Fiction books to excite, provoke and spark a conversation. Debut authors, award winners, bestsellers & lost gems - our range of fiction titles will leave you spoilt for choice.
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Viz Media, Subs. of Shogakukan Inc Alice in Borderland, Vol. 4
Book SynopsisAn action-packed thriller and source of the hit Netflix drama where the only way to survive is to play the game!Eighteen-year-old Ryohei Arisu is sick of his life. School sucks, his love life is a joke, and his future weighs on him like impending doom. As he struggles to exist in a world that can’t be bothered with him, Ryohei feels like everything would be better if he were anywhere else. When a strange fireworks show transports him and his friends to a parallel world, Ryohei thinks all his wishes have come true. But this new world isn’t an empty paradise, it’s a vicious game. And the only way to survive is to play.The Beach has turned into a killing ground as Aguni and his men use the witch-hunt game as an excuse to take out everyone in sight. Arisu and his friends must race to understand the logic behind the game and identify the real witch before they join the growing pile of Aguni’s victims!
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Viz Media, Subs. of Shogakukan Inc Death Note Black Edition Vol. 5
Book SynopsisThe 5th volume of the new 'Black' edition of Death Note includes volumes 9 & 10 of the original manga.
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Viz Media, Subs. of Shogakukan Inc Komi Can't Communicate, Vol. 1
Book SynopsisThe journey to 100 friends begins with a single conversation.Socially anxious high school student Shoko Komi’s greatest dream is to make some friends, but everyone at school mistakes her crippling social anxiety for cool reserve! With the whole student body keeping their distance and Komi unable to utter a single word, friendship might be forever beyond her reach.Timid Tadano is a total wallflower, and that’s just the way he likes it. But all that changes when he finds himself alone in a classroom on the first day of high school with the legendary Komi. He quickly realizes she isn’t aloof—she’s just super awkward. Now he’s made it his mission to help her on her quest to make 100 friends!
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Panini Publishing Ltd The Immortal Hulk Omnibus
Book SynopsisIs he man or monster or... is he both?
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Penguin Books Ltd The Heart is a Lonely Hunter
Book SynopsisA group of people have little in common except that they are all hopelessly lonely. A young girl, a drunken socialist and a black doctor are drawn to a gentle, sympathetic deaf mute, whose presence changes their lives.Trade ReviewThe greatest prose writer that the South produced ... She has examined the heart of man with an understanding that no other writer can hope to surpass -- Tennessee WilliamsA remarkable book ... [McCullers] writes with a sweep and certainty that are overwhelming * The New York Times *Of all the Southern writers, she is the most apt to endure -- Gore VidalAgain [McCullers] shows a sort of subterranean and ageless instinct for probing the hidden in men's hearts and minds * New York Herald-Tribune *
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Penguin Books Ltd Animal Farm
Book SynopsisWhen the downtrodden animals of Manor Farm overthrow their master, Mr Jones, and take over the farm themselves, they imagine it is the beginning of a life of freedom and equality. But gradually a cunning, ruthless elite among them, masterminded by the pigs Napoleon and Snowball, starts to take control. Soon the other animals discover that they are not all as equal as they thought, and find themselves hopelessly ensnared as one form of tyranny is replaced with another. Orwell''s chilling ''fairy story'' is a timeless and devastating satire of idealism betrayed by power and corruption.
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Pan Macmillan Eye Spy
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Simon & Schuster Ltd How to Kill a Guy in Ten Dates
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Union Square & Co. Great Expectations
Book SynopsisA love story, a mystery, and a sharp critique of upper-class English society, Great Expectations remains one of Dickens's best-regarded works.
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Sourcebooks Older
Book SynopsisJennifer Hartmann resides in northern Illinois with her devoted husband and three hooligans. When she is not writing angsty love stories, she is likely thinking about writing them. She enjoys sunsets (because mornings are hard), bike riding, traveling, binging Buffy the Vampire Slayer reruns, and that time of day when coffee gets replaced by wine. Jennifer is a wedding photographer with her husband. She is also excellent at making puns and finding inappropriate humor in mundane situations. She loves tacos. She also really, really wants to pet your dog.
