Philip Hensher

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• The Northern Clemency

  Written in English

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  Booker 2008 · Shortlist

  The Northern Clemency

  The Northern Clemency

  Philip Hensher · 43 when first published

  Novel · 738 pages · Family

  AIAI-generated summary:In 1974 the Sellers family moves from London to a Sheffield suburb on the very day that the husband across the street walks out, convinced his wife is having an affair.