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The Bird Skinner

By Alice Greenway - Published 2014

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For years, Jim Kennoway has lived in two worlds: a noted collector and curator of bird collections for New York’s Museum of ...Read Review

Back to Back

By Anthea Bell (trans.) - By Julia Franck - Published 2013

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Literary

The German Democratic Republic (East Germany) in the late 1950s and early 1960s, and brother and sister Thomas and Ella are growing up ...Read Review

The Daylight Gate

By Jeanette Winterson - Published 2012Published 2013

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This is a short novel about the infamous hunting down and trial of the Lancashire witches in 1612. Jeanette Winterson admits to being fairly ...Read Review

The Blood of Heaven

By Kent Wascom - Published 2013

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The son of a fire-eating Baptist preaching his way across the post-Revolutionary backwoods, Angel Woolsack has learned his father’s trade well. In ...Read Review

Wash

By Margaret Wrinkle - Published 2013

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This story, involving three main characters, takes place in Tennessee right after the War of 1812 during the Western expansion. Wash (short for Washington) ...Read Review

Sarah Thornhill

By Kate Grenville - Published 2012

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LiterarySaga

As she did in the first book of this trilogy, The Secret River, Kate Grenville delves into her family history to recreate Sarah ...Read Review

The Fall of the Stone City

By Ismail Kadare - Published 2012Published 2013

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Literary

The Fall of the Stone City is a translation form the Albanian of a short novel by Ismail Kadare, set in Kadare’s ...Read Review

John Saturnall’s Feast

By Lawrence Norfolk - Published 2012

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Literary

Let me not beat about the bush. Lawrence Norfolk’s The Pope’s Rhinoceros is one of the best books I have ever ...Read Review

Ragnarok: The End of the Gods

By A.S. Byatt - Published 2011Published 2012

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Historical FantasyLiterary

The Canongate Myth Series has invited prominent authors to retell myths in modern terms. This entry uses Norse, Icelandic and German myths as ...Read Review

Lyrics Alley

By Leila Aboulela - Published 2010Published 2011

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LiterarySaga

The Abuzeids are one of the most prominent families in 1950s Sudan. The patriarch, Mahmoud Bey, amassed the family fortune through shrewd business ...Read Review