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The front cover of The Nights Are Quiet in Tehran
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The Nights Are Quiet in Tehran

Set across four decades, from 1979 to 2009, this is a polyphonic novel of one family’s flight from and return to Iran
Offshore
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Offshore

The shortest novel to win the Booker Prize, Penelope Fitzgerald offers a delightful glimpse into the workings of the eccentric London community living on houseboats on Battersea Reach
1985 Booker Prize
The year in which the pipe-smoking Kiwi Keri Hulme won the prize with her one and only novel, The Bone People. It was a win that baffled some in the tight-knit literary world.
Held by Anne Michaels
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Reading guide: Held by Anne Michaels

Whether you’re new to Held or have read it and would like to explore it more deeply, discover more in our comprehensive guide
 

Dawn French
Florence Ransom is a critically acclaimed English author, best known for her Booker Prize-winning novel Pennant Days.