The Wardrobe Mistress by Patrick McGrath

The Wardrobe Mistress

Patrick McGrath

320 pages first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction historical dark reflective slow-paced
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January 1947.London is in ruins, there’s nothing to eat, and it’s the coldest winter in living memory. To make matters worse, Charlie Grice, one of the great stage actors of the day, has suddenly died. His widow Joan, the wardrobe mistress, is bes...

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