Aye. Christmas. And Christmas means best books of the year lists. There is a Yorkshire expression: "throwing flowers at yourself." It means to praise oneself or be quite pleased or, again in Yorkshire, to be reight chuffed. I am now going to throw flowers at myself, because Nine Pints has been featured in so many "books of the year" lists that I am quite overwhelmed. Namely:
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ROSE GEORGE
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