'Vickers sees with a clear eye and writes with a light hand; she's a presence worth cherishing in the ranks of modern novelists.' Philip Pullman In , Sylvia Blackwell, fresh from one of the new post-war Library Schools, takes up a job as children's librarian in a run down library in the market town of East Mole.4/5(). Salley Vickers was born in Liverpool, the home of her mother, and grew up as the child of parents in the British Communist Party. She won a state scholarship to St Paul’s Girl’s School and went on to read English at Newnham College Cambridge/5. Set in the late s, in a small Wiltshire town, Salley Vickers’ enchanting ninth novel tells the story of year-old Sylvia Blackwell, who arrives in East Mole to take up the post of children Estimated Reading Time: 3 mins.
A novel by Salley Vickers *A Sunday Times Top 10 Bestseller* 'Vickers sees with a clear eye and writes with a light hand; she's a presence worth cherishing in the ranks of modern novelists.' Philip Pullman In , Sylvia Blackwell, fresh from one of the new post-war Library Schools, takes up a job as children's librarian in a run down library. Salley Vickers is an author I was yet to explore until the opportunity came my way to review her latest novel, The Librarian.I have heard of the notable author of The Cleaner of Chartres and after reading this novel, I have made a pact to seek out The Cleaner of Chartres sooner rather than later.I selected this title to read based on the title and setting alone. Click to read more about The Librarian by Salley Vickers. LibraryThing is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers.
John Saxbee reads Salley Vickers’s novel The Librarian, set in the s. “EAST MOLE — if there ever was a West Mole it had long vanished into obscurity — was one of those small middle-English country towns whose reputation rests on an understanding that it has known better days. Back in the late nineteenth century the town had been blessed by the patronage of the Tillotson sisters, teetotal spinsters from a branch of a local family who had made their fortune in gin. 'Vickers sees with a clear eye and writes with a light hand; she's a presence worth cherishing in the ranks of modern novelists.' Philip Pullman In , Sylvia Blackwell, fresh from one of the new post-war Library Schools, takes up a job as children's librarian in a run down library in the market town of East Mole. Set in the late s, in a small Wiltshire town, Salley Vickers’ enchanting ninth novel tells the story of year-old Sylvia Blackwell, who arrives in East Mole to take up the post of children.
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