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Type: Book
Date: 01 Jan 1977

Staying On

Paul Scott’s sequel to The Raj Quartet is both an engrossing portrait of the end of an empire and an engaging dissection of a long-lasting marriage

Type: Book
Date: 01 Jan 1980

Rites of Passage

The first book of William Golding’s Sea Trilogy is a haunting account of an epic sea journey, which profoundly affects all those who set sail on it

Type: Book
Date: 01 Jan 1980

Clear Light of Day

Anita Desai’s accomplished family drama explores how the unexplored crises of childhood can reveal new worlds - if courage can be found to face them

Type: Book
Date: 01 Jan 1979

A Bend in the River

One of V.S. Naipul’s best-known works, this account of chaos and corruption in post-colonial Africa evokes echoes of Conrad’s Heart of Darkness

Type: Book
Date: 01 Jan 1980

Earthly Powers

Anthony Burgess’ sweeping historical fiction is a dramatic tour de force that often surprises and sometimes shocks, but never fails to entertain

Type: Book
Date: 01 Jan 1979

Confederates

Thomas Keneally’s compelling historical drama about the American Civil War brings to life one of the most emotive episodes in American history

Type: Book
Date: 11 Sep 1978

Rumours of Rain

On the eve of the Soweto riots, narrator Martin Mynhardt, André Brink’s hard-nosed Afrikaner businessman, stubbornly clings to his view of the world

Type: Book
Date: 01 Jan 1978

Jake's Thing

As Jake nears his 60th birthday, his hitherto faithful - to him, at least - companion goes missing. Kingsley Amis leads the hunt for Jake’s libido

Type: Book
Date: 01 Jan 1980

No Country for Young Men

Four generations of two families struggle to deal with the after-effects of the Irish Civil War in Julia O’Faolain’s gripping and engaging novel

Type: Book
Date: 01 Jan 1981

The Comfort of Strangers

An English couple on holiday encounter an unsettling stranger in Ian McEwan’s chilling psychological thriller about love, violence and obsession