This is our Head Book Buyer, Chris Hall's list of his three most anticipated releases for August. They are,
Childhood Under Siege, by is the writer of The Corporation. Childhood Under Siege is a behind the scenes look at the widespread manipulation of children by profit-seeking corporations and of society's failure to protect them.
The Sense of an Ending, by . is an old favourite who seems
to be on the rise again with his last few books, particularly Pulse, his set of short stories released last spring.
Empty Family, by Colm Toibin. I read The Master a few years
ago and found it to be too much Henry James. Unfortunately that made me
write off . I recently read Brooklyn though and now
I know what the fuss is about. Empty Family is due out in paperback this
month and I can now recommend Toibin enthusiastically.
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From the writer of the hit film and international bestselling book The Corporation comes a shocking venture behind the scenes of the widespread manipulation of children by profit-seeking ...
Winner of the Man Booker Prize for 2011. The story of a man coming to terms with the mutable past, Julian Barnes's new novel is laced with his trademark precision, dexterity and insigh...
The stories in Julian Barnes' long-awaited third collection are attuned to rhythms and currents: of the body, of love and sex, illness and death, connections and conversations. Each chara...
From the internationally celebrated author of Brooklyn and The Master, and winner of the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, comes a stunning new book of fiction.In the captivating...
Winnner of the 2006 IMPAC Dublin Award.An international literary sensation, Colm Tóibín’s brilliant and profoundly moving novel tells the story of celebrated writer Henry James. While del...
It is Enniscorthy in the southeast of Ireland in the early 1950s. Eilis Lacey is one among many of her generation who cannot find work at home. Thus when a job is offered in America, it i...
