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Started Early, Took My Dog

By Kate Atkinson

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Published 17-Feb-2011


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A day like any other for security chief Tracy Waterhouse, until she makes a shocking impulse purchase. That one moment of madness is all it takes for Tracy's humdrum world to be turned upside down, the tedium of everyday life replaced by fear and danger at every turn. Witnesses to Tracy's outrageous exchange in the Merrion Centre.


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Selected Stories

By Alice Munro

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Published 02-Sep-2010


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A selection of Alice Munro's stories.


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Island of Wings

By Karin Altenberg

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Published 02-Feb-2012


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1830. A young woman marries a minister and accompanies him to the remote island of St Kilda in the hope of converting the islanders to Christianity.


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Waiting for the Barbarians

By J M Coetzee

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Published 02-Sep-2004


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For decades the Magistrate has run the affairs of a tiny frontier settlement, ignoring the impending war between the barbarians and the Empire, whose servant he is.


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In the Orchard, the Swallows

By Peter Hobbs

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Published 05-Jan-2012


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In the foothills of a mountain range in northern Pakistan is a beautiful orchard. Many miles away, a frail young man is flung out of prison gates. Looking up, scanning the horizon for swallows in flight, he stumbles and collapses in the roadside dust. His ravaged body tells the story of fifteen years of brutality.


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Singapore Grip

By J G Farrell

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Published 01-Jul-1996


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A classic novel by a Booker Prize-winning author.


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Oblivion

By David Foster Wallace

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Published 28-Apr-2005


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A brand new short story collection from 'the most significant writer of his generation' (TLS)


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New Republic

By Lionel Shriver

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Published 28-Mar-2013


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A scalpel sharp political satire from the Orange Prize winning writer of We Need to Talk about Kevin.


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Little White Lies

By Lesley Lokko

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Published 09-May-2013


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Pastoralia

By George Saunders

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Published 03-Sep-2001


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A couple live and work in a caveman theme-park, where speaking is an instantly punishable offence. A born loser attends a self-help seminar where he is encouraged to rid himself of all the people. And a male exotic dancer and his family are terrorised by their decomposing aunt who visits them with a solemn message from beyond the grave.


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