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The Ruby in Her Navel
Barry Unsworth evokes a distant past filled with deception and mystery, whose racial, tribal, and religious tensions are still with us today
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So Many Ways to Begin
Through one man’s unique story, Jon McGregor pays homage to ‘ordinary’ lives, and explores how chance constantly alters the course of events
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In the Country of Men
Whispers and fears intensify around a young boy in Hisham Matar’s gripping depiction of childhood confronted with the effects of revolution
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Black Swan Green
David Mitchell’s wry, painful and disconcertingly funny novel charts 13 months in the black hole between childhood and adolescence
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The Perfect Man
The shifting loyalties of five children and the secrets of the adults around them combine with tragic consequences in Naeem Murr’s captivating novel
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Carry Me Down
M.J. Hyland’s darkly funny and compelling novel about a 12-year-old boy whose obsession with the truth threatens disaster for his entire family
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Be Near Me
Andrew O’Hagan’s tale of a priest in a strange land is a brilliantly moving story of art and politics, love and change, and the way we live now
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A Case of Exploding Mangoes
Mohammed Hanif’s dark political satire about love, betrayal, tyranny, family - and a lethal conspiracy trying its damnedest to happen
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The Secret Scripture
Sebastian Barry’s haunting story of a life blighted by terrible mistreatment and ignorance, yet still marked by love, passion and hope
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Girl in a Blue Dress
In Gaynor Arnold’s historical fiction, when a celebrated author’s wife of 20 years is excluded from his funeral she re-examines their life together