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The Lowland
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Jhumpa Lahiri’s stunning novel, shortlisted for the 2013 Booker Prize, tells the story of two brothers, Subhash and Udayan Mitra. Born in Calcutta ...Read Review
The Pagan Lord
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I do not generally read series of books, but I do read the Uhtred books, and greet each one with pleasure. It inevitably ...Read Review
The Thicket
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Upon the death of his parents from smallpox, Jack Parker begins a trek through East Texas along with his younger sister, Lula, and ...Read Review
Hereward: End of Days
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This is the third outing for Hereward the Wake, England’s 11th-century forgotten hero. In 1071, England is under the grip of the conquering ...Read Review
A True Novel
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Japanese readers fell in love with 19th-century western literature because it strove to transcend daily life to focus on the “ideal” existence. However, ...Read Review
Eight Girls Taking Pictures
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Whitney Otto’s novel, Eight Girls Taking Pictures, points the camera at the lives of eight photographers, women who live out the juxtaposition ...Read Review
Confessions of Marie Antoinette
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Confessions of Marie Antoinette is the third and final installment in Juliet Grey’s detailed account of Marie Antoinette’s life. The novel ...Read Review
The Grammarian
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This spellbinding novel is set in colonial India of 1911. It tells the story of Alexandre Lautens, a young French linguist from the Sorbonne, ...Read Review
The Good Lord Bird
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Was John Brown a terrorist, martyr, hero, lunatic, saint or deluded fool? After reading The Good Lord Bird I would still hesitate to ...Read Review
In the Shadow of Blackbirds
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In 1918 San Diego, the population lives in fear: fear of the deadly Spanish influenza, and fear of the brutal war that is raging ...Read Review
