Faber International Highlights Jan-Jun 2010

Faber International

Highlights January–June 2010

Autumn 2009 Highlights

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Contents

Open Market Editions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Fiction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Arts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Non-fiction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Childrens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Title listing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Faber Contacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

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Some experiences you never forget . . .

The Poisonwood Bible has been a multi-million copy bestseller all around the world, beloved of reading groups and fans of great writing everywhere.

Now, after ten years comes Barbara Kingsolver’s long-awaited new novel, The Lacuna, is the epic story of one man, from his childhood in Mexico among Frida Kahlo’s set to his adulthood in the shadowy world of McCarthy’s witch-hunt-era America. A powerful, moving and astonishing tale from one of the world’s greatest storytellers.

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NOCTURNES KAZUO ISHIGURO The bestselling and critically acclaimed short-story cycle from the author of The Remains of the Day and Never Let Me Go, Nocturnes explores ideas of love, music, loss and the passing of time. Gentle, intimate and witty, this quintet is marked by a haunting theme: the struggle to keep alive a sense of life’s romance, even as one gets older, relationships flounder and youthful hopes recede. An unforgettable collection from a master storyteller.

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OCCUPIED CITY DAVID PEACE From David Peace, bestselling author of The Damned Utd, now a major motion picture. Tokyo, January 26, 1948. As the third year of the US Occupation of Japan begins, a man enters a downtown bank.

He speaks of an outbreak of dysentery and says he is a doctor, sent by the Occupation authorities, to treat anyone who might have been exposed. The second part of his acclaimed Tokyo Trilogy, Occupied City is further evidence of a singular and formidable novelist.

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A V I S I B L E DA R K N E S S MICHAEL GREGORIO The gripping new mystery in the internationally bestselling series, following the investigation into a serial murderer. Hanno Stiffeniis is called to Prussia’s Baltic coast, where the naked, mutilated body of a young woman has been found by the shore. This is an area rich in amber, harvested – mainly by women – to be transformed into priceless jewellery. Hanno’s fears point towards a psychotic serial killer, and no woman here is safe . . .

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T H E S A L AT I C A S E TOBIAS JONES

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A compelling crime debut from the acclaimed author of the bestselling The Dark Heart of Italy. Castagnetti is a private detective who doesn’t do things by the book. When he is commissioned to verify that a missing person is dead, Casta smells a rat. Before long he’s reopening wounds from years ago and exposing long-suppressed family secrets. The Salati Case marks the appearance of a new and memorable detective who will appeal to all fans of classic crime.

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Open Market Editions A N G E L W I T H T WO FAC E S NICOLA UPSON The second delightful and atmospheric period English mystery featuring the classic crime author Josephine Tey. Josephine’s seaside holiday to the famous Minack clifftop theatre is interrupted by the funeral of a young man from the village who had drowned. When another young man disappears and the vicar falls from the cliffs onto the rocks below, Josephine begins to suspect the involvement a cold-blooded murderer… The perfect read for fans of Agatha Christie or Sherlock Holmes.

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T H E B R A D S H AW VA R I AT I O N S RACHEL CUSK From award-winning novelist Rachel Cusk, comes this absorbing story of the harmony and discord of family life. Thomas Bradshaw has left his job to look after his eight-year-old daughter, and finds himself enjoying his pursuit of a more artistic way of life – to the amazement of his intellectual wife, who has returned to full-time employment. A typically sharp and insightful novel from a truly unique voice.

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THE COMING-OF-AGE STORY DAZZLINGLY REINVENTED

BY ONE OF AMERICA'S GREATEST NOVELISTS. Compelling, dark and seductive, this is Auster’s most passionate and surprising novel to date.

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Open Market Editions T RU S T M E PETER LEONARD ‘Trust’ is a luxury in this explosive noir thriller full of shady hit men, common criminals, double-crosses, car chases and shoot-outs. When Bobby and Lloyd decide to rob local restaurant owner Lou Starr’s home in the night, they don’t reckon on being propositioned about an even bigger scam by Lou’s so-called girlfriend Karen.

Following his critically-acclaimed debut novel, Quiver, Peter Leonard returns to the mean streets of Detroit for this superb sophomore novel.

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A G AT E AT T H E S TA I R S LORRIE MOORE The internationally acclaimed author returns with her first novel in a decade – a family story that goes straight to the dark heart of post 9/11 America. Twenty-year-old college student Tassie Keltjin takes a job as a part-time nanny to a couple who seem at once mysterious and glamorous but all too soon the image is shattered.

