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Type: Book
Date: 16 Apr 2020

Little Eyes

Samanta Schweblin creates a dark and complex world that is both familiar and unsettling – largely because we recognise it as the one we live in

Type: Book
Date: 05 Aug 2002

If Nobody Speaks of Remarkable Things

Jon McGregor’s spellbinding debut novel details a remarkable and horrific event, poignant only to those who saw it - whose lives it changes forever

Type: Book
Date: 29 Aug 2002

The Story of Lucy Gault

William Trevor’s haunting story of loss and hope captures the atmosphere of a country in turmoil and the heart-rending emotions of a family torn apart

Type: Book
Date: 04 Feb 2002

Fingersmith

Sarah Waters offers an intriguing blend of mystery and suspense, secrets and betrayal in her evocative Victorian underworld page-turner

Type: Book
Date: 25 Apr 2002

Who's Sorry Now?

A faithful husband takes the dangerous step of asking for a piece of his philandering friend’s disordered life, in Howard Jacobson’s bawdy comic tale

Type: Book
Date: 09 Aug 2002

To the Last City

Colin Thubron’s brilliant exploration of the psychological challenges of travelling, set within the exotic jungle of South America

Type: Book
Date: 01 Jan 2001

number9dream

The second novel from David Mitchell, critically-acclaimed author of Ghostwritten and Cloud Atlas, is a mysterious coming-of-age story, set in Japan

Type: Book
Date: 06 May 2002

Unless

Carol Shields explores the bonds between mothers and daughters, husbands and wives, and what happens when abstract ideas are put to the test

Type: Book
Date: 01 Jan 2002

Still Here

Two strangers, each burdened by the past, meet. Linda Grant asks whether these survivors of the battles of the 70s are meant for each other - or not

Type: Book
Date: 01 Jan 2003

Astonishing Splashes of Colour

Clare Morrall’s insightful debut tells of identity struggles, the approach of breakdown - and the optimism of an eccentric, loving marriage