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Baudolino
Author :
Umberto Eco
Published: 2002
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Synopsis extract:
12th Century history of Frederick & the third crusade and beyond seen through eyes of a storyteller in the retinue
Synopsis 19 words
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01 Oct '03
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Oct 2003
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fiction
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If Nobody Speaks Of Remarkable Things
Author :
Jon McGregor
Published: 2002
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Synopsis extract:
Girl witnesses accident on day she is moving digs
Synopsis 9 words
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01 Oct '03
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Oct 2003
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fiction
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Life Of Pi
Author :
Yann Martel
Published: 2002
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Synopsis extract:
Shipwreck en route from India to Canada sees Pi(scine) son of a zookeeper adrift on lifeboat in the Pacific
Synopsis 20 words
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01 Oct '03
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Oct 2003
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fiction
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Postcards
Author :
Annie Proulx
Published: 1992
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Synopsis extract:
story of Loyal Blood leaving his family farm in Vermont and drifting across USA through the 40's 50s 60s 70s
Synopsis 20 words
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01 Oct '03
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Oct 2003
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fiction
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Nailing Harry
Author :
Jane Blanchard
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Synopsis extract:
bullying tv exec gets comeuppance at hands of gaggle of staff
Synopsis 11 words
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01 Aug '03
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Aug 2003
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fiction
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The Girl With A Pearl Earring
Author :
Tracy Chevalier
Published: 1999
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Synopsis extract:
Girl goes to work as maid to work for Vermeer family and gets painted
Synopsis 14 words
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01 Jul '03
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Jul 2003
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fiction
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Why Do People Hate America
unlisted author
Published: 2002
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No summary or synopsis available
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01 Jul '03
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Jul 2003
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non-fiction
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Spies
Author :
Michael Frayn
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Synopsis extract:
adult affairs in wartime suburbia seen through the eyes of a child
Synopsis 12 words
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01 Jun '03
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Jun 2003
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fiction
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The Iron Chain
Author :
Steve Cockayne
Published: 2003
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Synopsis extract:
Continuation of Wanderers & Islanders as Empathy Engines get connected into an internet
Synopsis 12 words
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01 Apr '03
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Apr 2003
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fiction
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Snow Falling On Cedars
Authors :
David Guterson , David Gutterson
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Synopsis extract:
Murder trial on nw pacific island resonates back down the years in tensions between sub-communities (japanese & american descent)
Synopsis 18 words
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01 Dec '02
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Dec 2002
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fiction
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The Restraint of Beasts
Author :
Magnus Mills
Published: 1998
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Synopsis extract:
fencing contractor gang
Synopsis 3 words
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01 Dec '02
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Dec 2002
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fiction
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A Long Strange Trip
Author :
Dennis McNally
Published: 2002
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Synopsis extract:
Inside history of GD
Synopsis 4 words
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01 Nov '02
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Nov 2002
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non-fiction
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Oxygen
Author :
Andrew Miller
Published: 2001
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Synopsis extract:
vaguely related stories of sons tending their dying (cancer) mother and Hungarian exile playwright all coming to terms with past failings
Synopsis 21 words
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01 Oct '02
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Oct 2002
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fiction
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The Constant Gardener
Author :
John le Carre
Published: 2001
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Synopsis extract:
diplomat deeply in love with his murdered wife follows her journey to the dark heart of pharma corporate involvement in the rape of Africa
Synopsis 24 words
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01 Oct '02
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Oct 2002
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fiction
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McCarthy's Bar
Author :
Pete McCarthy
Published: 2000
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Synopsis extract:
travels in S & W Ireland
Synopsis 5 words
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01 Aug '02
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Aug 2002
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fiction
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The Rotters Club
Author :
Jonathan Coe
Published: 2001
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Synopsis extract:
schoolfriends growing up in 70's Birmingham grammer school
Synopsis 8 words
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01 Aug '02
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Aug 2002
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fiction
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True History of the Kelly Gang
Author :
Peter Carey
Published: 2000
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Synopsis extract:
Written in Ned Kelly's own voice
Synopsis 6 words
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01 Aug '02
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Aug 2002
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fiction
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French Revolutions
Author :
Tim Moore
Published: 2001
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Synopsis extract:
layabout cycles the route of le Tour
Synopsis 7 words
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01 Jul '02
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Jul 2002
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non-fiction
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How To Be Good
Author :
Nick Hornby
Published: 2001
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Synopsis extract:
middle-class family life crisis
Synopsis 4 words
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01 Jun '02
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Jun 2002
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fiction
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Wanderer's & Islanders
Author :
Steve Cockayne
Published: 2002
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No summary or synopsis available
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01 Jun '02
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Jun 2002
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fiction
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Boswell's Presumptuous Task
Author :
Adam Sisman
Published: 2000
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No summary or synopsis available
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01 May '02
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May 2002
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fiction
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The Wrong Boy
Author :
Willy Russell
Published: 2000
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Synopsis extract:
letters to Morrisey from 19yo putting right the disasters of teenagehood
Synopsis 11 words
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01 Apr '02
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Apr 2002
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fiction
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Headlong
Author :
Michael Frayn
Published: 1999
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Synopsis extract:
Amateur art historian attempts to snaffle possible missing Breugal
Synopsis 9 words
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01 Mar '02
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Mar 2002
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fiction
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Prodigal Summer
Author :
Barbara Kingsolver
Published: 2000
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No summary or synopsis available
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01 Feb '02
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Feb 2002
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fiction
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Accordian Crimes
Author :
Annie Proloux
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No summary or synopsis available
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01 Jan '01
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2001
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fiction
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