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Time of the Child
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Amazon Publishing The Palace at the End of the Sea
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Canelo The Blood We Share
Book SynopsisA man is framed by the local sheriff for murder. He escapes their clutches and must clear his name, and uncover the dark truth hiding in his seemingly peaceful town.
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Panini Comics Marvel Select Daredevil Mayor Murdock
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Transworld Burn After Reading
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Birlinn Ltd Benbecula
Book SynopsisGraeme Macrae Burnet is a Scottish writer. His first novel, The Disappearance of Adèle Bedeau, earned him the Scottish Book Trust New Writer Award in 2013, and his second novel, His Bloody Project, was shortlisted for the 2016 Man Booker Prize, and Case Study was longlisted in 2022.
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Text Publishing Love is an Algorithm
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Marmalade Press Midnight on Hanging Bridge
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HarperCollins Publishers Robots and Empire Isaac Asimov
Book SynopsisIsaac Asimov's Robot series from the iconic collection I, Robot to four classic novels contains some of the most influential works in the history of science fiction. Establishing and testing the Three Laws of Robotics, they continue to shape the understanding and design of artificial intelligence to this day.Two centuries have passed since Elijah Baley's actions on Aurora sent settlers from Earth to new worlds all over the galaxy.The Spacer planet of Solaria has been abandoned by humans, though countless robots remain. When settlers arrive to salvage them, something unthinkable happens the robots attack.Accompanied by Gladia Delmarre and the robots Daneel and Giskard, a descendant of Elijah Baley sets out for Solaria to investigate, a quest that will lead them to a vast, catastrophic conspiracy and a revolution in the Three Laws of Robotics.Trade Review‘Isaac Asimov was one of the great explainers of the age…It will never be known how many practicing scientists today, in how many countries, owe their initial inspiration to a book, article, or short story by Isaac Asimov’Carl Sagan ‘Asimov displayed one of the most dynamic imaginations in science fiction’Daily Telegraph ‘Asimov’s career was one of the most formidable in science fiction’The Times
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Dialogue The Midnight Timetable
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Allison & Busby One Good Thing
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Hodder & Stoughton The Faithful Dark
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Union Square & Co. Persuasion
Book SynopsisEight years ago, Anne Elliot followed the advice of Lady Russell, her only true friend, and broke off her engagement to the dashing young naval officer Frederick Wentworth. When Anne and the newly wealthy Captain Wentworth cross paths years later, it is clear that he has neither forgottennor forgiventheir past. Can true love survive heartbreak? Who should we listen to in matters of the heart? Filled with Jane Austen's trademark wit and social commentary, Persuasion is a delightful romance and a surprisingly subversive exploration of our need to persuade, and to be persuaded by, others.
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The Self-Publishing Partnership Ltd 3
Book SynopsisThe book of peace that will open doors to new realities. Written in poetry form, short stories, a book of spells, bringing back old folk heroes Robin Hood and little Miss Riding Hood, along with shamans, angels, wizards and magicians. Questioning the way of life and its current state of affairs, whilst creating an opening for the reader to question their own mind and existence. The reader will be left with a personal choice as they enter a new future.
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And Other Stories The Villains Dance
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Simon & Schuster Ltd The Secret Diary of Laura Palmer: the gripping
Book SynopsisIN A TOWN LIKE TWIN PEAKS, NO ONE IS INNOCENT... Laura Palmer – the sweet-faced beauty of Twin Peaks – hid her darkest deeds and twisted dreams in a secret diary from the time she was twelve years old…until the day she was murdered. The diary contains important clues to the identity of her killer. For the inhabitants of Twin Peaks it begins a mystery that will reach out to obsess them all… With a new foreword from Twin Peaks co-creators David Lynch and Mark Frost, The Secret Diary of Laura Palmer is a must-have for all Twin Peaks fans. ‘Rhapsodic murder mystery’ New York Times ‘It’s like sex and it takes time’ David Lynch
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Viz Media, Subs. of Shogakukan Inc My Hero Academia Vol. 41
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Scholastic The Adventures of Captain Underpants 25th
Book SynopsisA special anniversary edition of the first book in this #1 New York Times bestselling series by Dav Pilkey, the author and illustrator of the Dog Man and Cat Kid Comic Club series - featuring a BRAND NEW comic!
