Economical with Fiction

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Exploring fiction of the 1920s and 30s, the crossover of economics and fiction, stories of the Great Depression, women writers from historical novelist E.J. Barnes, author of Mr Keynes' Revolution

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About E.J. Barnes

Interested in 1920s, 1930s, JM Keynes, Bloomsbury, political economy, 20th century writers, women writers, forgotten classics, science v religion, social history, kids' books. Writer of historical fiction (Mr Keynes books).

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