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Another part of the wood - Beryl Bainbridge
EDITORIAL REVIEW: Penguin Decades bring you the novels that helped shape modern Britain. When they were published, some were bestsellers, some were considered scandalous, and other... -
An Awfully Big Adventure - Beryl Bainbridge
From Publishers WeeklyA Booker Prize nominee, Bainbridge's latest novel is a compelling read, again demonstrating her acuity of observation and darkly comic view of life. In Stella... -
Across the Bridge - Mavis Gallant; Robertson Davies
A new collection of stories by Mavis Gallant is always a major publishing event. For this is the writer who–like Margaret Atwood and Alice Munro–has made Canadian short stories ... -
A Mischief in the Snow - Margaret Miles
SUMMARY: A winter of discontent...January 1766. A dangerous mishap brings young widow Charlotte Willett unexpectedly to bleak and marshy Boar Island, a few miles from the village o... -
A Bridge to the Stars - Henning Mankell
SUMMARY: This poignant novel explores how a unilateral decision can change a life.Two things are hard for Joel Gustafson to cope with: not knowing why, and not being able to do any...