Love leads her to new experiences, leading to dramatic and shocking revelations. A beautiful, brilliant novel from a modern great.

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An irresistible love story set against the panorama of Istanbul from 1975 to the present day.

Pamuk’s first novel since being awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2006

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A L I F E L I K E OT H E R P E O P L E ’ S ALAN BENNETT From one of the best loved English writers alive today comes a heart-rending and at times irresistibly funny work of autobiography. A Life Like Other People’s, the acclaimed title piece in his bestselling collection Untold Stories, is a poignant family memoir. Offering a portrait of his parents’ marriage and recalling his childhood, it is also a powerful account of his mother’s depression, and the discovery of long-held secrets.

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T U R BU L E N C E GILES FODEN From the prize-winning author of The Last King of Scotland comes a gripping novel about the DDay landings. With the entire future of Europe dependent on the right weather conditions on a single day a team of Allied scientists struggle to invent a new way of forecasting. Henry Meadows, a young maths prodigy, is sent to discover the secret from a reclusive pacifist scientist. But turbulence proves more elusive than anyone could have imagined and events, like the weather, begin to spiral out of control.

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T H E B L AC K M O N A S T E RY STAV SHEREZ

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A brilliantly paced, dark and compelling crime thriller set among the Greek islands. Nikos, a detective in the final years of his career is faced with the discovery of a young boy’s body near the old monastery on his home island of Palassos. Echoing two horrific murders committed thirtythree years previously, it brings back a part of the island’s history that it has tried hard to forget.

The Black Monastery is a blistering portrait of paradise gone wrong.

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Fiction A N E L E G Y F O R E A S T E R LY PETINA GAPPAH A stunning new voice from Zimbabwe, with an unforgettable and powerful debut collection. Petina Gappah dissects the lives of people caught up in a situation over which they have no control, as they deal with spiralling inflation, power cuts and financial hardship – a way of life under Mugabe’s regime – and cope with universal issues of failed promises and unfulfilled dreams. This is a defining book – compelling, unflinching and tender – and a stunning portrait of a country in chaotic meltdown.

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T E N S TO R E Y L OV E S O N G RICHARD MILWARD The utterly unique and arresting new novel from the author of Apples, one of the most sensational British debuts of 2007. Bobby, holed up in a Middlesbrough tower block, works on his paintings under the influence of pills-on-toast, acid-on-crackers and Francis Bacon, until a famous art dealer from London appears, and he finds himself on a sweaty adventure of self-discovery, hedonism and violence. ‘Milward is a major talent’ (Irvine Welsh).

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THE EYE OF THE RED TSAR SAM EASTLAND

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In the heart of Stalin’s Russia can one man uncover the mystery of the Romanovs? A thrilling detective story, first in a stunning new series following Inspector Pekkala – the most famous detective at the time of the Great Terror in Russia.

From the gulags in Siberia to the palaces of the deposed Tsar, this a compelling new voice in the world of crime fiction and our lead crime debut of the year.

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S H A D OW O F T H E WO L F BRENT GHELFI An explosive thriller in the tradition of Bond and Bourne. A terrorist attack on an American chemical company in Moscow; the murder of a Russian army captain carrying a priceless Fabergé egg and evidence of wartime atrocities; and a kidnap plot hatched by a terrorist who once held covert agent Volk captive in a Chechnya. The stage is set for one of the most explosive and exciting adventure thrillers of the year.

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Fiction THE WILDING MARIA MCCANN A compelling, accessible and passionate historical novel of family secrets and revenge. It’s 1672, a generation after the turbulent English Civil War, and young cider maker Jonathan Dymond’s quiet world is shattered by the death of his uncle. He discovers secrets which have lain dormant since the war and his investigations unleash obsessions that threaten the lives and happiness of Jonathan and all those he holds dear. A powerful novel to appeal to everyone who loves Sarah Waters and Jane Harris.

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LEAN ON PETE WILLY VLAUTIN An intensely atmospheric novel by the front man of Richmond Fontaine, which will appeal to fans of Stand by Me and SeaBiscuit. Fifteen-year-old Charley and his father drift across America looking for work. Charley craves normality: a home, food on the table and a school he can stay at longer than a few months. When they arrive in Portland, Charley takes on a job at the local stables and it is here that he meets Pete – a knackered old horse with whom he forms a deep bond…

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T H E H A R R OW I N G ROBERT DINSDALE

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A stunning debut novel of love, betrayal and redemption set amid the turmoil of the First World War. Jealous Samuel Redmond stoves his older brother William’s head in with a stone. When William wakes, his brother has vanished. On the other side of the water the fields of France are torn apart by war – and when William discovers that Samuel has been sent there as punishment, he resolves to go and bring back alive the brother who wanted him dead.

