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    • The Wolf by Joseph Smith

    • Joseph Smith’s debut ‘The Wolf’ was one of the hot sells at the Frankfurt Book Fair last year and even has its own trailer on YouTube. It’s not hard to see what the fuss is...

    • Good To Be God by Tibor Fischer

    • Good To Be God by Tibor Fischer

      Are you unhappy? Ever been passed over for promotion? Perhaps you suffer from an embarrassing medical complaint, ontological insecurity or are merely feeling a little credit-crunched? If so, Tibor...

    • The Big Necessity by Rose George

    • The Big Necessity by Rose George

      We take toilets for granted, convinced that they will always be there for us, no matter how much paper we stuff into them or the number of household pets we try to flush away. Journalist Rose...

    • Dear Blue Peter by Biddy Baxter

    • Dear Blue Peter by Biddy Baxter

      Biddy Baxter never forgot the boilerplate brush-off she received from Enid Blyton after writing to the author as a child. One of her first tasks as producer of ‘Blue Peter’ was to...

    • The Gargoyle by Andrew Davidson

    • The Gargoyle by Andrew Davidson

      As an atheistic pornographer with a cocaine addiction swerves his car off a mountain road and is ravished by the ensuing blaze, divine retribution is not the first thing on his mind. The nameless...

    • One Fifth Avenue by Candace Bushnell

    • One Fifth Avenue by Candace Bushnell

      Candace Bushnell has never particularly impressed as an author. She’s sharp and witty, but thus far her work has borne the hallmark of a columnist who’s over-extended herself. The book...

    • Liver by Will Self

    • Liver by Will Self

      This inspired collection of four stories uses the liver as framework and controlling metaphor – there’s a tale for each lobe – but is less interested in the organ as a metabolic...

    • Our Times by AN Wilson

    • Our Times  by AN Wilson

      Wilsonworld. Where score-settling  predominates (take that Eric Hobsbawm! John Mortimer, I spit in your eye! En garde Tina Brown!) and prissiness rules (it’s J Enoch Powell, and...

    • The Twin by Gerbrand Bakker

    • The Twin by Gerbrand Bakker

      It’s no surprise that Gerbrand Bakker worked as a gardener and a subtitler for nature films before writing his debut novel. The pages are infused with the sights and scents of the Dutch land....

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