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Headline Publishing Group Beg Borrow or Steal
Book Synopsis''Sarah Adams writes books with heart and soul. They speak to the people finding their way and being unapologetically themselves in the process. I love her style'' HANNAH GRACE??Rivals-to-lovers??Black cat/golden retriever??Small town??Secret identity??Forced proximityTwo feuding second-grade teachers find themselves as unlikely allies (and neighbours) in this rivals-to-lovers romance by Sarah Adams, author of The Cheat Sheet and Practice Makes Perfect.___________________________Maybe it''s time for a plot twist . . .Emily Walker hates anyone disrupting her carefully curated life, especially her legendary nemesis, Jack Bennett - the exact opposite of the wonderful heroes she dreams up in her double life as a romance writer. But now Jack''s back in town after a failed engagement and he''s here to stay . . . as both her colleague and her neighbour.Jack is glad to be back, eager to renovate his house and work on the next mystery novel under his bestselling pen name. Until, that is, he realises he''s now neighbours with the one woman who has always pushed his buttons.With their red-hot animosity at an all-time high, Emily makes a mistake that could reveal her secret literary identity. Frustratingly, she needs Jack''s help to make it right. Will their unlikely alliance put an end to their rivalry? Or could it lead to a steamy plot twist they never saw coming?___________________________''Feuding second-grade teachers learn they make a great team in this cute rivals-to-lovers romance . . . this charms'' PUBLISHER''S WEEKLY''Sarah Adams'' books are woven with pure sunshine and rainbows . . . It''s everything you could want in a small town romance, along with a heaping dollop of her signature wit and sparkling charm'' AMY LEA''You can always count on a Sarah Adams rom-com to be equal parts funny, sweet, and swoony'' SOPHIE SULLIVANAnd readers just can''t get enough!''I just adored this story . . . I''m ready to eat up anything that Sarah Adams writes''''A perfect mix of hilarious banter, comical situations, and sweet romance''''This romance is brilliant! It is fast paced, laugh out loud and so cute!''''A feel-good rom-com with everything you want in a romance!''
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Transworld Think Again
Book SynopsisJacqueline Wilson wrote her first novel when she was nine years old, and she has been writing ever since. She is now one of Britain's bestselling and most beloved children's authors. She has written over 100 books and is the creator of characters such as Tracy Beaker and Hetty Feather. More than forty million copies of her books have been sold.As well as winning many awards for her books, including the Children's Book of the Year, Jacqueline is a former Children's Laureate, and in 2008 she was appointed a Dame.Jacqueline is also a great reader, and has amassed over 20,000 books, along with her famous collection of silver rings.Jacqueline Wilson wrote her first novel when she was nine years old, and she has been writing ever since. She is now one of Britain's bestselling and most beloved children's authors. She has written over 100 books and is the creator of characters such as Tracy Beaker and Hetty Feather. More than forty million copies of her books have been sold.As well as winning many awards for her books, including the Children's Book of the Year, Jacqueline is a former Children's Laureate, and in 2008 she was appointed a Dame.Jacqueline is also a great reader, and has amassed over 20,000 books, along with her famous collection of silver rings.Find out more about Jacqueline and her books at www.jacquelinewilson.co.uk
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Penguin Books Ltd The Silver Book
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Orion Publishing Co The Cautious Travellers Guide to The Wastelands
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Orion Publishing Co Blood of Elves
Book SynopsisThe Witcher, Geralt of Rivia, holds the fate of the world in his hands in the New York Times bestselling first novel in the Witcher series that inspired the Netflix show and video games.NAMED ONE OF FORBES'' GREATEST BOOK SERIES OF ALL TIME 2024For more than a hundred years, humans, dwarves, gnomes and elves lived together in relative peace. But times have changed, the uneasy peace is over and now the races are fighting once again - killing their own kind and each other.Into this tumultuous time is born a child of prophecy, Ciri, surviving heiress of a bloody revolution, whose strange abilities can change the world - for good, or for evil...As the threat of war hangs over the land, Geralt the Witcher must protect Ciri from those who are hunting the child for her destructive power.But this time, Geralt may have met his match.Translated by Danusia Stok.
