Human Voices
by Penelope Fitzgerald
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appears in Historical Fiction and Fiction.
_x0093_A wonderful combination of deadpan English comedy and surreal farce._x0094_ _x0097_ A. S. Byatt _x0093_A tribute to the unsung and quintessentially English heroism of imperfect people._x0094_ _x0097_ New Criterion When British listeners tuned in to the BBC's Nine O'Clock News in the middle of 1940, they had no idea what human dramas_x0097_and follies_x0097_were unfolding behind the scenes...
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