Recent and forthcoming fiction

The Crane Wife,
Patrick Ness
Canongate - $35
A beautifully written myth for adults where the acclaimed author explores the nature of love, fate and forgiveness.

The Elusive Language of Ducks
Judith White
Vintage - $$37.99 
An exploration of dependency, obsession, grief, addiction are among the themes explored in the much-anticipated new novel from the former NZ Montana Awards finalist


Ghana Must Go
Taiye Selasi
Viking - $37
The story of a family torn apart by lies, reunited by grief. A family absolved, ultimately by familial love. An impressive debut novel.

People of the Book
Geraldine Brooks
4th Estate - Euros 8 (first published in 2008)
In 1996 an Australian rare book expert is offered the job of a lifetime, anaylsis and conservation of the famed Sarajevo Haggadah, rescued from Serb shelling during the Bosnian war. Inspired by a true story it is a novel of sweeping historical grandeur. I bought it at The English Bookshop in Amsterdam hence the rrp being quoted in euros!


Book of the Weak
Joe Reich
Sid Hart Publishers - A$24.50 - Publication 15 May.
Dr.Moss lane lives the so-called good life with a busy medical practice, and attarctive wife and a modern luxury home in the Melbourne suburbs. Despite all this he is trying to escape a life many would aspire to. 




Big Brother
Lionel Shriver
4th Estate - $34.99  (publication 10 May)
The confronting story of a sister who risks her marriage to save her morbidly obese brother.The novel tackles issues surrounding obesity - why we overeat, whether extreme diets work in the long run, how we treat overweight people.

The Writing Class
Stephanie Johnson
Vintage -$37.99 (publication 3 May)
From one of NZ's finest literary writers comes a wonderfully constructed novel with a great cast of characters. This will appeal especially to budding and novice writers and indeed to all involved in the world of books whether they be librarians, booksellers, publishers, teachers, students or academics. Love that cover!





Bangs
Stevan Eldred-Grigg
Penguin - $30.00
A bold novel set in 1960's-1980's working class Christchurch in which the author retuirns to the family of his acclaimed and best-selling 1987 novel, Oracles & Miracles.