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The Factory

The Factory
  • Author(s): Hiroko Oyamada
  • Location(s): Japan
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Beyond the town, there is the factory. Beyond the factory, there is nothing. Within the sprawling industrial complex, three employees are assigned to different departments. There, each must focus on a specific task: one shreds paper, one proofreads documents,...

The Factory of Light

The Factory of Light
  • Author(s): Michael Jacobs
  • Location(s): Andalusia (Andalucía)
  • Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs, Travelogue
  • Era(s): 1990s

1999 the author finds a house in a small Andalucian village of Frailes. Exploring the co-existence of the modern world with the traditional, he takes up residence above the Discoteca, and gradually becomes bound up in the rhythm of...

The Faculty of Useless Knowledge

The Faculty of Useless Knowledge
  • Author(s): Yury Dombrovsky
  • Location(s): Kazakhstan
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1937

Set in the Year of Terror, 1937, in Kazakhstan, this novel concerns a group of archaeologists who find themseleves caught up in an ambitious Cheka investigator’s attempt to set up a show trial in Alma-Ata to rival those taking...

The Fairy Tale Murders

The Fairy Tale Murders
  • Author(s): Iain Henn
  • Location(s): Seattle
  • Genre(s): Crime, Fiction
  • Era(s): contemporary

An obsessed killer plays games with the living and the dead. One rainy night in Seattle, the body of a young woman is found outside a dance studio. Cause of death, a single gunshot wound to the head. The...

The Fairytale Chicago of Francesca Finnegan

The Fairytale Chicago of Francesca Finnegan
  • Author(s): Steve Wiley
  • Location(s): Chicago
  • Genre(s): Fantasy
  • Era(s): Contemporary

There is magic in the city… In Chicago, a secret L train runs through the mythical East Side. On that train, you’ll discover fantastical truths about the city, alongside the most incredible cast of characters, including one exceptional girl by the...

The Faithless Wife

The Faithless Wife
  • Author(s): Jo Eames
  • Location(s): Menorca
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern looking back

The Faithless Wife is a gripping, beautiful and surprising story of loss and love set in the stunning landscape of Menorca. Jo Eames’ superb first novel explores the island’s intriguing past and how war, illness and misunderstandings come back...

The Falconer

The Falconer
  • Author(s): Dana Czapnik
  • Location(s): New York City (NYC)
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1990s

New York, 1993. Seventeen-year-old Lucy Adler, a street-smart, trash-talking baller, is often the only girl on the public courts. At turns quixotic and cynical, insecure and self-possessed, Lucy is in unrequited love with her best friend and pick-up teammate...

The Falconer’s Knot

The Falconer’s Knot
  • Author(s): Mary Hoffman
  • Location(s): Umbria
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 14th Century

Silvano and Chiara are two teenagers with a difference. Silvano has been accused of a murder he did not commit. Chiara has been ousted from her family as a young woman with no marriage prospects. For these two very...

The Falcons Of Montabard

The Falcons Of Montabard
  • Author(s): Elizabeth Chadwick
  • Location(s): France, England
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): 13th Century

Sabin FitzSimon, disgraced son of an earl, finally has the chance to salvage his reputation when renowned knight Edmund Strongfist asks Sabin to join him on his journey to the Holy Land, offering sword and services to the King...

The Fall

The Fall
  • Author(s): Simon Mawer
  • Location(s): Switzerland, Wales
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Mid 1900s onwards

The novel embarks on a journey involving three generations of families shifting from various decades. Rob Dewar and his climbing partner, Jamie Matthewson, are clinging by their fingertips to the North Face of the Eiger, one of the most...

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