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Fairness
Fairness is the fifth novel in Ferdinand Mount’s six-book Chronicle of Modern Twilight, which makes up the autobiography of Aldous (Gus) Cotton
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True History of the Kelly Gang
Author Peter Carey skilfully makes art from the life story of his country’s greatest outlaw, giving his true measure of that ‘best bloody man’
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According to Queeney
Beryl Bainbridge’s masterly evocation of Dr Johnson, arguably Britain’s greatest Man of Letters, in all his wit and glory
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The Element of Water
Stevie Davies’ book is set towards the end of the Second World War, in an intriguing story of guilt and deception that links Wales and Germany
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If the Invader Comes
Derek Beaven portrays a wartime England in which human relationships are threatened as much from within the family as from occupied Europe
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The Dark Room
Rachel Seiffert explores the complex impact of history on a nation’s psyche through the individual stories of three 20th-century Germans
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Shamrock Tea
Ciaran Carson employs his poetic vision in this rich prose fantasy, constructing a colourful world fuelled by a mysterious herbal hallucinogenic
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A Son of War
Melvyn Bragg’s sequel to The Soldier’s Return. In the aftermath of the Second World War, the lives of the Richardson family have changed forever
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Hotel World
In this masterful and exuberant novel, Scottish author Ali Smith brings to life five unforgettable characters and traces their intersecting lives
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The Strange Case of Dr Simmonds & Dr Glas
Dannie Abse relates the haunting tale of Dr Simmonds - a man disfigured in a childhood accident whose heart is scarred by unacknowledged monsters