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Short story collection from a Whitbread Prize and Somerset Maugham Award-winning author. "Hill's stories evoke place, situation and complex emotions with enviable economy... Masterly" "Daily Mail"
Synopsis
A young school boy visiting his aunt's country house finds company with the gentle beekeeper and begins teaching the man to read, so that it seems nothing can ever intrude upon their closeness. This book talks about this boy.