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Our Nicky’s Heart

Graham Swift

‘Frank Randall had three sons: Michael, Eddy and Mark. That was fine by him‘.

Fiction
The Online Edition
19th December 2008
Fiction
The Online Edition
19th December 2008

Graham Swift

Graham Swift’s novels include Waterland, Shuttlecock and Last Orders, which won the Booker Prize in 1996. His most recent work is England and Other Stories (2014). He was one of Granta’s Best of Young British Novelists in 1983.

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