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Penguin Books Ltd The Girl with the Suitcase
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Viz Media, Subs. of Shogakukan Inc Naruto 3in1 Edition Vol. 4
Book SynopsisThe epic ninja adventure that became a global phenomenon!Naruto is a young shinobi with an incorrigible knack for mischief. He’s got a wild sense of humor, but Naruto is completely serious about his mission to be the world’s greatest ninja!Containing volumes 10, 11 and 12 of Naruto! With only a few matches left to be fought in the preliminaries to the third portion of the Chûnin Ninja Selection Exams, the bout between Gaara and Rock Lee begins. And in preparation for the finals, Naruto struggles to harness the power of the Nine-Tailed Fox chakra locked within him. Too bad his first opponent is considered a genius!
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Viz Media, Subs. of Shogakukan Inc Chainsaw Man, Vol. 9
Book SynopsisBroke young man + chainsaw demon = Chainsaw Man!Denji was a small-time devil hunter just trying to survive in a harsh world. After being killed on a job, he is revived by his pet devil Pochita and becomes something new and dangerous—Chainsaw Man!With the climactic battle against the Gun Devil close, Aki may be wavering. Has he found something more important to him than revenge? And what is the true meaning behind the vision shown to him by the Future Devil?
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Orion Publishing Co Tell Me Lies
Book SynopsisNOW AN ORIGINAL SERIES ON DISNEY PLUS''A page turner... I devoured it in 48 hours'' Jessica Knoll, author of The Luckiest Girl Alive''As dark and daring as it is absorbing. Who hasn''t, at some point, fallen this hard and gotten this lost?'' Taylor Jenkins ReidYou never forget your first...Lucy Albright is eager for a fresh start when she arrives on the campus of her small California college, quickly embracing college life and all it has to offer: new friends, wild parties, stimulating classes. And then she meets Stephen DeMarco. Charming. Complicated. Devastating.You never forget your worst...Lucy knows there''s something about Stephen that isn''t to be trusted. Stephen knows Lucy can''t tear herself away. And their addicting entanglement will have consequences they never could have imagined. ''If you were pulled in by Joe''s passion in You, you''ll fall for Stephe
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Hodder & Stoughton The Running Man
Book SynopsisThe iconic bestseller from Stephen King, writing as Richard Bachman, ''Love The Hunger Games? . . . This prescient novel is a fast-paced and fun read - a harbinger of reality TV - and you''ll root for Ben to outwit the Games Network in this grim fight to the death'' (Today Books, NBC News) - now with a stunning new cover look.It''s not just a game when you''re running for your life.Every night they tune in to the nation''s favourite prime-time TV game show.They all watch, from the sprawling slums to the security-obsessed enclaves of the rich. They all watch the ultimate live death game as the contestants try to beat not the clock, but annihilation at the hands of the Hunters. Survive thirty days and win the billion dollar jackpot - that is the promise. But the odds are brutal and the game rigged. Best score so far is eight days.And now there is a new contestant, the latest Running Man, staking his life while a nation watches.<Trade ReviewMerely by tickling the keys of his word-processor King can make the flesh creep half a world away * The Times *Stephen King is one of those natural storytellers...getting hooked is easy * Frances Fyfield, Express *
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Wordsworth Editions Ltd Agnes Grey
Book SynopsisAgnes Grey is a trenchant exposé of the frequently isolated, intellectually stagnant and emotionally starved conditions under which many governesses worked in the mid-nineteenth century. This is a deeply personal novel written from the author’s own experience and as such Agnes Grey has a power and poignancy which mark it out as a landmark work of literature dealing with the social and moral evolution of English society during the last century.
