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Type: Book
Date: 16 Jun 1997

Quarantine

Jim Crace’s imaginative retelling of a biblical story centres on four travellers trapped in the wilderness, and their terrifying battle for survival

Type: Book
Date: 01 Jan 1997

The God of Small Things

Arundhati Roy’s poetic debut novel tells the story of twins Estha and Rahel, and the shocking consequences of a pivotal event in their young lives

Type: Book
Date: 01 Jan 2000

The Blind Assassin

Margaret Atwood’s 2000 Booker winner is a multilayered drama that weaves its narrative threads across past and present, fiction and reality

Type: Book
Date: 01 Jan 2000

When We Were Orphans

Kazuo Ishiguro’s adventurous combination of historical fiction and detective story, set largely in England and Shanghai of the 1930s

Type: Book
Date: 01 Jan 2000

English Passengers

Narrated by over 20 voices, Matthew Kneale’s ambitious historical novel brings a past age to vivid and memorable life

Type: Book
Date: 01 Jan 2001

Wolfy and the Strudelbakers

Zvi Jagendorf’s wonderful comic novel about a young Jewish refugee in wartime London is an enchanting blend of sharp humour and crisp observation

Type: Book
Date: 28 Aug 2001

Translated Accounts

James Kelman offers us a harrowing glimpse into a realm where power is unchecked and liberties are few or nonexistent

Type: Book
Date: 01 Jan 2001

Dogside Story

Patricia Grace's rich and dramatic novel, threaded with humour, presents a powerful picture of the Maori people in modern times

Type: Book
Date: 21 May 2001

By the Sea

Abdulrazak Gurnah’s story of love and betrayal, of seduction and possession, and of people desperately trying to find stability amidst the maelstrom

Type: Book
Date: 10 Sep 2002

The Blue Tango

Eoin McNamee's wonderful novel is at once a gripping thriller and a danse macabre through a shadowy world of corruption and sexual intrigue