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The Public Image
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The Public Image

A rising movie star begins to believe in her own meticulously manufactured public image in Muriel Spark’s cautionary tale of fame and identity
Wolf Hall
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Wolf Hall

Hilary Mantel’s truly great novel peels back history to explore the rich intersection of individual psychology and wider politics in Tudor England
Elif Shafak
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Elif Shafak

Elif Shafak is an award-winning British-Turkish novelist. She writes in both Turkish and English, and has published 19 books, 12 of which are novels
The Remains of the Day
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The Remains of the Day

Kazuo Ishiguro’s moving portrait of the perfect English butler, his loyalty and his fading, insular world in post-war England
The Sense of an Ending
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The Sense of an Ending

In Julian Barnes’ compelling novel, a middle-aged man is forced to reconsider his life when he is confronted with his imperfectly remembered past
Milkman
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Milkman

Anna Burns offers a tale of gossip and hearsay, silence and deliberate ignorance. It is the story of inaction with enormous consequences
The Sea The Sea
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The Sea, the Sea

Iris Murdoch turns her microscopic gaze on vanity and obsession in her 19th novel, which won the Booker Prize in 1978
The Sea
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The Sea

A man attempts to escape a recent loss while confronting a trauma from a long lost summer, in John Banville’s haunting and evocative novel