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HighFidelity
Author :
Nick Hornby
Published: 1996
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Synopsis extract:
30 something growing up from boyish bloke to new bloke
Synopsis 9 words
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01 Jun '99
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Jun 1999
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fiction
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The Chimney Sweeper's Boy
Author :
Barbara Vine
Published: 1998
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Synopsis extract:
discovery of author's secret after his death
Synopsis 7 words
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01 May '99
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May 1999
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fiction
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Brazzaville Beach
Author :
William Boyd
Published: 1990
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Synopsis extract:
Woman reviews mess of marriage to mathematician and job studying chimps
Synopsis 11 words
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01 Apr '99
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Apr 1999
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fiction
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Kowloon Tong
Author :
Paul Theroux
Published: 1997
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Synopsis extract:
expat batchelor living with mother failing to come to terms with changing world in handover HongKong
Synopsis 16 words
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01 Mar '99
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Mar 1999
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fiction
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The Gospel Acording to Jesus Christ
Author :
Jose Saramago
Published: 1991
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Synopsis extract:
A life story of Jesus
Synopsis 5 words
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21 Feb '99
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21 Feb '99
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fiction
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Juggling
Author :
Barbara Trapido
Published: 1994
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No summary or synopsis available
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01 Feb '99
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Feb 1999
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fiction
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Amsterdam
Author :
Ian McEwan
Published: 1998
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Synopsis extract:
Successful middleaged friends fall out triggered by death of mutual old flame and commit mutual murder
Synopsis 16 words
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01 Jan '99
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1999
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fiction
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Things Can ONLY Get Better
Author :
John Farrel
Published: 1998
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Synopsis extract:
Story of a labour activist's voyage from Thatcher's first victory to Major's defeat
Synopsis 13 words
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01 Jan '99
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1999
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fiction
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Birdsong
Author :
Sebastian Faulks
Published: 1994
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Synopsis extract:
WW1 and much much more
Synopsis 5 words
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01 Dec '98
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Dec 1998
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fiction
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Other People
Author :
Martin Amis
Published: 1981
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Synopsis extract:
Amnesiac girls voyage of rediscovery through London life
Synopsis 8 words
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01 Dec '98
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Dec 1998
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fiction
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Virtual Light
Author :
William Gibson
Published: 1993
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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
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01 Dec '98
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Dec 1998
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fiction
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Captain Corelli's Mandolin
Author :
Louis de Bernieres
Published: 1994
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No summary or synopsis available
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01 Nov '98
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Nov 1998
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fiction
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Regeneration
Author :
Pat Barker
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Synopsis extract:
Sasson's treatment by River's at Craighlochit in latter part WW1
Synopsis 10 words
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05 Oct '98
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5 Oct '98
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fiction
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Mason & Dixon
Author :
Thomas Pynchon
Published: 1997
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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
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01 Oct '98
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Oct 1998
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fiction
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The League Against Christmas
Authors :
Michael Curtain , Michael Curtin
Published: 1989
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No summary or synopsis available
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01 Mar '98
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Mar 1998
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fiction
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Milton in America
Author :
Peter Ackroyd
Published: 1996
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No summary or synopsis available
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01 Nov '97
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Nov 1997
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non-fiction
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The Influencing Engine
Author :
Richard Hayden
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Synopsis extract:
Secret societies and machinations in georgian london poltical ferment
Synopsis 9 words
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01 Apr '97
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Apr 1997
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fiction
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The Island of the Day Before
Author :
Umberto Eco
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Synopsis extract:
Man stranded on the International Date Line Multi layered interweavings
Synopsis 10 words
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01 Mar '97
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Mar 1997
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fiction
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Dan Lemo & the Limehouse Golem
Author :
Peter Ackroyd
Published: 1994
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No summary or synopsis available
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01 Jan '97
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1997
|
fiction
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Hawksmoor
Author :
Peter Ackroyd
Published: 1985
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No summary or synopsis available
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01 Jan '97
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1997
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non-fiction
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Longitude
Author :
David Sabel
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Synopsis extract:
History of discovery of the means for measuring longitude
Synopsis 9 words
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01 Jan '97
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1997
|
fiction
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Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow
Author :
Peter Hoeg
Published: 1992
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No summary or synopsis available
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01 Jan '97
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1997
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fiction
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Whit
Author :
Iain Banks
Published: 1995
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Synopsis extract:
girl discovering some tings about the sect she has been born into as she ventures into the outside world
Synopsis 19 words
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01 Oct '96
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Oct 1996
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fiction
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The Ghost Road
Author :
Pat Barker
Published: 1995
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Synopsis extract:
WW1 officer recovering from shell shock and returning to France for 4th time intercut with the therapist who treated him
Synopsis 20 words
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01 Sep '96
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Sep 1996
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fiction
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Therapy
Author :
David Lodge
Published: 1995
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Synopsis extract:
Crisis of a successful man
Synopsis 5 words
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01 Jun '96
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Jun 1996
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fiction
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