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When in Rome....
So where are you off to then? There's nothing like reading fiction or travel writing set in the place you are holidaying, so the Book Monkey has picked out some delightful books to read while you off deserting us and enjoying yourselves in your favourite summer holiday destination.
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A Year in Marrakesh Peter Mayne Marrakesh - If you want to take more from your long weekend in Marrakesh than an unwieldy carpet and a pair of yellow slippers, then read Peter Mayne's atmospheric, almost hashish-scented, tale of his year amidst the Souks in 1953. Large Paperback - Eland Publishing - 2002… |
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Baber's Apple Michael Marr Kazakhstan - If you are off to Kazakhstan for the summer, then frankly you've probably got bigger issues to solve than what book to take. That said, if Borat has convinced you to go East, why not pack local author Michael Marr's first novel set partly in suburban Britain and partly in Kazakh… |
£7.99 | |
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Bitter Lemons of Cyprus Lawrence Durrell Cyprus - Enhance your time in Cyprus with Durrell's bitter-sweet description of his time settling into his idyllic new home - an idyll that was splintered by the beginnings of conflict between the islands Turkish and Greek communities. The only book in the shop to have had a soft drink named aft… |
£6.99 | |
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Brazil John Updike Brazil - If you're jammy enough to be headed to Brazil then let Updike's sensual and tragic fable of love on the wrong side of town be your guide to survival in the switchblade-ridden streets of Rio, the empty boulevards of Brasilia and the mystical western wilderness. Paperback - Penguin M… |
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Counting the Stars Dunmore, Helen Delving into the intrigue, passion and back-stabbing of ancient Rome, Helen's new historical novel gives a powerful fictionalised account of the obsessive love-affair of Roman poet Catallus with the callous but fascinating Clodia, the Lesbia of his passionate poems. A simple plot but with ornate… |
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Mani: Travels in the Southern Peloponnese Patrick Leigh Fermor Greece Any excuse to big up the lord of travel-writing, Patrick Leigh Fermor. If Greece is the word for you this year then take along his description of the beautiful and remote Mani peninsula, with its ancient tower-filled towns, which Fermor made his home and which remains a relatively unspoi… |
£8.99 | |
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Peril at End House Agatha Christie Devon/Cornwall - When in the deepest South-West, why not trust Christie to keep your fingernails trimmed low with a healthy serving of murder mystery. Hopefully you will have a less stressful holiday than Hercule, as everyone's favourite Belgian sleuth discovers that sometimes it really is impos… |
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Venice Jan Morris Venice - If your summer break is going to be spent messing around on the Grand Canal then you are spoilt for choice, with Venice often inspiring so many great writers. If we had to pick just one to accompany our gelato it would be Jan Morris' elegant but meandering ode to the city. Paperba… |
£9.99 | |
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Voyageur Robert Twigger Canada - Mmmm. Smell that mountain air! If you're off to Canada then take Voyageur with you - as you're patting yourself on the back after your 2-hour guided hike, you can contemplate how Robert and team managed paddling 2000 miles across the Rockies in a Birchbark canoe fuelled only b… |
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Where Angels Fear to Tread E.M. Forster Tuscany - Unjustly overshadowed by Room with A View, this brilliant short novel sees widow Lilia Herriton seduced by the Tuscan landscape and by an Italian stallion many years her junior. Cue classic Forster mix of tragedy and family satire. Warning - Not a great one to lend your girlfriend if she s… |
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