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Penguin Books Ltd Heavenly Bodies
Book Synopsis''This book will leave you begging for more from this unique world and scorching romance'' Olivia Rose Darling, Fear the Flames''There are books that lodge themselves into your subconscious, and become a part of you. Heavenly Bodies has joined this list, irrefutably. This is the best debut novel I've ever read'' Molly Tullis, Consort of Darkness-------------------------You know the most dangerous kind of villain? A woman with nothing left to lose.In a world ruled by the Stars, cruel and merciless gods, Elara has been cursed by fate.A prophecy promises she will fall for a Star, but that it will kill them both.Yet when the Star of Wrath and War descends to hunt Elara, the neighbouring kingdom sees an opportunity to take her from her home, the Kingdom of Night, to Helios, Kingdom of Light. Where she strides straight into the arms of an enemy prince.There, Elara is forced to either le
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Vintage Publishing Vineland
Book SynopsisThomas Pynchon is the author of V., The Crying of Lot 49, Gravity's Rainbow, Slow Learner, a collection of short stories, Mason and Dixon, Against the Day and Inherent Vice. He received the National Book Award for Gravity's Rainbow in 1974.Trade ReviewA major political novel about what America has been doing to itself, to its children, all these many years...One of America's great writers has, after long wanderings down his uncharted roads, come triumphantly home -- Salman Rushdie * New York Times Book Review *Vintage stuff - funny, fantastically inventive, packed with improbable erudition * Times Literary Supplement *A essential novel of our fin de siecle, a finger pointing the way out of the 1980s * USA Today *His descriptive powers are breathtaking...Pynchon proves once again to be the master of what might be called the highbrow conspiracy thriller * Wall Street Journal *One of the funniest, most cleverly written, superbly characterised and beautifully structured books that I have read by a living author * Time Out *
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Little, Brown Book Group Heartburn
Book SynopsisFrom the Oscar-nominated screenwriter (When Harry Met Sally) and successful director (Sleepless in Seattle), Nora Ephron comes a bittersweet autobiographical book about love and loss. Published as part of a beautifully designed series to mark the fortieth anniversary of the Virago Modern Classics.Trade ReviewI am not a great reader of comic novels, but Ephron's hilarious, recipe-strewn, semi-autobiographical account of a heavily pregnant woman whose husband has left her for a woman with a 'neck as long as an arm' is a treat. A perfect example of Ephron's gift for turning tragedy into comedy, Heartburn is evidence that revenge is indeed a dish best served cold[Ephron] chatters up a storm, always on the verge of wisecracking up * Guardian *What really interested Ephron, for all her clever writing about food, politics and overcluttered purses, were matters of the heart. She is the exact opposite of Dorothy Parker. She is wit without cynicism, the ultimate romantic -- Gail Collins * New York Times *I have bought more copies of this book to give to people, in a frenzy of enthusiasm, than any other . . . Heartburn is the perfect, bittersweet, sobbingly funny, all-too-true confessional novel. There is not a wrong word - about food, marriage, life, love, lossFull of cynicism and gags, this autobiographical novel is comic writing at its finest -- Andrew Billen * The Times *Heartburn took the most miserable personal situation and made it hysterically funny, inspiring and utterly relatable to women of all ages. I became obsessed with its author and thinly disguised heroine * Stylist *Heartburn is as hilarious as it is heartbreaking and as brittle (very) as it is steely (even more)It is snortingly funny in its depiction of the death throes of a relationship. And it bursts with recipes. What more could you ask for?Not just the funniest novel ever written about divorce, but the funniest novel ever. Only the truly talented make writing as good as this look easy -- Hadley Freeman * The Week *I kept a copy of Nora Ephron's Heartburn next to me as a reminder of how to be funny and truthful, and all I ended up doing was ignoring my writing and rereading Heartburn -- Amy PoehlerThe real magic of the novel comes from Ephron's nonchalant conversationalism -- Helen Rosner * New Yorker *Simply one of the greatest novels involving food ever written from the writer of When Harry Met Sally and Sleepless in Seattle. It's about love, sex, adultery and key lime pie -- Jay RaynerThis book taught me about love, loss and writing. It's a timeless classic * Independent *
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Vintage Publishing The Gilda Stories
Book SynopsisJewelle Gomez is a writer, activist and the author of the double Lambda Award-winning novel, The Gilda Stories. Her other publications include The Lipstick Papers, Flamingoes and Bears and Oral Tradition. Formerly the executive director of the Poetry Center and the American Poetry Archives at San Francisco State University, she has also worked in philanthropy for many years. She is the former director of the literature programme at the New York State Council on the Arts, the director of Grants and Community Initiatives for Horizon and the President of the San Francisco Library Commission. She lives in San Francisco.
