Following on from her January round-up, Rabeea Saleem picks her top books for the second half of 2017 fiction.
Best Works of 2017 Fiction:
Rabeea Saleem is a literary critic and frequent contributor to Wales Arts Review.
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These Dividing Walls by Fran Cooper | Book Review
Rebeea Saleem indulges in Fran Cooper’s These Dividing Walls, revelling in the the author’s ability to bring her characters to life against the backdrop of a refreshingly realistic portrait of Paris.
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