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Philip Hensher

Philip Hensher: The Northern Clemency

September 25, 2017September 4, 2008 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor fails to finish Philip Hensher’s Booker longlisted novel The Northern Clemency, but he writes a few thoughts anyway.

Categories Book Reviews, Philip Hensher Tags 2000s, 2008, 2008 Booker Prize, Booker Prize 23 Comments
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