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  • THE SEVEN MOONS OF MAALI ALMEIDA
    KARUNATILAKA, SHEHAN
    WINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE 2022A searing satire set amid the murderous mayhem of Sri Lanka beset by civil warColombo, 1990. Maali Almeida, war photographer, gambler and closet gay, has woken up dead in what seems like a celestial visa office. His dismembered body is sinking in the serene Beira lake and he has no idea who killed him.At a time where scores are settled by death sq...
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  • ARTIST IN RESIDENCE
    BILL, SIMON
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  • SCULPTOR'S DAUGHTER : A CHILDHOOD MEMOIR
    JANSSON, TOVE
    Tove Jansson's first book for adults drew on her childhood memories to capture afresh the enchantments and fears of growing up in Helsinki in the nineteen tens and twenties. Described as both a memoir and 'a book of superb stories' by Ali Smith, her startlingly evocative prose offers a glimpse of the mysteries of winter ice, the bonhomie of balalaika parties, and the vastness o...
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  • DRIVING OVER LEMONS : AN OPTIMIST IN ANDALUCIA
    STEWART, CHRIS
    Meet Chris Stewart, the eternal optimist. A man who flies to Spain, sees a peasant farm on the wrong side of the river and, with scarcely a second thought, hands over a cash deposit. And then finds he has acquired not just the farm, but the farmer, too, who has no intention of leaving.Not to mention the lack of running water, electricity or even a bridge. It would be enough to ...
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