Skipton

British

/ ˈskɪptən /

noun

a market town in N England, in North Yorkshire: 11th-century castle. Pop: 14 313 (2001)

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Supposedly written in three weeks, “The Unspeakable Skipton” doesn’t feel like a rush job.

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The eponymous Skipton is an English writer struggling to make ends meet in Bruges, Belgium.

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To stay afloat while completing his third novel, Skipton also reviews books for a local paper and sends begging, and increasingly threatening, letters to a wealthy relative.

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But when tragic circumstances cut short his money-making scheme, Skipton tries to sell dubious art to an equally suspect Italian count.

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Can Skipton, whose “life had been one long process of overcoming,” come out on top?

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