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Vintage Publishing Atonement
Book SynopsisIan McEwan is the critically acclaimed author of nineteen novels and two short story collections. His first published work, a collection of short stories, First Love, Last Rites, won the Somerset Maugham Award. His novels include The Child in Time, which won the 1987 Whitbread Novel of the Year Award; The Cement Garden; Enduring Love; Amsterdam, which won the 1998 Booker Prize; Atonement; Saturday; On Chesil Beach; Solar; Sweet Tooth; The Children Act; Nutshell; Machines Like Me; and Lessons. Atonement, Enduring Love, The Children Act and On Chesil Beach have all been adapted for the big screen.Trade ReviewHe is this country's unrivalled literary giant...a fascinatingly strange, unique and gripping novel * Independent on Sunday *Ian McEwan’s highly-charged story of sin and forgiveness is masterfully told. Tense, shocking and heart-breaking in equal turn. * Grazia *Atonement is a masterpiece...it is also an elegy to a time which, however volatile, still had certainties * The Times *A beautiful and majestic fictional panoramaA deft and brilliant exploration of guilt, family and the rippling repercussions of a single moment in life * Red *A superb achievement * New York Times *A magnificent novel * Independent *The best thing he has ever written * Observer *McEwan's best novel so far, his masterpiece * Evening Standard *Subtle as well as powerful, adeptly encompassing comedy as well as atrocity, Atonement is a richly intricate book... A superb achievement * Sunday Times *An evocative depiction of the dangers of innocence and ignorance in the face of uncomfortable reality. * Herald *Brilliantly explores the currents of guilt, shame and anger... Utterly satisfying, complete * Scotsman *A complex, thought-provoking novel. * Woman and Home *Smoulders with slow-burning menace * The Times *Just brilliant, particularly for the clever, poignant final chapter. I loved the shattering, satisfying twist * Red *I love being transported to a different era and this masterly novel succeeds at every level * Daily Express *This is a rare creature - a heartbreaker with genuine heart. Wonderful * Herald *One of the great unrequited love stories * Eve Magazine *An astonishing narrative... a novel that stick with you long after you finish it * Week *Simply stunning from beginning to end, this tense, evocative, beautifully-drawn novel transported me back to the 1930s and 40s, swept me away - and broke my heart too. * . *
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Little, Brown Book Group The Nickel Boys
Book SynopsisA devastating novel - based on true events - of a hellish American reform school, from the Pulitzer Prize winning author of The Underground Railroad.Trade ReviewFrom the award-winning author of The Underground Railroad comes another searing novel exploring America's racially troubled past . . . a real page-turner * Mail on Sunday *A commanding triumph . . . brilliant and furious . . . a lean, commanding page turner that provides the richest fictional experience of 2019 so far . . . the prose is so loaded with quicksilver wit, it holds you in its thrall. It is a novel that not only succeeds in character, plot and moral argument but lends grace to lives all too easily shattered . . . The compressed fury of Whitehead's writing is what propels the novel forward - he is one of only a handful of writers who is so brilliant you just want to feed him stories. He has a distinctive voice, at once cynical and compassionate, and his wry observations cut to the quick in ways that make other novelists look prissy or too anxious to please. There is barely a paragraph of The Nickel Boys without some felicitous touch * Sunday Times *[Whitehead] has produced yet another modern classic . . . He's also adept at creating characters of unforgettable flesh-and-blood immediacy, with even the swiftest pen portrait conveying the full weight of a lived history. Quietly and purposefully heartbreaking in its portrayal of the lifelong legacy of abuse, it is quite outstanding -- Stephanie Cross * Daily Mail *Forceful and tightly wrought . . . Whitehead homes in on the way in which every action fits into a fully orchestrated whole, which is why I would wish everyone, black or white, to read this novel. He demonstrates to superb effect how racism in America has long operated as a codified and sanctioned activity intended to enrich one group at the