Books: Small, but Beautifully Crafted ; the India House by William Palmer,Jonathan Cape, Pounds 16.99.

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In a literary world which appears to be obsessed with awards and their shortlists almost to the exclusion of anything else, the undercelebration of William Palmer's work is an abiding mystery.

This is the Birminghamborn writer's fifth novel and his first since The Pardon of St Anne in 1997. Like its predecessors (and the collection of short stories Four Last Things), it is a beautifully crafted study of small people tossed on the waves of history.

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Books: Small, but Beautifully Crafted ; the India House by William Palmer,Jonathan Cape, Pounds 16.99.

Having set previous books as remotely from his own experience as 18th century Italy and Nazi Germany, Palmer comes ...

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