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'Seldom is a book as funny, important and timely ? I was laughing out loud at the same time as my blood was running cold' JOHN CLEESE 'Viciously funny? an exhilarating satire' THE TIMES 'Merciless? a welcome distraction' ECONOMIST, Best Books of 2...

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THE BRILLIANT NEW NOVEL FROM THE ORANGE PRIZE-WINNING AUTHOR OF WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN. 'Distinctly chilling' Independent¿ 'Unsettling as it is entertaining' Financial Times 'It's scaring the hell out of me' Tracy Chevalier In this eerily pro...

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WINNER OF THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2005 ONE MILLION COPIES SOLD Eva never really wanted to be a mother; certainly not the mother of a boy named Kevin who murdered seven of his fellow high school students, a cafeteria worker and a teacher who ...

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WINNER OF THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2010 ONE MILLION COPIES SOLD Eva never really wanted to be a mother; certainly not the mother of a boy named Kevin who murdered seven of his fellow high school students, a cafeteria worker and a teacher who ...

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A best fiction book of 2021 for The Times 'Hilarious? Fiery phrases spit and crackle. Disgust expands and bursts into belly laughs? a very funny book' Sunday Times 'Thought-provoking, timely, and extremely funny' Metro 'Shriver said that her favou...

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The first essay collection from one of the most acclaimed writers of our time. 'This trenchant, unrepentant collection reminds you that she's a brilliant writer? Order a copy in case she's cancelled by Christmas' THE TIMES (Book of the Year) 'You ...

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The first ever story collection from the inimitable Lionel Shriver 'Genius' Stylist 'Phenomenal' Observer 'Brilliant' The Times In her first ever story collection, Lionel Shriver illuminates one of the modern age's most enduring obsessions: proper...

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'A gutsy, heartfelt novel' Sunday Times '[Shriver's] best novel yet' Independent on Sunday 'A surprising sledgehammer of a novel' The Times 'Shriver is brilliant on the novel shock that is hunger? glorious, fearless, almost fanatically hard-workin...

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The new novel from the Orange Prize winning author of We Need to Talk About KevinIrina McGovern's destiny hinges on a single kiss. Whether she gives into its temptation will determine whether she stays with her reliable partner Lawrence, or runs o...

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Following the success of 'We Need to Talk About Kevin' and 'The Post-Birthday World', 'A Perfectly Good Family' is coming back into print after being unavailable for years.After having escaped for years to London, Corlis McCrea returns to the gran...

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Following the success of 'We Need to Talk About Kevin' and 'The Post-Birthday World', 'Game Control' is coming back into print after being unavailable for years.Eleanor Merritt, a do-gooding American family-planning worker, was drawn to Kenya to i...

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An extraordinary novel from the Orange Prize winning author of ?We Need to Talk About Kevin?.What do you pack for the rest of your life?Shepherd Knacker is bored with his humdrum existence. He''s sold his successful handy-man business for a millio...

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A scalpel sharp political satire from the Orange Prize winning writer of We Need to Talk about Kevin. 'A superbly witty political satire' THE TIMES Edgar Kellogg has always yearned to be popular. Leaving his lucrative career as a lawyer for the se...

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A scalpel sharp political satire from the Orange Prize winning writer of We Need to Talk About Kevin.Edgar Kellogg has always yearned to be popular. Leaving his lucrative career as a lawyer for the sexier world of journalism, he's thrilled to be o...

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A gutsy, heartfelt novel Sunday Times [Shriver s] best novel yet Independent on Sunday A surprising sledgehammer of a novel The Times Shriver is brilliant on the novel shock that is hunger glorious, fearless, almost fanatically hard-working prose ...

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THE BRILLIANT NEW NOVEL FROM THE ORANGE PRIZE-WINNING AUTHOR OF WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN.'Distinctly chilling' Independent 'Unsettling as it is entertaining' Financial Times'It's scaring the hell out of me' Tracy ChevalierIn this eerily prophet...

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From the Orange Prize-winning author of We Need to Talk About Kevin'Enjoyably abrasive... a compelling read... sardonic and elegant' Evening Standard'Scabrously funny... few authors can be as entertainingly problematic as Shriver' Guardian'With la...

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From the Orange Prize-winning author of We Need to Talk About Kevin 'Enjoyably abrasive? a compelling read? sardonic and elegant' Evening Standard 'Scabrously funny? few authors can be as entertainingly problematic as Shriver' Guardian 'With laugh...

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The first novel from the Orange Prize-winning author of We Need to Talk about Kevin is a compelling and provocative story of love and how we suffer for it. Still unattached and childless at fifty-nine, world-renowned anthropologist Gray Kaiser is ...

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The first novel from the Orange Prize-winning author of We Need to Talk about Kevin is a compelling and provocative story of love and how we suffer for it.Still unattached and childless at fifty-nine, world-renowned anthropologist Gray Kaiser is s...

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From the Orange Prize winning author of We Need to Talk About Kevin this is a novel about what it takes to make it in music. How charisma is worth its weight in gold. And how jealously can grow until it has eaten away at a musician's heart. He has...

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From the Orange Prize winning author of We Need to Talk About Kevin this is a novel about what it takes to make it in music. How charisma is worth its weight in gold. And how jealously can grow until it has eaten away at a musician's heart.He has ...

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From the Orange Prize-winning author of WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN comes a grimly comic tale of bad ideas and good intentions. With a deft, droll touch, Shriver highlights the hypocrisy of lofty intellectuals who would "save" humanity b...

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From the Orange Prize winning author of We Need to Talk About Kevin, this is the novel Lionel Shriver wrote directly afterwards. The Post-Birthday World is an unflinching account of the choices that unfold before us and what our decisions really m...

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From the Orange Prize-winning author of We Need to Talk About Kevin comes the most entertaining novel about illness and death one's ever likely to read and asks the uncomfortable fiscal question: how much is one life worth? Shepherd Knacker has be...

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From the Orange Prize-winning author of WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN comes a bold and savage story of the intersection of politics and human relationships, set in turbulent Northern Ireland. Having abandoned Philadelphia for the life of an internat...

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From the Orange Prize-winning author of WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN comes a bold and savage story of the intersection of politics and human relationships, set in turbulent Northern Ireland.Having abandoned Philadelphia for the life of an internati...

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A short story by Lionel Shriver from the collection Reader, I Married Him: Stories inspired by Jane Eyre.In 'The Self-Seeding Sycamore', a widow wages war upon her neighbour's garden, and makes a surprising discovery.Edited by Tracy Chevalier, the...

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'When feminism has become the politics that dare not speak its name, it is refreshing to find an author who will bring such renewed vigour to the gender wars' Guardian"e;Love me, love my game,"e; says professional tennis player Willy Novin...

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