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Skios
A (suit)case of mistaken identity leads to a series of absurd misadventures, as Michael Frayn exports a madcap farce to an unsuspecting Greek island
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Umbrella
Weaving together a dense tapestry of consciousness and a century of lived life, Will Self sets out to understand the nature of the modern world
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The Marrying of Chani Kaufman
Eve Harris’ rich tale about the semi-arranged marriage of two young Jews in London mixes humour with pathos and adds a dash of rebellion
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Five Star Billionaire
Tash Aw’s kaleidoscopic novel about the overlapping lives of five ambitious newcomers to China’s most dynamic city
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Almost English
In Charlotte Mendelson’s comic tale, a Hungarian teen swaps a flat full of female relatives for the dubious delights of an English boarding school
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We Need New Names
NoViolet Bulawayo’s debut novel is a bittersweet portrayal of life in a ramshackle Zimbabwean shantytown called Paradise
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The Spinning Heart
Donal Ryan captures the language and spirit of rural Ireland in this dark, witty and technically daring portrait of small-town life
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The Lighthouse
No matter where you go the past is never far behind, as Futh discovers in Alison Moore’s unsettling debut novel
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The Kills
Richard House’s epic novel of crime and conspiracy is a hugely ambitious cross-continental saga told in four volumes
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Harvest
Jim Crace’s lyrical historical fiction evokes the tragedy of a land pillaged and communities scattered, as England’s fields are irrevocably enclosed