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He never arrives

How to be both is the dazzling new novel by Ali Smith

life becomes odder and scarier

a wealthy Cheapside merchant

Book Two in the breathtakingly original Deptford Mice trilogy

jumping cucumbers and bat-eating spiders

a man arrives in town to try and piece together the truth from the contradictory testimonies of the townsfolk

Hildegard has made a dangerous enemy

and the story continues in a land that is beset by enemies

ge and the victim this time is no prostitute

Matthew Hervey

it's clear she's hiding a terrible secret