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Uncollected Short Fiction
by Kurt Vonnegut
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by George Saunders
Published Jan 2014
Read ReviewsOne of the most important and blazingly original writers of his generation, George Saunders is an undisputed master of the short story, and Tenth of December is his most honest, accessible, and moving collection yet.
by Jasper Fforde
Published Mar 2011
Read ReviewsAn astonishing, hotly anticipated new novel from the great literary fantasist and creator of Thursday Next, Jasper Fforde: Part social satire, part romance, part revolutionary thriller, Shades of Grey tells of a battle against overwhelming odds.
by Ian Sansom
Published Jan 2010
Read ReviewsIsrael Armstrong - the hapless librarian who solves crimes and domestic problems whilst driving a mobile library around the north coast of Ireland - suspects a teenage girl's disappearance has something to do with his lending her American Pastoral from the library's special "Unshelved" category. Now he has to find the lost teen before he's run out...
by George Saunders
Published Mar 2007
Read ReviewsIn a series of short stories, George Saunders explores consumerism gone haywire in a country and era somewhat like our own.
by Christopher Moore
Published Feb 2003
Read ReviewsThe early life of the Son of God, including the missing years as told by his childhood friend Biff. "An instant classic...terrific, funny and poignant".
by Chuck Palahniuk
Published Jun 2002
Read ReviewsFrom the author of the international sensation Fight Club, a powerful (and hilarious) novel about love and strife between mothers and sons, the addictive power of sex, the terrors of aging, the ugly truth about historical theme parks, and much else. (Excerpt contains explicit content).
by Terry Pratchett
Published Apr 2002
Read ReviewsA superb send-up of science and philosophy, religion and death and a host of other timely topics, Thief of Time provides the perfect opportunity to kick back and unwind.
Music is the pleasure the human mind experiences from counting without being aware that it is counting
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