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Type: Book
Date: 20 Mar 2003

A Distant Shore

Caryl Phillips’ complex portrayal of two outsiders in an English village shows them finding a comfort in each other's presence that alleviates their isolation

Type: Book
Date: 01 Jan 2002

The Light of Day

Graham Swift’s powerful and atmospheric tale of murder, redemption and of the discovery, for better or worse, of the hidden forces inside us

Type: Book
Date: 06 Mar 2003

Heligoland

A friendless orphan turned middle-aged drifter finds a lasting refuge in Shena MacKay’s curiously eccentric and warm-hearted novel

Type: Book
Date: 19 May 2003

The Romantic

Barbara Gowdy unravels romance through the misadventures of the incurable Louise Kirk, who flies to love again and again like a moth at a lamp

Type: Book
Date: 15 Aug 2003

Waxwings

Exquisitely written, funny and hugely entertaining, Jonathan Raban’s Waxwings brilliantly captures the landscape and life of contemporary America

Type: Book
Date: 02 Jun 2003

Brick Lane

An epic yet intimate novel set in the Asian community in London’s East End, full of warm humour and strikingly imagined by Monica Ali

Type: Book
Date: 07 Mar 2005

The Harmony Silk Factory

Tash Aw’s acclaimed first novel is a multi-layered story of love and regret set against the turmoil of mid-20th century Malaysia

Type: Book
Date: 06 Jun 2005

This Thing of Darkness

Harry Thompson’s gripping fictional account of the 1831 journey of HMS Beagle, a voyage that would change the world, and the lives of two men, forever

Type: Book
Date: 21 Oct 2005

A Long Long Way

Sebastian Barry’s powerful novel about the harsh realities of war examines the Great War from the perspective of Irish soldiers fighting for Britain

Type: Book
Date: 02 Mar 2005

Never Let Me Go

Thought-provoking and unsettling by turns, Kazuo Ishiguro’s novel gradually unveils the true nature of three children’s apparently happy childhoods