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2012 longlist
Yips
By Nicola Barker
Hardback
Published 05-Jul-2012
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The hilarious Man Booker-longlisted novel from the author of 'Darkmans', Nicola Barker.
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Teleportation Accident
By Ned Beauman
Hardback
Published 19-Jul-2012
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From the award-winning Ned Beauman, an 'unquestionably brilliant' (TLS) novel that establishes him as one of the exciting and influential voices in modern British fiction.
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Philida
By Andre Brink
Hardback
Published 02-Aug-2012
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Philida is the mother of four children by Francois Brink, the son of her master. The year is 1832 and the Cape is rife with rumours about the liberation of the slaves. Philida decides to risk her whole life by lodging a complaint against Francois, who has reneged on his promise to set her free.
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Garden of Evening Mists
By Tan Twan Eng
Hardback
Published 11-Feb-2012
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SHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2012. Malaya, 1949. After studying law at Cambrige and time spent helping to prosecute Japanese war criminals, Yun Ling Teoh, seeks solace among the jungle fringed plantations of Northern Malaya where she grew up as a child.
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Skios
By Michael Frayn
Hardback
Published 03-May-2012
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On the sunlit Greek island of Skios, the Fred Toppler Foundation's annual lecture is to be given by Dr Norman Wilfred, the world-famous authority on the scientific organisation of science. He turns out to be surprisingly young and charming - not at all the intimidating figure they had been expecting.
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Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
By Rachel Joyce
Hardback
Published 15-Mar-2012
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When Harold Fry leaves home one morning to post a letter, with his wife hoovering upstairs, he has no idea that he is about to walk from one end of the country to the other. He has no hiking boots or map, let alone a compass, waterproof or mobile phone. All he knows is that he must keep walking. To save someone else's life.
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Swimming Home
By Debrorah Levy
Paperback
Published 08-Aug-2011
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2012 MAN BOOKER PRIZE SHORTLISTED. Swimming Home subverts expectations. Set in a summer villa, the story is tautly structured, taking place over a single week in which a group of beautiful, flawed tourists in the French Riviera come loose at the seams.
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Bring Up the Bodies
By Hilary Mantel
Hardback
Published 10-May-2012
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Winner of the Man Booker Prize 2012
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Lighthouse
By Alison Moore
Paperback
Published 15-Aug-2012
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Futh, middle-aged and newly separated, is on his way to Germany for a restorative walking holiday. When he finds himself treated with hostility by the hotel landlord, he does not understand why. Nor does he anticipate that things he "hasn't" done will have such devastating repercussions.
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Narcopolis
By Jeet Thayil
Paperback
Published 02-Feb-2012
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Portrays a city in collision with itself. With a cast of pimps, pushers, poets, gangsters and eunuchs, this title is a journey into a sprawling underworld.
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