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C O L L E C T E D S TO R I E S HANIF KUREISHI The definitive collection from an acclaimed master of the genre, containing five new stories. Kureishi has written stories that are provocative, erotic, tender, funny and charming. This collection contains his controversial story Weddings and Beheadings, a well as his prophetic My Son the Fanatic, which exposes the religious tensions within the muslim family unit.

As with his novels and screenplays, Kureishi has his finger on the pulse of the political tensions in society and how they affect people’s everyday lives.

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Fiction THIS BLEEDING CITY ALEX PRESTON

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A brilliant debut novel, written by and about a young City trader caught in the turmoil of the crash. Graduate Charlie Wales works in the brutal and remorseless world of high finance. When the markets suddenly crash, Charlie needs to escape; but is he already too immersed to get out? Inspired by F. Scott Fitzgerald, This Bleeding City is a heartbreaking love story, a withering study of the years of excess, and a touching contemplation of how good people end up doing terrible things ROYAL TRADE PAPERBACK • £10.99 9780571251704 • 4 MARCH 2010

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LUKE AND JON ROBERT WILLIAMS The winner of the Book Tokens’ Not-Yet-Published Prize, Luke and Jon is an arresting debut about friendship, grief and love.

Luke’s mum is dead. He finds himself in a small, scruffy northern hill town, with a near silent father who he fears might be trying to drink himself to death. Then he meets Jon …

A unique debut written with great power, warmth and humour.

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T H E B I RT H O F L OV E JOANNA KAVENNA A powerful novel that explores the intense, conflicting emotions of motherhood as few have dared to do. Told through the interwoven stories of four characters – a 19th Century doctor, the author who has just written a book about him, a prisoner in a futuristic society where when humans are birthed in breeding centres, and Brigid Hayes who is about to give birth to her second child – The Birth of Love confirms Joanna Kavenna as one of the most ambitious and talented authors writing today.

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WINTERLAND ALAN GLYNN The worlds of big business, politics and crime collide in contemporary Dublin in this epic debut, from an incredible new talent. Two men with the same name, from the same family, die on the same night – one death is a gangland murder, the other, apparently, a road accident – but was it a coincidence? ‘Timely, topical, and thrilling.’ John Connolly.

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T H E W H O L E W I D E B E AU T Y EMILY WOOF A compelling debut novel about life’s choices and the human need to engage, from a hugely exciting young writer. Katherine Freeman is living a conventional family life, far from her former life as a dancer, and burying the nagging sense that part of her has gone missing. Then, she meets Stephen Jericho, a talented poet and friend of her father’s, and they embark on a passionate affair … A debut that radiates empathy and descriptive talent.

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From the two-time Booker Prize-winning author, an irrepressibly funny portrait of an impossible friendship between a master and a servant.

Olivier is a French aristocrat, the traumatized child of survivors of the Revolution.

Parrot, the son of an itinerant English printer who always wanted to be an artist but has ended up a servant. Born on different sides of history, their lives are brought together when they set sail to the New World of America.

A triumphant return to the historical novel, full of dazzling wit and inventiveness.

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T H E W I D OW ’ S TA L E MICK JACKSON The long awaited third novel from the Booker Prize-shortlisted author of Five Boys and The Underground Man. A newly-widowed woman has done a runner, jumped in her car, abandoned her house and rented a tiny cottage to escape the ceaseless sympathy. But as her story unfolds we discover that her marriage was far from perfect. By turns elegiac, moving and highly comical, The Widow’s Tale conjures up this most defiantly unapologetic of narrators as she begins to pick over the wreckage of her life.

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THE WILLING FLESH ADAM CREED

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A second breathtaking contemporary crime novel featuring D.I. Staffe. Christmas is coming and Staffe is trying to make a go of it with his on-off girlfriend, Sylvie, when a murdered woman is discovered in a City hotel room. When another working girl is killed Staffe is drawn into London’s seedy side. With suspects including a voyeuristic predator, City banker, Russian oligarch and Turkish playboy, Staffe finds himself pulled into the dark side of the establishment and becomes the hunted instead of the hunter…

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H OW TO PA I N T A D E A D M A N SARAH HALL From the Booker Prize-shortlisted author of The Electric Michelangelo comes a deeply affecting novel dealing with life’s big themes: sex, death and art. Moving from Italy in the 1960s to present-day London, How To Paint a Dead Man stands out for its brilliant characterisation and sensuous prose. Longlisted for the 2009 MAN Booker Prize.

