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The Eyre Affair
by Jasper Fforde
Hardcover: Jan 2002
Paperback: 1 Feb 2003
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| Suspenseful and outlandish, absorbing and fun - a novel unlike any other and an introduction to the imagination of a most distinctive writer and his singular fictional universe. |
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The Carnivorous Carnival: Book the Ninth (A Series of Unfortunate Events)
by Lemony Snicket, Brett Helquist
Hardcover: Oct 2002
Paperback: 1 Jan 2003
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| In the continuing, appalling tales of the Baudelaire siblings, the children
are on the run having been falsely accused of murder, so they hide in the
carnival, as part of Madame Lulu's House of Freaks. Ages 9+ |
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Full Court Press
by Mike Lupica
Hardcover: Nov 2001
Paperback: 1 Nov 2002
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| Dee Gerard becomes the first woman to play in the NBA. How she gets there and the hilarious and sobering things that happen to her combine into a smart, funny, outrageous & wonderful novel. |
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Niagra Falls All Over Again
by Elizabeth McCracken
Hardcover: Aug 2001
Paperback: 1 Nov 2002
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| An elegiac and uniquely American novel, and storytelling at its finest. Powerful proof that Elizabeth McCracken is one of the most dynamic and wholly original voices of her generation. |
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Fury
by Salman Rushdie
Hardcover: Sep 2001
Paperback: 1 Aug 2002
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| Fury is a work of explosive energy, at once a pitiless and pitch-black comedy, a profoundly disturbing inquiry into the darkest side of human nature, and a love story of mesmerizing force. |
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Dogwalker
by Arthur Bradford
Hardcover: Aug 2001
Paperback: 1 Aug 2002
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| With a pitch-perfect ear for dialogue and a sensibility as unique as his subjects, Arthur Bradford peels back a surface layer of depravity and violence to reveal a world of surprising gentleness, compassion, and innocence. |
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Turning On The Girls: A Novel
by Cheryl Benard
Hardcover: Feb 2001
Paperback: 1 Jul 2002
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| Cheryl Benard's deftly comic novel gives us a chance to envision a world designed by women.... It's 2000 something, the world has just been taken over by women, and things are wonderful. Meanwhile, a secret men's movement, is planning a violent uprising. |
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Spectacular Happiness
by Peter D. Kramer
Hardcover: Jul 2001
Paperback: 1 Jun 2002
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| Darkly intelligent, provocative, compelling and stunning in its execution. This is the masterful first novel that Kramer's nonfiction has led his readers and reviewers to expect. |
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