expense of another * Guardian *If greatness is excellence sustained over time, then without question, Whitehead is one of the greatest of his generation. In fact, figuring his age, acclaim, productivity and consistency, he is one of the greatest American writers alive * Time *There's hardly a spare word in this book . . . Whitehead has a talent for creating ambiguous, complex scenes that fix in your memory. The Nickel Boys feels like a necessary fictional project, writing the blank or buried pages of US history; and it's done with virtuosity * Evening Standard *A furious, compassionate novel whose final sleight of hand will twist deep in your gut -- Claire Allfree * Metro *A masterful piece of very human storytelling -- Nikesh Shukla * i *Colson Whitehead's book is not a polemic, but in presenting the unconscionable history of this particular institution, keeping boys in solitary confinement or even burying them "out the back", he once again builds an allegorical history that resonates in the present -- Tim Adams * Observer *Whitehead renders a terrifying world in disarming terms, lovingly guiding his reader to recognize the lasting impact of a cruel era * Time *Searing . . . the story is masterfully told -- Duncan White * Telegraph *if there's a more powerful novel this year, I'd be very surprised * Reader's Digest *A tense, nervy performance, even more rigorously controlled than its predecessor. The narration is disciplined and the sentences plain and sturdy, oars cutting into the water. Every chapter hits its mark * New York Times *Whitehead wields his mastery over character and narrative in service of dramatising the Jim Crow era to piercing effect, following the lives of two boys sentenced to a brutal reform school in 1960s Florida * Time magazine (Best books of the decade) *The Nickel Boys is in conversation with works by James Baldwin, Ralph Ellison and especially Martin Luther King . . . It shreds our easy confidence in the triumph of goodness and leaves in its place a hard and bitter truth about the ongoing American experiment * Washington Post *Haunting and haunted . . . devastating . . . The book feels like a mission, and it's an essential one . . . he pulls off a brilliant sleight of hand that elevates the mere act of resurrecting Elwood's buried story into at once a miracle and a tragedy * New York Times Book Review *[The Nickel Boys] has the hot breath of a true story. It also has a beautiful, unforgettable young hero who walks right off the page into your heart . . . If you have been thinking you should read Colson Whitehead, The Nickel Boys is the perfect place to start * Newsweek *The best American novel I read this year was The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead, a story of courage, cruelty and perversion, set in a Southern reform school in the early 1960s. Not comfortable reading, but compelling -- Allan Massie * Scotsman *Whitehead's most emotionally resonant novel to date . . . he allows us to feel, and to ache, too * Times Literary Supplement *What elevates Whitehead's treatment of race and American brutality is the elegance of its style and the satisfying inventiveness of its form * Spectator *Whitehead lays bare the brutality of recent US history and the legacy its victims carry to the bitter end * Financial Times *The Nickel Boys lifts the lid on the racist brutality of reform schools in the Jim Crow-era south * Guardian *A masterful novel . . . will floor you * Daily Mail *Not a moment is wasted, and for someone who writes as vividly as Whitehead, there's also a graceful economy here. He uses words carefully, as if he doesn't want them to get in the way of the truths he's excavating * Boston Globe *Whitehead's brilliant examination of America's history of violence is a stunning novel of impeccable language and startling insight * Publishers Weekly *Spare and unforgettable -- Ann Patchett * Sunday Telegraph *Tackles a subject more recent than slavery but just as heart-wrenching . . . Based on a true story, The Nickel Boys is a haunting account of young lives whose promise was cut cruelly short * Daily Mail *As extraordinary as everyone says -- Richard Osman * Guardian *Heartbreaking, but also very gripping -- Nick Hornby * Good Housekeeping *
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Random House Dead Heat
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Transworld Publishers Ltd Best Offer Wins
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