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|title=Absolution

|author=Patrick Flanery

|borrow=Yes

|isbn=9780857892003

|pages=400

|publisher=Atlantic Books

|date=March 2012

|website=http://http://www.patrickflanery.com/

|summary=Four stories braided together, set in modern day South Africa. Initially a little confusing, but stick with it and you will be rewarded with a superbly judged literary fiction story about what is the truth and how we deal with it.

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If Patrick Flanery's South African-set debut novel ''Absolution'' is anything to go by, he could well be one of the next big names in literary fiction. It's complex and at times challenging, but ultimately an extremely rewarding reading experience.

It's perhaps inevitable that this book brings to mind some of great South African novelists but if you are caught up in Clare's world, then it would be hard to imagine not enjoying [[Scenes From Provincial Life by J M Coetzee]].

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