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Small World
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Small World

In the second book of his ‘campus’ trilogy, David Lodge chronicles the pursuit of passion and the search for the holy grail of academic perks
In Custody
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In Custody

A frustrated small-town scholar lands the opportunity of a lifetime, but only encounters more frustration in Anita Desai’s touching comic novel
An Artist of the Floating World
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An Artist of the Floating World

Kazuo Ishiguro examines guilt, truth and ageing through the highly subjective reminiscences of a retired painter in post-war Japan
The Battle of Pollocks Crossing
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The Battle of Pollocks Crossing

An English teacher bites off more than he can chew when he ventures to the American Midwest to broaden his horizons In J.L. Carr’s quirky comic novel
What's Bred in the Bone
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What's Bred in the Bone

The second volume of Robertson Davies’ Cornish Trilogy explores the complicated life and hidden talents of eccentric art collector Francis Cornish
The Bone People
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The Bone People

Keri Hulme’s Booker Prize-winning novel focuses on the mysterious relationships between three unorthodox outsiders of mixed Maori and European heritage
An Insular Possession
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An Insular Possession

Timothy Mo’s sweeping historical novel is set on the China coast in the 1830s, before and during the 19th-century Opium Wars
The Good Terrorist
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The Good Terrorist

Radical ideology struggles against a bourgeois upbringing as a conscience rebels in Doris Lessing’s compelling revolutionary satire
The Old Devils
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The Old Devils

Kingsley Amis won the 1986 Booker for The Old Devils, which is considered by many, including his son and fellow author Martin, to be his masterpiece
Illywhacker
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Illywhacker

Peter Carey’s contemporary classic is a dazzling comic account of one man’s unbelievable exploits across the Australian continent