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2008 novel, shortlisted for the Booker Prize

First edition (publ. Fourth Estate)

The Northern Clemency is a book by Philip Hensher written in 2008 and shortlisted for the Booker Prize that year. It is a 600-page story set in the northern English city of Sheffield and examines the beginning of Margaret Thatcher’s Britain in the 1970s, the time of the 1980s and the Tony Blair Britain of the 1990s. It was named Amazon’s Best Book of 2008.

References

  1. Hickling, Alfred (29 March 2008). "Review: The Northern Clemency by Philip Hensher". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
  2. "The Northern Clemency by Philip Hensher". Evening Standard. 27 November 2008. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
  3. "The Northern Clemency". 10 November 2008. ISSN 0028-792X. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
  4. Gee, Sophie (12 December 2008). "Book Review | 'The Northern Clemency,' by Philip Hensher". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
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