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At the age of 15, Kafka Tamura runs away from home, either to escape a gruesome oedipal prophecy or to search for his long-lost mother and sister. Instead, he finds himself setting out on an odyssey where he shall encounter some very strange characters indeed.
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Joey Perrone is a woman with a mission. She’s just been pushed overboard from a cruise liner into the icy Atlantic by her scumbag husband. Now she decides not to get mad – but to get even.
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A subtle and moving account of a young English undergraduate from the provinces, this portrait of Oxford during the war is now regarded by many critics as a classic of its kind.
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This compelling story of Katherine Lind and Robin Fennel, of winter and summer, of war and peace, of exile and holidays, is memorable for its compassionate precision and for the curious and unmistakable distinction of its writing.
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‘Bliss’ is the story of a man who, recovering from death, is convinced that he is in Hell. For the first time in his life, Harry Joy sees the world as it really is and takes up a notebook to explore and notate the true nature of the underworld.
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A story for adults about small boys, marooned on a coral island. At first it seems as though it is all going to be great fun; but the fun before long becomes furious and life on the island turns into a nightmare of panic and death.
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In this tale of two Muslim sisters Monica Ali explores how they live out their own personal tragedies. One lives in a tower block in London’s East End whilst the other lives in a Bangladeshi village.
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When Polly & Theo Noble book the Casa Luna for their summer holiday they plan a civilised Anglo-American house-party with Theo’s brother Daniel, his girlfriend, & Polly’s old schoolfriend. But the Casa Luna is a place where strange things happen & anyone who lives there risks unexpected joys & sorrows.
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When one long, hot summer, young Leo is staying with a school-friend at Brandham Hall, he begins to act as a messenger between Ted, the farmer, and Marian, the beautiful young woman up at the hall. He becomes drawn deeper and deeper into their dangerous game of deceit and desire, until his role brings him to a shocking and premature revelation.
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Charles Highway, a precociously intelligent and highly sexed teenager, is determined to sleep with an older woman before he turns twenty. Rachel fits the bill perfectly and Charles plans his seduction meticulously, sets the scene with infinite care – but it doesn’t come off quite as Charles expects.
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Fight Club – a place where young men with good white-collar jobs and absent fathers can fight each other barehanded – is the invention of Tyler Durden, a dark, anarchic genius who plans revenge on the world, in this apocalyptic, bleakly funny novel.
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Alex-Li Tandem sells autographs. A small blip in a huge worldwide network of desire. It is his business to hunt for names on paper, collect them, sell them, occasionally fake them, and all to give people what they want – a little piece of fame.