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Agent Running in the Field
Author :
John le Carre
Published: 2019
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Classic post-cold war spy story
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28 Nov '22
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28 Nov '22
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fiction
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Bleeding Edge
Author :
Thomas Pynchon
Published: 2013
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New York early noughties in aftermath of dot-com crash. Maxine, an unlicensed fraud investigator wanders through the wreckage.
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26 Nov '22
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26 Nov '22
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fiction
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Troubles
Author :
J.G. Farrell
Published: 1969
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No summary or synopsis available
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(no review)
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1 Oct '22
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fiction
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Ross Poldark
Poldark Series Book 1
Author :
Winston Graham
Published: 1945
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Synopsis extract:
Ross Poldark returms from soldiering in the American war of independance slightly wounded to discover the girl he intended to marry (Elizabeth) has just married his cousin Francis. ...
Synopsis 186 words
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15 Aug '22
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15 Aug '22
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fiction
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The Apothecary's Daughter
orig. The Angel Gateway
Author :
Jane Adams
Published: 2000
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Parallel stories
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(no review)
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15 Aug '22
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fiction
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Inherent Vice
Author :
Thomas Pynchon
Published: 2009
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Stoner & PI 'Doc' Sportello explores the underbelly of 1971ish LA looking into the apparent disappearance of his ex girlfried and her new property developer boyfriend. It rapidly gets more complicated than that.
Synopsis 77 words
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14 Aug '22
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14 Aug '22
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fiction
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The Lost Apothecary
Author :
Sarah Penner
Published: 2021
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Late 18th century London discovered by an american woman visiting London - murders were committed.
Synopsis 138 words
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27 Jul '22
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27 Jul '22
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fiction
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Circe
Author :
Madeline Miller
Published: 2018
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The true story of a minor goddess
Synopsis 359 words
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16 Jul '22
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16 Jul '22
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fiction
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Hamnet
Author :
Maggie O'Farrell
Published: 2020
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Shakespeare's son who died aged 9 and became the hero of a tragedy
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24 Jun '22
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24 Jun '22
22 Jun '22
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fiction
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Winterkill
Dark Iceland 6
Author :
Ragnar Jonasson
Published: 2020
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Back in Siglufjörður with Ari Thor, now police inspector for the town, as a girl dies and his partner and child visit for Easter weekend
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18 May '22
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18 May '22
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fiction
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Wyrd Sisters
Author :
Terry Pratchett
Published: 2014
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Macbeth meets Discworld
Synopsis 44 words
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20 Apr '22
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20 Apr '22
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fiction
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The Sea, the Sea
Author :
Iris Murdoch
Published: 1978
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Theatre luvvy actor/director star retires to house by sea.
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02 Jan '22
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2 Jan '22
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fiction
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The Gustav Sonata
Author :
Rose Tremain
Published: 2017
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Only in their sixties do Gustav and Anton achieve their destiny
Synopsis 77 words
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21 Nov '21
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21 Nov '21
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fiction
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Rupture
Author :
Ragnar Jonasson
Published: 2012
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Dark Iceland (book 4 in English series)
Synopsis 186 words
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18 Nov '21
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18 Nov '21
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fiction
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Recursion
Author :
Blake Crouch
Published: 2019
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Memory and time. Paradoxes and spirals.
Synopsis 73 words
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08 Nov '21
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8 Nov '21
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fiction
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Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead
Author :
Olga Tokarczuk
Published: 2009
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Polish existential thriller
Synopsis 86 words
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22 Oct '21
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22 Oct '21
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fiction
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Middle England
Rotters Club 3
Author :
Jonathan Coe
Published: 2019
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2010-2017 for the middle classes of middle england
Synopsis 39 words
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05 Oct '21
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5 Oct '21
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fiction
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Small Pleasures
Author :
Clare Chambers
Published: 2020
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1957 life in SE London/Kent
Synopsis 118 words
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15 Sep '21
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15 Sep '21
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fiction
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The Last Kingdom
Author :
Bernard Cornwell
Published: 2004
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The wars between the Danes, the Saxons and the Britons as seen by a Northumberland lad.
Synopsis 56 words
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15 Jun '21
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15 Jun '21
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fiction
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Shuggie Bain
Author :
Douglas Stuart
Published: 2020
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Single parent life from pov of mother and son in Glasgow 1980s
Synopsis 60 words
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01 Jun '21
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1 Jun '21
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fiction
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The Perpetual Astonishment of Jonathon Fairfax
Author :
Christopher Shevlin
Published: 2011
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Everyman Jonathon helps bring down the government by uncovering a conspiracy of corruption.
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22 Apr '21
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22 Apr '21
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fiction
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Pine
Author :
Francine Toon
Published: 2020
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Crime or Horror or a simple Ghost Story through the eyse of a 10 year old girl.
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23 Mar '21
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23 Mar '21
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fiction
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The Old Drift
Author :
Namwali Serpell
Published: 2019
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A saga of Zambia spanning the 20th Century and beyond.
Synopsis 53 words
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02 Mar '21
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2 Mar '21
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fiction
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Flight Behaviour
Author :
Barbara Kingsolver
Published: 2000
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Synopsis extract:
A modern fable of the effects of changes and relationships
Synopsis 10 words
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24 May '13
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24 May '13
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fiction
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The Lacuna
Author :
Barbara Kingsolver
Published: 2009
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Synopsis extract:
Wonderful story of child of Mexican mother and American father growing up through first half of 20th Century, between USA and Mexico, working as Trotsky's secretary, involved with Diego Riera (and wife), becoming a succesful writer and represent ...
Synopsis 52 words
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04 Dec '10
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4 Dec '10
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fiction
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