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The Essence of the Thing
Madeleine St John’s novel about the shockingly abrupt end to a relationship skillfully treads a fine line between humour and pathos
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The Blackwater Lightship
Three generations of women arrive at an uneasy peace after years of strife, in Colm Tóibín’s resonant and complex family drama
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The Restraint of Beasts
After the twin evils of sloth and alcohol lead to a horribly botched job, three fence builders flee South in Magnus Mills’ surreal black comedy
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The Hiding Place
Through the eyes of a young girl, Trezza Azzopardi reveals a world rarely seen in fiction - the gritty underworld of Cardiff in the mid-20th century
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Disgrace
J.M. Coetzee became the first author to win the Booker twice with this tale set in post-apartheid South Africa, where a professor’s complacency contributes to his utter downfall
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Fasting, Feasting
Anita Desai’s intricate family drama examines the different ways in which two cultures assuage human hungers, desires and appetites
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The Map of Love
Ahdaf Soueif expertly weaves together two tales of love across different cultures and generations that reveal startling parallels with each other
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Our Fathers
Andrew O’Hagan’s poignant and powerful debut novel: a moving examination of memories and loss, set against Glasgow’s changing urban landscape
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Amsterdam
A fragile friendship descends into hatred and revenge, in Ian McEwan’s darkly humorous Booker Prize 1998-winning novel
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Headlong
Michael Frayn’s ingeniously comic art thriller about a young philosophy lecturer’s obsessive hunt for a missing masterpiece