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Paula Spencer by Roddy Doyle
Since there is no focal conflict or struggle the story lacks intensity. Read more »| 11 Jan 2007 -
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The Uninvited by Geiling Yan
A wonderfully complex analysis of society made clear through the eyes of the naive peasant. Read more »| 11 Jan 2007 -
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A Winter Book by Tove Jansson
Works like 'The Iceberg', are as eerie and magical as the Northern Lights. Read more »| 12 Dec 2006 -
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The No.2 Global Detective by Toby Clements
the story nicely parodies the work of four contemporary greats of crime writing Read more »| 12 Dec 2006 -
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Fun Home by Alison Bechdale
the cumulative impact is moving and profound - mature and graceful Read more »| 12 Dec 2006 -
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Nobody Likes You by Marc Spitz.
A kind of 'My First Rock Biography' for the youthful audience it is obviously aimed at Read more »| 12 Dec 2006
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Pyongyang by Guy Delisle
Kim Il-Sung is the Eternal Leader of North Korea, whose death ten years ago still can't stop him from holding the presidency Read more »| 12 Dec 2006 -
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Shenzhen by Guy Deslisle
Everyday life in the city that serves as a communist country's main trading post with the capitalist West Read more »| 12 Dec 2006 -
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Wimbledon Green by Seth
This book retains the zany sort of fun Seth must have had in writing it Read more »| 12 Dec 2006 -
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Fun Home by Alison Bechdel
the cumulative impact is moving and profound - mature and graceful Read more »| 12 Dec 2006 -
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The Very Best of Monty Python, by 'Monty Python'
The famous cheese shop skit, with John Cleese removed, becomes just a list of types of cheese. Read more »| 12 Dec 2006 -
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500 Reasons Why I Hate the Office by Malcolm Burgess
If, for some reason, you need to read a hack book about how unbearable your work life is you are just adding, masochist-like, to your woes. Read more »| 12 Nov 2006 -
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Cautionary Tales: Comic Verse for The Twenty First Century by James Landale
Landale has replaced Belloc's characters, who Run Away from Nurse and Slam Doors, with twenty first century hell raisers who instead Play Computer Games, Shoplift and Wind Up With An ASBO. Read more »| 12 Nov 2006 -
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Fragile Things by Neil Gaiman
The Monarch of the Glen' charts the rise of an ancient evil in the Scottish Highlands (obvious when you think about it) Read more »| 12 Nov 2006 -
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The Secret River by Kate Grenville
subjects such as the breakdown of family relations and the stifling atmosphere of eighteenth century London are described without qualms or precedent Read more »| 12 Nov 2006