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A compelling portrait of a society in the grip of imperialism

With her trademark honesty and humour

King Solomon's Carpet Condition:Like New This book is based onKing Solomon's Carpet is a prize winning crime classic from bestselling author Barbara VineWinner of the Crime Writers Association Gold Dagger AwardJarvis Stringer lives in a crumbling schoolhouse overlooking a tube line, compiling his obsessive, secret history of London's Underground. His presence and his strange house draw a band of misfits into his orbit: young Alice, who has run away from her husband and baby; Tom, the busker who rescues her;