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April’s BOOK CLUB

DYNAMIC RETELLING

Clytemnestra by Costanza Casati (£16.99, HB, Penguin)

Clytemnestra, whose name has come to epitomise female wickedness, has found a worthy advocate in Costanza Casati and this fascinating Greek myth retelling. Far from being the cold-hearted killer of her husband Agamemnon, Clytemnestra was determined to avenge those whose lives he sacrificed in pursuit of glory. Casati brings the blood-soaked world of Greek mythology fully alive in this powerful novel.

BOOK OF THE MONTH

POIGNANT DRAMA

The Walled Garden by Sarah Hardy (£14.99, HB, Bonnier)

What happens when war ends? How do people move on after what they’ve seen and possibly done? Hardy explores these complex themes in this gentle but powerful novel. It is 1946 and loving husband Stephen has

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