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A Dictionary of Mutual Understanding by Jackie Copleton, novel set in Nagasaki. This is a novel that ticks so many boxes. It is well written, thoughtful, insightful and is set against the backdrop of the atomic bombing of the...
The Trouble with Goats and Sheep, novel by Joanna Cannon, set in the Midlands int he 1960/70’s. “The past is another country; they do things differently there,” or at least that’s what L.P. Hartley thought. Personally, I’m not sure....
Baba Dunja’s Last Love by Alina Bronsky – novel set in Chernobyl (translated from the German by Tim Mohr). Chernobyl is situated in the north of Ukraine, near the Belarus and Russian borders. It would doubtless have remained as obscure as it...
The Swimming Pool by Lousie Candlish, thriller set in London. There are a surprising number of outdoor pools – lidos – dotted around London, and as Louise Candlish demonstrates in her latest novel, a lido is a perfect setting...
We all love a great thriller – intrigue, blood and guts, car chases, and sex. The James Bond mould… They are page turners that keep us enthralled and enraptured. 47% of all books bought in the US in 2015...
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