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This is the one of the best books I have read in recent years. It works fantastically well at every level. The prose and imagery are virtuosic, the long term psychological effects of both sexual abuse and various other betrayals and failures of trusted adults are heart breakingly detailed and realistic, while at the same time there's a thread running through which is resolved in the most wonderfully gratifying way. There is also a killer last line which sweeps the rug from under your feet. This book by no means a light or easy read, but it has much to say about the human condition, and says it brilliantly