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The Kings English 

Author : Kingsley Amis 

Published: 1995

Synopsis extract: KA's opinions about English and writing

Synopsis 6 words


25 Sep '11  

25 Sep '11

non-fiction

One Dead Hen 

Author : Charlie Williams 

Published: 2011

Synopsis extract: Royston Blake, ex club doorman, has a particular interpretation of life quite orthogonal to reality as the police and he investigate a series of grisly murders

Synopsis 26 words


15 Sep '11  

15 Sep '11

fiction

King of the Road 

Author : Charlie Williams 

Published: 2011

Synopsis extract: Royston Blake, released from a spell in a secure institution returns to his old stamping ground in Mangel to discovers much has changed and through the fog of his mind struggles to understand what TF is going on.

Synopsis 38 words


14 Sep '11  

14 Sep '11

fiction

Ours Are the Streets 

Author : Sunjeev Sahota 

Published: 2011

Synopsis extract: How

Synopsis 1 words


03 Aug '11

3 Aug '11

fiction

One Day 

Author : David Nicholls 

Published: 2009

No summary or synopsis available


31 Jul '11

31 Jul '11

fiction

Ill Fares The Land 
A Treatise On Our Present Discontents

Author : Tony Judd 

Published: 2010

No summary or synopsis available


10 Jul '11

10 Jul '11

non-fiction

The Thousand Autumns of Jacob De Zoet 

Author : David Mitchell 

Published: 2010

Synopsis extract: Tale of a Dutch trading station in Japan in late 17/early 18 century

Synopsis 12 words


26 Jun '11  

26 Jun '11

fiction

Nothing to be Frightened Of 

Author : Julian Barnes 

Synopsis extract: Thoughts about death and dying

Synopsis 5 words


31 May '11  

31 May '11

non-fiction

Trespass 

Author : Rose Tremain 

No summary or synopsis available


02 May '11

2 May '11

fiction

Canal Dreams 

Author : Iain Banks 

No summary or synopsis available


27 Apr '11

27 Apr '11

fiction

Snowdrops 

Author : A.D. Miller 

Published: 2011

Synopsis extract: Young lawyer working in Moscow in late 90s boom time gets sucked into honey trap to steal old lady's flat

Synopsis 20 words


10 Apr '11  

10 Apr '11

fiction

Started Early, Took My Dog 

Author : Kate Atkinson 

Published: 2010

No summary or synopsis available


28 Mar '11

28 Mar '11

fiction

The Heart of Darkness 

Author : Joseph Conrad 

No summary or synopsis available


11 Feb '11  

11 Feb '11

fiction

The Secret Agent 

Author : Joseph Conrad 

No summary or synopsis available


02 Feb '11

2 Feb '11

fiction

The Lacuna 

Author : Barbara Kingsolver 

Published: 2009

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


04 Dec '10  

4 Dec '10

fiction

The Help 

Author : Kathryn Stockett 

Published: 2009

Synopsis extract: Jackson, Mississippi, 1962. ...

Synopsis 10 words


18 Aug '10  

18 Aug '10

fiction

Candide 
and other stories

Author : Voltaire 

Synopsis extract: In the best of al possible worlds the solution is to cultivate your own garden

Synopsis 15 words


07 Aug '10  

7 Aug '10

fiction

Black Swan Green 

Author : David Mitchell 

Published: 2006

Synopsis extract: Growing up in a village in Glous through eyes of 13/14yo boy in 1982.

Synopsis 13 words


04 Aug '10  

4 Aug '10

fiction

Transition 

Author : Iain Banks 

Published: 2009

Synopsis extract: 'Concern' is an organisation that attempts to influence the development of multiple parallel divergent universes.

Synopsis 15 words


02 Aug '10  

2 Aug '10

fiction

Sex Lies and Handlebar Tape 

Author : Paul Howard 

Synopsis extract: Biography of Jaques Anquetil

Synopsis 4 words


28 Jul '10

28 Jul '10

non-fiction

The War of Don Emmanuels Nether Regions 

Author : Louis de Bernieres 

Published: 1991

No summary or synopsis available


18 Jun '10

18 Jun '10

fiction

Engleby 

Author : Sebastian Faulks 

Published: 2007

Synopsis extract: Life story of a nutter who kills a girl whilst a student (and possibly two more). ...

Synopsis 23 words


08 Jun '10  

8 Jun '10

fiction

Prosperity Without Growth 
Economics for a Finite Planet

Author : Tim Jackson 

Published: 2009

No summary or synopsis available


04 Jun '10

4 Jun '10

non-fiction

Masai Dreaming 

Author : Justin Cartwright 

Published: 1993

No summary or synopsis available


01 Jun '10

Jun 2010

fiction

Searching for the Sound 

Author : Phil Lesh 

Published: 2005

No summary or synopsis available


14 May '10

14 May '10

non-fiction