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Ben J. Dutton

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I am the author of 'The Inheritance of Things Past' and 'Grass and Ember' - both available through Amazon.

I am currently securing publication for my next novel. ...more

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Ben Dutton rated a book it was amazing Where are the Kings by Donal Ryan	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
For me a new Donal Ryan is something to get excited by. I've been a fan since his debut The Spinning Heart back in 2012. His latest, Where are the Kings, is the story of Jack, a young boy who following tragedy is taken in by his grandparents. His fam ...more
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Ben Dutton rated a book it was amazing Country People by Daniel Mason (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Daniel Mason's latest novel, Country People, is a delightful comedy about a family relocating to rural Vermont. Academic Miles, still struggling with his PhD, and her husband Kate, taking up a visiting professorship, their children and dog. This is a ...more
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Ben Dutton rated a book really liked it UNIT Eras: Hostile Universe by Andrew Smith	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Ben Dutton rated a book it was amazing The Recovery House by Derek Owusu	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Derek Owusu's Borderline Fiction, his third novel, was one of the literary highlights of 2025 for me, so I was seriously stoked going into The Recovery House. This novel begins with an instruction from it's author - listen to The Cranberries 'Zombie' ...more
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Ben Dutton rated a book it was amazing Long Wave by Daisy Johnson (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Daisy Johnson burst onto the literary scene with her 2018 Booker shortlisted folk-horror tinged, emotionally charged Everything Under (which I loved). Her second novel turned purer horror into poetry with Sisters, which felt linguistically more exper ...more
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Ben Dutton rated a book it was amazing Awake Awake by Fiona Mozley	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Fiona Mozley's third novel, Awake Awake, follows her Booker shortlisted debut Elmet and her Dylan Thomas longlisted second novel Hot Stew. Her first two novels were extremely different to each other tonally, and both extremely well written, that it m ...more
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