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A Novel
by Felix J. Palma
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Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights
by Salman Rushdie
Published Jul 2016
Read ReviewsFrom Salman Rushdie, one of the great writers of our time, comes a spellbinding work of fiction that blends history, mythology, and a timeless love story. A lush, richly layered novel in which our world has been plunged into an age of unreason, Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights is a breathtaking achievement and an enduring testament to...
by Ali Smith
Published Oct 2015
Read ReviewsTwo tales of love and injustice twist into a singular yarn where time gets timeless, structural gets playful, knowing gets mysterious, fictional gets realand all life's givens get given a second chance.
by Matthew Pearl
Published Nov 2012
Read ReviewsThe acclaimed author of The Dante Club reinvigorates the historical thriller. Matthew Pearl's spellbinding new novel transports readers to tumultuous nineteenth-century Boston, where the word "technology" represents a bold and frightening new concept.
by Jeffrey Eugenides
Published Sep 2012
Read ReviewsWith devastating wit and an abiding understanding of and affection for his characters, Jeffrey Eugenides revives the motivating energies of the Novel, while creating a story so contemporary and fresh that it reads like the intimate journal of our own lives.
by Lloyd Shepherd
Published May 2012
Read ReviewsBased on the true story of the gruesome Ratcliffe Highway murders, The English Monster is a breathtaking voyage across centuries, from the Age of Discovery to the Age of Empire, illuminating what happens to Britain as she gains global power but risks losing her soul.
The Casebook of Victor Frankenstein
by Peter Ackroyd
Published Sep 2010
Read ReviewsWhen two nineteenth-century Oxford studentsVictor Frankenstein, a serious researcher, and the poet Percy Bysshe Shelleyform an unlikely friendship, the result is a tour de force that could only come from one of the world's most accomplished and prolific authors.
by Susanna Clarke
Published Sep 2005
Read ReviewsSophisticated, witty, and ingeniously convincing, Susanna Clarke's magisterial novel weaves magic into a flawlessly detailed vision of historical England. She has created a world so thoroughly enchanting that eight hundred pages leave readers longing for more.
by David Mitchell
Published Aug 2004
Read ReviewsA brilliantly original fiction that reveals how disparate people connect, how their fates intertwine, and how their souls drift across time like clouds across the sky.
by Audrey Niffenegger
Published May 2004
Read ReviewsA funny, often poignant tale of boy meets girl with a twist: what if one of them couldn't stop slipping in and out of time? Highly original and imaginative, this debut novel raises questions about life, love, and the effects of time on relationships.
The Crimson Petal and The White
by Michel Faber
Published Sep 2003
Read Reviews'Faber's mastery of character, evocative descriptions of Victorian England, and rich dialogue, together with his weaving of enduring themes throughout a complex plot, creates a remarkable novel.'
by Jasper Fforde
Published Feb 2003
Read ReviewsSuspenseful 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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