The Friendly Ones by Philip Hensher review – love, loss and banter in multicultural Britain
A story about two families in Sheffield – one white English; the other from Bangladesh – meanders through the decades
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A story about two families in Sheffield – one white English; the other from Bangladesh – meanders through the decades
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