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You are right issybird - I expressed myself badly. I didn’t mean to imply that we had been doing this specifically with either Ishiguro or du Maurier.
Rather I meant that in general terms the fictional premise can be examined to the point that it is in danger of collapse because the author has intended us to suspend disbelief. The success of the book depends on whether we are prepared to go along with that need, rather than whether it can withstand a forensic examination or not.
For me, both books did succeed, but for others, obviously not.
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