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Adrian Mole - The Cappachino Years 

Author : Sue Townsend 

No summary or synopsis available


01 Dec '99

Dec 1999

fiction

Information 

Author : Martin Amis 

Published: 1996

Synopsis extract: Rival attempts to undermine writer jealousy compounded with superiority

Synopsis 9 words


01 Aug '99  

Aug 1999

fiction

Brightness Falls 

Author : Jay McInerney 

Published: 1992

Synopsis extract: Yuppie marriage hits rocky patch

Synopsis 5 words


01 Jul '99  

Jul 1999

fiction

Nobody's Fool 

Author : Richard Russo 

Published: 1993

Synopsis extract: Character portrait of small town USA through eyes of aging working man

Synopsis 12 words


01 Jul '99  

Jul 1999

fiction

The Suffocating Night 

Author : Andrew Taylor 

Synopsis extract: Set in 50s a dull murder mystery solved by a contrived plot with unbelievable characters

Synopsis 15 words


01 Jul '99  

Jul 1999

fiction

HighFidelity 

Author : Nick Hornby 

Published: 1996

Synopsis extract: 30 something growing up from boyish bloke to new bloke

Synopsis 9 words


01 Jun '99  

Jun 1999

fiction

The Chimney Sweeper's Boy 

Author : Barbara Vine 

Published: 1998

Synopsis extract: discovery of author's secret after his death

Synopsis 7 words


01 May '99

May 1999

fiction

Brazzaville Beach 

Author : William Boyd 

Published: 1990

Synopsis extract: Woman reviews mess of marriage to mathematician and job studying chimps

Synopsis 11 words


01 Apr '99

Apr 1999

fiction

Kowloon Tong 

Author : Paul Theroux 

Published: 1997

Synopsis extract: expat batchelor living with mother failing to come to terms with changing world in handover HongKong

Synopsis 16 words


01 Mar '99

Mar 1999

fiction

The Gospel Acording to Jesus Christ 

Author : Jose Saramago 

Published: 1991

Synopsis extract: A life story of Jesus

Synopsis 5 words


21 Feb '99  

21 Feb '99

fiction

Juggling 

Author : Barbara Trapido 

Published: 1994

No summary or synopsis available


01 Feb '99  

Feb 1999

fiction

Amsterdam 

Author : Ian McEwan 

Published: 1998

Synopsis extract: Successful middleaged friends fall out triggered by death of mutual old flame and commit mutual murder

Synopsis 16 words


01 Jan '99  

1999

fiction

Things Can ONLY Get Better 

Author : John Farrel 

Published: 1998

Synopsis extract: Story of a labour activist's voyage from Thatcher's first victory to Major's defeat

Synopsis 13 words


01 Jan '99  

1999

fiction

Birdsong 

Author : Sebastian Faulks 

Published: 1994

Synopsis extract: WW1 and much much more

Synopsis 5 words


01 Dec '98  

Dec 1998

fiction

Other People 

Author : Martin Amis 

Published: 1981

Synopsis extract: Amnesiac girls voyage of rediscovery through London life

Synopsis 8 words


01 Dec '98  

Dec 1998

fiction

Virtual Light 

Author : William Gibson 

Published: 1993

Synopsis extract: Near future fiction set in California cyberpunk Blade Runner regarding accidental theft of virtual reality glasses by bike messenger from courier

Synopsis 21 words


01 Dec '98  

Dec 1998

fiction

Captain Corelli's Mandolin 

Author : Louis de Bernieres 

Published: 1994

No summary or synopsis available


01 Nov '98

Nov 1998

fiction

Regeneration 

Author : Pat Barker 

Synopsis extract: Sasson's treatment by River's at Craighlochit in latter part WW1

Synopsis 10 words


05 Oct '98  

5 Oct '98

fiction

Mason & Dixon 

Author : Thomas Pynchon 

Published: 1997

Synopsis extract: Astronomer Mason and Surveyor Dixon travel the world together for Royal Society observing transits of venus and creating their eponymous line across the new world

Synopsis 25 words


01 Oct '98  

Oct 1998

fiction

The League Against Christmas 

Authors : Michael Curtain , Michael Curtin 

Published: 1989

No summary or synopsis available


01 Mar '98

Mar 1998

fiction

Milton in America 

Author : Peter Ackroyd 

Published: 1996

No summary or synopsis available


01 Nov '97

Nov 1997

non-fiction

The Influencing Engine 

Author : Richard Hayden 

Synopsis extract: Secret societies and machinations in georgian london poltical ferment

Synopsis 9 words


01 Apr '97

Apr 1997

fiction

The Island of the Day Before 

Author : Umberto Eco 

Synopsis extract: Man stranded on the International Date Line Multi layered interweavings

Synopsis 10 words


01 Mar '97  

Mar 1997

fiction

Dan Lemo & the Limehouse Golem 

Author : Peter Ackroyd 

Published: 1994

No summary or synopsis available


01 Jan '97

1997

fiction

Hawksmoor 

Author : Peter Ackroyd 

Published: 1985

No summary or synopsis available


01 Jan '97

1997

non-fiction