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Type: Book
Date: 01 Oct 1993

Under the Frog

Tibor Fischer's first novel is both a spirited indictment of totalitarianism and a hugely enjoyable coming-of-age journey

Type: Book
Date: 30 Jun 1994

Reef

Romesh Gunesekera's debut novel is a haunting coming-of-age story set against a background of social unrest and a fast-disappearing paradise

Type: Book
Date: 28 Mar 1994

How Late It Was, How Late

James Kelman’s raw, wry vision of human survival in a bureaucratic world is given voice by Sammy, an ex-convict with a penchant for shoplifting

Type: Book
Date: 01 Jan 1994

Knowledge of Angels

Jill Paton Walsh’s intriguing philosophical fable, set on a fictitious Mediterranean island in medieval Europe

Type: Author

Megan McDowell

Megan McDowell has translated books by many contemporary South American and Spanish authors, including Samanta Schweblin, Alejandro Zambra and Mariana Enriquez

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