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Type: Book
Date: 01 Jan 1987

Chatterton

Detective novel meets entertaining comedy in Peter Ackroyd’s century-hopping investigation into the mysterious death of Thomas Chatteron

Type: Book
Date: 01 Jan 1988

The Beginning of Spring

In Penelope Fitzgerald’s intriguing historical novel, a woman inexplicably disappears as the shadow of impending revolution hangs over imperial Russia

Type: Book
Date: 01 Jan 1987

Anthills of the Savannah

In his long-awaited fifth novel, Chinua Achebe delivers a searing satire on political corruption, set in the fictional West African nation of Kangan

Type: Book
Date: 28 Mar 1988

Oscar and Lucinda

Peter Carey’s rich and endlessly inventive tale about two unusual characters in 19th-century Australia won the Booker Prize in 1988

Type: Book
Date: 01 Jan 1989

Restoration

In Rose Tremain’s wry historical novel, a student abandons his studies to revel in gluttony, indolence and buffoonery at the Court of King Charles II

Type: Book
Date: 01 Jan 1988

Nice Work

The final volume of David Lodge’s witty Campus Trilogy is set around the unlikely relationship between a senior manager and a left-wing academic

Type: Book
Date: 01 Jan 1988

Utz

Bruce Chatwin’s unique portrait of a collector traces the mixed fortunes of his enigmatic and unconventional hero, Kaspar Utz

Type: Book
Date: 01 Jan 1989

The Book of Evidence

John Banville’s novel is the compelling confession of an unlikely killer. To what extent is this darkly poetic admission of guilt actually ‘true’?

Type: Book
Date: 01 Jan 1989

A Disaffection

James Kelman’s brilliant and complex character study tells the story of one week in a man's life, in which he decides to change the way he lives

Type: Book
Date: 01 Jan 1989

Cat's Eye

In Margaret Atwood’s acclaimed novel, an artist returning to her home city is consumed by images of the lavish cruelties she endured there as a child