Death in Summer, published in 1998, is a novel by William Trevor.
[1] The Daily Telegraph reported on reviews from several publications with a rating scale for the novel out of "Love It", "Pretty Good", "Ok", and "Rubbish": Daily Telegraph, Times, Sunday Telegraph, Mail On Sunday, Spectator, and Literary Review reviews under "Love It" and Sunday Times and Independent On Sunday reviews under "Pretty Good".
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