Saturday, December 15, 2012

We Love This Book


READING ROOM





DEAR LIFE
by Alice Munro

The mistress of the short story offers deeply personal, intimate glimpses into the lives of people engaged with the business of everyday life.

THE TELEPORTATION ACCIDENT
by Ned Beauman

This novel is an exceptional piece of literature – funny, wistful and impressively multi-faceted, it was longlisted for this year's Booker Prize.


HOPE: A TRAGEDY
by Shalom Auslander

Follow the hard-done-by hero in this blackly comic novel that looks at how history still defines the way Jewish people live in contemporary America.

MAY WE BE FORGIVEN
by A.M. Homes

This explosive novel hits you like a punch in the face. Homes is already well known for her controversial novels, and this will only increase her notoriety.


FICTION FILE




THE SNOW CHILD
by Eowyn Ivey

A delightfully magical fairy tale for adults; lyrical and dazzling like the crisp white snow of the remote Alaskan landscape against which it is set.

A RED COUNTRY
by Joe Abercrombie

This game-changing fantasy epic has a Clint Eastwood-style Western setting, rather than the usual medieval kind. Fans of George R.R. Martin will love it.


GONE GIRL
by Gillian Flynn

One of the most original thrillers this year, Gone Girl opens on the day of Amy's disappearance and is told via alternating accounts from her diary and her husband.

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WEIRDO
by Cathi Unsworth

Another gripping thriller, in which an investigator is put on the case of a murder that was closed 20 years ago, when a 15-year-old schoolgirl was convicted.

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