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Brat Farrar
by Josephine Tey
The Bizarro World version of [b:The Talented Mr. Ripley|769004|A Pleno Sol El Talento de Ripley|Patricia Highsmith|http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg|1817520], this is completely delightful and cozy. Brat Farrar is an orphan who is convinced by a stranger to assume the identity of the lost son of a charming family who for generations have lived in a small estate in the countryside. The novel is set in England in the late 1940s, and secrets and murder feature in the plot. However, the most compelling thing about this book is how hard the reader roots for Brat and the family to both somehow get what they desire.
Side note: I read this in an old, beat-up hardback copy from the library, and the old book-ness of it added to the appeal.
Side note: I read this in an old, beat-up hardback copy from the library, and the old book-ness of it added to the appeal.