We are all completely beside ourselves

Good to read all your views. Thanks . Now reading A fine Balance for my reading group meeting.

Eloethan; I've been thinking that and had decided to read it anyway...doing a long haul flight next week [gulp ] and need an engrossing book to calm the nerves. It also encompasses several things I've read about/seen over the years, one of which [a film] I was only thinking about the other day. Hope they've got it at W H Smiths....

I've nearly finished it. A wonderfully written book that made me re-assess my view on a lot of things - particularly certain psychological experimental methods that I don't remember questioning when I was studying psychology with the OU.

Tegan I'd read the Guardian review too and thought it might spoil the book for me, but it hasn't.

That really is not on. The Guardian should know better.

Oh rats; I've just read a Guardian Review which then goes on to tell the whole story ....a thousand curses on them.....grrrr

Just finished it and thoroughly enjoyed it too.

I read it on holiday and couldn't put it down. Difficult to discuss it without committing a spoiler! Highly recommended.

She also wrote The Jane Austen Book Club which I have read! Oops.

I think it is long listed for the Man Booker. Haven't read anything before by the author but will find out what else she has written. I'll be interested to hear what others think.

I will have a look at it before I download it, but it's certainly cheap.

Same here. Just going to download it onto Kindle. Thanks.

Hi scaredycat I haven't read it but it looks really interesting, good reviews and currently only £1.80 on Kindle, so I've bought it with an upcoming holiday in mind ...thanks for the recommendation.

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