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Newest Review: ... are known to each other by their houseboat names; Lord Jim ---A married couple, Richard and Laura,Richard loves living on ... more

 ... a boat but his wife Laura wants to buy a real house Maurice---A gay male prostitute (he named his boat in his own name) who keeps all kinds of unsavory company including a thief who uses his boat to store stolen goods The Rochester----An older married couple who only stay on their boat through the summer Dreadnought-----A sixtyfive year old artist called Willis. At the start of the book Willis is trying to sell his houseboat which is full of holes. Grace--- Nenna a young mother separated from her husband and b...more

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Offshore - Penelope Fitzgerald: Offshore (495 words)
by - written on 20/01/12, updated on  18/02/13 (Very useful, 54 readings)
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They say that you should never judge a book by it`s cover ,and in the case of Offshore this is true.This is because when I first saw this book I noticed the boats on the cover and Immediately thought it was a book about boats or fishing , neither of which I am interested in. However, when I looked closer I saw Battersea Power Station in the background . I enjoy reading stories set in London , so I gave the book a closer look and read the text on the back cover. It sort of looked like my kind of book. The story is about a small community of houseboat dwellers on Battersea Reach in 1962.The residents are known to each other by their houseboat ...  Read the complete review

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