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Fiction (A-Z by author)
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Visit of the Royal Physician Enquist, Per Olov Eroticism, madness, intrigue, and philosophy - De Sade? "de" Sun? Big Brover? No - one of the best historical novels you will ever read. Set in C18th Denmark, it depicts the life & times of Christian VII as his kingdom emerges kicking and screaming out of the… |
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2666 Bolano, Robert Epic novel in fictional crime-ridden US/Mexico border town, Santa Teresa Paperback - Picador 2009 … |
£8.99 | |
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A Fraction of the Whole Toltz, Steve For something fresh, different, cool, a bit crazy and not at all fluffy in any way whatsoever, then this is for you. And Ed’s with me on this. Set in Australia, Toltz takes the reader on a fast-paced, funny, devastating and philosophical journey though the life of the dysfunctional Jasper, his… |
£8.99 | |
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A Golden Age Anam, Tahmima Another of the books shortlisted by Mr B and his fellow Costa First Novel Award judges earlier this year, has just appeared in paperback. “A Golden Age” is set against the backdrop of the Bangladeshi War of Independence and is a tense and intriguing novel about one family’s experie… |
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A Small Town in Germany Le Carré, John Excellent espionage thriller, as you would expect from Le Carré's better known later works. Set in late 60s' Bonn against a backdrop of nervousness at a possible resurgence of Nazism, the novel centres on the disappearance of a British embassy employee and a collection of vital f… |
£7.99 | |
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A spot of Bother Haddon, Mark Q - Will the follow up to "The Curious Incident..." disappoint? A - Very different but just as good. T - Oh yeah, how so? - Well, all the characters are dysfunctional but in a run-of-the-mill English way. So it's about you! Beyond the humour and t… |
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A Spy in the House of Love Nin, Anaïs Very Requited Love. Heroine Sabina reverses the traditional roles by playing games, having a LOT of sex and always making sure to avoid commitment. Paperback - Penguin - 2001 … |
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A Tangled Summer Kington, Caroline The debut novel by Caroline Kington. A tangled (as the title suggests) web of antics woven by the inhabitants of the fictitious West-Country village of Summerstoke - drama and love in the farmyards of the south west. Paperback - Orion - 2007… |
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A Thousand Splendid Suns Hosseini, Khaled The Kite Runner became one of those word-out-mouth sensations by first time Afghan novelist Hosseini and this is his much anticipated second novel. I’ve only just started it, but love-love-loving it so far. I’m particularly intrigued to see how he writes from a female perspective, sinc… |
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A Very Long Engagement Japrisot, Sebastian The fiancée of a young French soldier lost in action during World War One becomes suspicious at the official reports of how he was killed. A letter leads her to gradually uncover the full distasteful circumstances behind his death and that of four other… |
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Afternoon of A Good Woman Bawden, Nina A well-written, unsentimental account of a middle-aged female magistrate on the day she decides to leave her husband and children. As the two cases before her in court unfold, so she looks back on her own life and actions and asks how she herself would be judged. Paperback - Virago - 2006… |
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Against Nature Huysmans, Joris-Karl Revolted by the hypocrisy and materialism and bored with the debauchery of late 19th-century Paris, Des Esseintes, a young aristocratic aesthete, shuts himself up in a country house and abandons himself to the satsifaction of his senses, his intellect, and his imagination. "Against N… |
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