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Life Of Pi 

Author : Yann Martel 

Published: 2002

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


01 Oct '03

Oct 2003

fiction

Postcards 

Author : Annie Proulx 

Published: 1992

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


01 Oct '03  

Oct 2003

fiction

Nailing Harry 

Author : Jane Blanchard 

Synopsis extract: bullying tv exec gets comeuppance at hands of gaggle of staff

Synopsis 11 words


01 Aug '03  

Aug 2003

fiction

The Girl With A Pearl Earring 

Author : Tracy Chevalier 

Published: 1999

Synopsis extract: Girl goes to work as maid to work for Vermeer family and gets painted

Synopsis 14 words


01 Jul '03  

Jul 2003

fiction

Why Do People Hate America 

unlisted author

Published: 2002

No summary or synopsis available


01 Jul '03  

Jul 2003

non-fiction

Spies 

Author : Michael Frayn 

Synopsis extract: adult affairs in wartime suburbia seen through the eyes of a child

Synopsis 12 words


01 Jun '03

Jun 2003

fiction

The Iron Chain 

Author : Steve Cockayne 

Published: 2003

Synopsis extract: Continuation of Wanderers & Islanders as Empathy Engines get connected into an internet

Synopsis 12 words


01 Apr '03  

Apr 2003

fiction

Snow Falling On Cedars 

Authors : David Guterson , David Gutterson 

Synopsis extract: Murder trial on nw pacific island resonates back down the years in tensions between sub-communities (japanese & american descent)

Synopsis 18 words


01 Dec '02  

Dec 2002

fiction

The Restraint of Beasts 

Author : Magnus Mills 

Published: 1998

Synopsis extract: fencing contractor gang

Synopsis 3 words


01 Dec '02  

Dec 2002

fiction

A Long Strange Trip 

Author : Dennis McNally 

Published: 2002

Synopsis extract: Inside history of GD

Synopsis 4 words


01 Nov '02  

Nov 2002

non-fiction

Oxygen 

Author : Andrew Miller 

Published: 2001

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


01 Oct '02  

Oct 2002

fiction

The Constant Gardener 

Author : John le Carre 

Published: 2001

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


01 Oct '02  

Oct 2002

fiction

McCarthy's Bar 

Author : Pete McCarthy 

Published: 2000

Synopsis extract: travels in S & W Ireland

Synopsis 5 words


01 Aug '02  

Aug 2002

fiction

The Rotters Club 

Author : Jonathan Coe 

Published: 2001

Synopsis extract: schoolfriends growing up in 70's Birmingham grammer school

Synopsis 8 words


01 Aug '02  

Aug 2002

fiction

True History of the Kelly Gang 

Author : Peter Carey 

Published: 2000

Synopsis extract: Written in Ned Kelly's own voice

Synopsis 6 words


01 Aug '02

Aug 2002

fiction

French Revolutions 

Author : Tim Moore 

Published: 2001

Synopsis extract: layabout cycles the route of le Tour

Synopsis 7 words


01 Jul '02  

Jul 2002

non-fiction

How To Be Good 

Author : Nick Hornby 

Published: 2001

Synopsis extract: middle-class family life crisis

Synopsis 4 words


01 Jun '02

Jun 2002

fiction

Wanderer's & Islanders 

Author : Steve Cockayne 

Published: 2002

No summary or synopsis available


01 Jun '02

Jun 2002

fiction

Boswell's Presumptuous Task 

Author : Adam Sisman 

Published: 2000

No summary or synopsis available


01 May '02

May 2002

fiction

The Wrong Boy 

Author : Willy Russell 

Published: 2000

Synopsis extract: letters to Morrisey from 19yo putting right the disasters of teenagehood

Synopsis 11 words


01 Apr '02

Apr 2002

fiction

Headlong 

Author : Michael Frayn 

Published: 1999

Synopsis extract: Amateur art historian attempts to snaffle possible missing Breugal

Synopsis 9 words


01 Mar '02  

Mar 2002

fiction

Prodigal Summer 

Author : Barbara Kingsolver 

Published: 2000

No summary or synopsis available


01 Feb '02

Feb 2002

fiction

Accordian Crimes 

Author : Annie Proloux 

No summary or synopsis available


01 Jan '01

2001

fiction

The Detainees 

Author : Sean Hughes 

Published: 1997

Synopsis extract: Irish spaced out rouge falls out with return of chidhood frienemy and life

Synopsis 13 words


01 Jan '00

2000

fiction

The Shipping News 

Author : Annie Prolux 

Published: 1993

No summary or synopsis available


01 Jan '00

2000

fiction