Results for 'kate atkinson'

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  1. Rules of Civility
    1. Amor , Towles

    Rules of Civility

    'Irresistible' 'Fabulous''Gripping'Daily TelegraphObserverThe Sunday TimesIn a jazz bar on the last night of 1937, watching a quartet because she couldn't afford to see the whole ensemble, there were certain things Katey Kontent knew: the location of every old church in Manhattanhow to sneak into the cinemahow to type eighty words a minute, five thousand an hour, and nine million a yearand that if you can still lose yourself in a Dickens novel then everything is going to be fine.By the end of the year she'd learned:how to live like a redheadand insist upon the very best;that riches can turn to rags in the trip of a heartbeat,chance encounters can be fated, and the word 'yes' can be a poison.That's how quickly New York City comes about, like a weathervane, or the head of a cobra. Time tells which.'A delicious and memorable novel that will leave you wistful - and desperate for a martini.' Stylist

    € 14,00
  2. Slam
    1. Nick , Hornby

    Slam

    THE HILARIOUS COMING-OF-AGE NOVEL FROM THE INTERNATIONALLY BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF ABOUT A BOY'Touching, very funny' Guardian __________________ 'There was this time when everything seemed to have come together. And so obviously it was time to go and screw it all up.'Sam is sixteen and a skater. Just so there are no terrible misunderstandings: skating = skateboarding. There's no ice. Life is ticking along nicely for Sam; his Mum's got rid of her rubbish boyfriend, he's thinking about college and he's met someone. Alicia.Then a little accident happens. One with big consequences for someone just finding his way in life. Sam can't run (let alone skate) away from this one. He's a boy facing a man's problems and the question is - has he got what it takes to confront them?Slam is a novel about a boy who has to grow up in big, big hurry. It is The Catcher in the Rye for the 21st century.______________'Very funny...very real' Daily Telegraph'Hornby gets his point across with the subtlety and skill of a born novelist who always deserves to be read' Independent'A moving read for anyone' Elle

    € 13,50
  3. Killingly
    1. Katharine Beutner

    Killingly

    A gothic feminist historical thriller, perfect for fans of Sarah Waters and Donna Tartt

    A gothic historical thriller about female ambition, based on the unsolved real-life disappearance of a university student in 1897. Perfect for fans of Camilla Bruce, Stacey Halls, Laura Purcell and Sarah Waters.

    € 13,95
  4. Before You Knew My Name
    1. Jacqueline Bublitz

    Before You Knew My Name

    'An exquisitely written, absolutely devastating novel' Red magazine

    This breath-taking novel begins where so many others end, with the death of a young woman. By turns hopeful, enraging and moving, Before You Knew My Name is the most dazzling debut of the year. Be one of the first to discover the phenomenal new talent, Jacqueline Bublitz.

    € 10,95
  5. A Traveller at the Gates of Wisdom
    1. John Boyne

    A Traveller at the Gates of Wisdom

    Ambitious, far-reaching and mythic, it introduces a group of characters whose lives we will come to know and will follow through time and space until they reach their natural conclusion.

    € 14,95
  6. Before You Knew My Name
    1. Jacqueline Bublitz

    Before You Knew My Name

    'An exquisitely written, absolutely devastating novel' Red magazine

    Alice and Ruby were always going to meet. But it didn't need to be like this. A startling, moving and uplifting novel about two women brought together in the most extreme of circumstances. Jacqueline Bublitz is - simply - the most remarkable debut novelist and hers will be a major reading group launch for 2021.

    € 17,95
  7. Warlight
    1. Michael Ondaatje

    Warlight

    Our book of the year – and maybe of Ondaatje's career.

    € 10,95
  8. Aria
    1. Nazanine Hozar

    Aria

    The International Bestseller

    An affecting portrait of the Iranian revolution . . . leaves you simultaneously heartbroken and full of hope

    € 12,50
  9. Zennor in Darkness
    1. Helen Dunmore

    Zennor in Darkness

    Highly original and beautifully written

    € 13,95
  10. You People
    1. Nikita Lalwani

    You People

    Enthralling as a thriller, yet also a beautiful human drama, and a serious enquiry into the possibility of goodness

    € 12,50
  11. We Begin at the End
    1. Chris Whitaker

    We Begin at the End

    The multi-award-winning thriller from the bestselling author of ALL THE COLOURS OF THE DARK

    This is a book that will make you laugh, it will make you cry and it will break your heart. A triumph of a novel from the award-winning author of Tall Oaks.

    € 13,95
  12. Warlight
    1. Michael Ondaatje

    Warlight

    **LONGLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2018**An elegiac novel set in post-WW2 London about memory, family secrets and lies, from the internationally acclaimed author of The English Patient It is 1945, and London is still reeling from the Blitz.

    € 13,95