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  • D.M. Thomas

    His later collections, including The Shaft (1973), Love and Other Deaths (1975), and The Honeymoon Voyage (1978), won praise for their examinations of death, loss, and aspects of sexuality. For Mrs. English and Other Women (2014), Thomas drew inspiration from his own life. Vintage Ghosts (2012) is a verse…

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    His later collections, including The Shaft (1973), Love and Other Deaths (1975), and The Honeymoon Voyage (1978), won praise for their examinations of death, loss, and aspects of sexuality. For Mrs. English and Other Women (2014), Thomas drew inspiration from his own life. Vintage Ghosts (2012) is a verse…

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