [[:Category:John le Carre|Le Carré]], one part [[:Category:Bill Bryson|Bill Bryson]] and one part an account of everyday life under Ceausescu's bizarre Stalinist world. It feels very realistic and at times you will forget that this is a work of fiction. There are also plenty of wry and satirical moments to lighten this account of a sinister regime where everyone is watching someone.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1854115413</amazonuk>
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