Tin by Candace Robinson6/30/2023 ![]() In the ensuing years Michael’s lover falls prey to AIDS and it’s only when bereaved that he realises he is grieving for something else: the unrequited love of his first love, Ellis. Later, Ellis marries a woman, Annie, and the trio become firm friends, but when Michael moves away to London they lose contact. This morphs into something more romantic when they are adolescents on holiday in France, but is called off when they return to the UK. ![]() ![]() The story is framed around the friendship between two boys, Ellis and Michael, who meet in Oxford when they are 12 years old. But I’m not entirely sure I loved it as much as everyone else. Before I knew it I was half-way through, confirming what most of the critics have said: the story is an absorbing one. My pre-order arrived in the post this week, so I sat down on Saturday afternoon and began to read. But after hearing the author speak at the Chiswick Book Festival in September I decided I would read it as soon as the paperback edition was published. Shortlisted for the 2017 Costa Novel Award and the subject of much “book buzz” on social media last year, I wasn’t sure if this book would live up to the hype. ![]() Sarah Winman’s third novel, Tin Man, is a perfectly paced story about friendship, longing and unrequited love set in Oxford and rural France spanning the late 1960s to the late 1990s. Fiction – paperback Tinder Press 224 pages 2018. ![]()
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