Reviews round-up
The Land in Winter
by Andrew Miller
4 of 4 critics positive
7 reviews: 1 rave, 3 positives; 3 not stating a verdict in public
What the critics said
Rave
Read the review ↗“exquisitely hypnotic”
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Positive
Read the review ↗“a stunning portrait of domestic turmoil and post-WWII unease”
The Land in Winter by Andrew Miller
Positive
Read the review ↗“brilliantly evokes the legacy of the second world war”
The Land in Winter by Andrew Miller review – light in the darkness
Positive
Read the review ↗“A finely wrought portrait of troubled marriages in freezing 1960s Britain”
A finely wrought portrait of troubled marriages in freezing 1960s Britain
Verdict not stated
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Verdict not stated
Read the review ↗A Tale of Two Couples, and a Nation, Emerging From a Deep Freeze
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