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Book Review of Bellman & Black

Bellman & Black
Bellman & Black
Author: Diane Setterfield
Genre: Literature & Fiction
Book Type: Hardcover
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Helpful Score: 1


This is the sort of novel that left me saying hmm at the end, but in a good way. We meet William Bellman on the day of the event the killing of the rook. And then we follow him through most of the rest of his life.

William is a driven man, smart and interested in improving things at the family mill, which he ultimately takes over after the untimely death of his Uncle Paul. As various tragedies come through his life, William begins to notice a man dressed in all black who attends the funerals of everyone he knows. Desperate to find out who this man is, William starts to go a little mad in some ways, eventually believing he has struck some sort of deal with this maneven though he doesnt really know what that deal is...

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