The Standing Pool

Fiction & Poetry, Modern & Contemporary Fiction

Adam Thorpe (author)

Paperback Published on: 04/06/2009

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Synopsis

Two Cambridge academics, the historians Nick and Sarah Mallinson, take a sabbatical with their three small and lively girls in a remote Languedoc farmhouse. But the farmhouse contains its own histories, far darker and murkier than the Mallinsons are used to dealing with. As the illusion of Eden retreats, the couple begin to feel the vulnerability of being among strangers...

Publisher: Vintage Publishing
ISBN: 9780099503651
Number of pages: 432
Weight: 298g
Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 27 mm

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The Standing Pool

This is the story of the Mallinson family who have rented a farmhouse in the Languedoc region of France for six months from a distasteful couple in England... READ MORE

Stella Anderson

The Standing Pool

An apparently innocuous tale of two middleclass academics who choose to take a six month sabbatical with their three young daughters in a remote Languedoc... READ MORE

Anne Watkinson

The Standing Pool

I had high hopes for The Standing Pool which, as the book progressed, were rather dashed to say the least. Academics Nick and Sarah Mallinson set off to t... READ MORE

Georgina Bickerstaffe

The Standing Pool

Very very disappointing. The initial intrigue created by the Prologue is quickly dissipated by the dull seemingly endless prose that follows. The character... READ MORE

Helen Cleaves

The Standing Pool

I didn't get on with this book at all. The main characters, an academic and his wife, are not sympathetic. Their three children are exactly as you'd expect... READ MORE

Anja de Jager

The Standing Pool

I found this novel a difficult read and ultimately unrewarding. The plot takes a long time to get going and eventually seems to do so in a rush towards th... READ MORE

Lucy Oakes

The Standing Pool

Despite my reservations about an earlier book by Adam Thorpe, Ulverton, much praised by reviewers but which I disliked, I started this book with high hopes... READ MORE

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