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A RAZOR WRAPPED IN SILK R. N. MORRIS Featuring the investigator from Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment, this is the third in R. N. Morris’s acclaimed series, which has already been translated into fifteen languages around the world. St Petersburg, 1870. A child factory worker is mysteriously abducted, and a society beauty with powerful friends is sensationally murdered. The first crime is barely noticed; the latter draws the full investigative might of St Petersburg’s finest, led by magistrate Porfiry Petrovich. A vivid, atmospheric portrayal of the imperial Russian capital on the brink of upheaval.

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P L AY I N G DAYS BENJAMIN MARKOVITS A beautifully written and emotionally nuanced new novel from a hugely talented young author. Fresh out of college and uncertain how to proceed with life, Ben takes a place on a minor league basketball team in a small, desolate town in Germany. It’s an odd, isolated existence, until he meets Anke, a young single mother who happens to be the former wife of one of his team mates … Playing Days is the stunning, delicate story of a young man’s first experience of adult love, and of the discovery of his own limitations.

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FA R N O RT H MARCEL THEROUX A visionary novel of retribution and forgiveness from a natural-born storyteller. Out on the far northern border of a failed state, Makepeace patrols the ruins of a dying city and tries to keep its unruly inhabitants in check. Into this cold, isolated world comes evidence that life is flourishing elsewhere. Makepeace is inspired to take to the road to reconnect with human society but finds a world unravelling.

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T H E L I F E A N D O P I N I O N S O F M A F T H E D O G, A N D O F H I S F R I E N D M A R I LY N M O N R O E ANDREW O’HAGAN

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From the best-selling and critically-acclaimed author of Be Near Me and Personality, comes a hilarious and highly original novel. Maf the dog was with Marilyn for the last two years of her life, bearing witness to the rise of America’s new liberalism, civil rights, the space race and the New York critics. Through the eyes of Maf we’re provided with an insight into the life of Monroe herself, and a fascinating take on one of the most extraordinary periods of the twentieth century.

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W H AT E V E R YO U L OV E LOUISE DOUGHTY A stunning new novel of love, loss, and revenge from highly acclaimed writer Louise Doughty. When two police officers knock on Laura’s door, her life changes forever. Her nineyear old daughter Betty has been hit by a car and killed, and Laura is left both devastated and desperate for revenge against the man responsible. As her grief re-opens old wounds, Laura is driven to breaking point … A brilliantly-observed, compassionate story of the lengths one woman is prepared to go to for love.

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T H E A N I M ATO R ’ S S U RV I VA L K I T ( R E V I S E D ) RICHARD WILLIAMS The definitive working manual on animation in a newly expanded edition, from the triple Academy Award-winner.

Richard Williams has been one of animation’s true innovators, and serves as the link between the golden age of animation by hand and the new computer animation successes. Based on his sold-out Animation Masterclass in the United States and across Europe, The Animator’s Survival Kit is the ultimate guide for professionals, students and fans.

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A PAT H Y F O R T H E D E V I L NICK KENT In his long awaited second book – sixteen years after his seminal rock tome The Dark Stuff – music writer Nick Kent produces a brilliant and very personal memoir of the 1970s. As apprentice to Lester Bangs, boyfriend of Chrissie Hynde, confidant of Iggy Pop, trusted scribe for Led Zeppelin and the Rolling Stones, and early member of the Sex Pistols, he was witness to both the beautiful and the damned of this turbulent decade.

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CHAPLIN SIMON LOUVISH A brilliant new study of the cinema’s most famous artist, whose Tramp persona is famous the world over, even to those who have never seen his films. Louvish has written an epic journey, summing up the roots of comedy and its appeal to audiences everywhere. He also sheds new light on Chaplin’s early days as a London music-hall performer and re-appraises him in an era when his films are finally available on DVD. B FORMAT PAPERBACK • £8.99 9780571237692 • 1 APRIL 2010

LOOPS: ISSUE 2 EDITED BY LEE BRACKSTONE AND RICHARD KING The second outing of Loops, the landmark biannual journal dedicated to music writing from Faber and Domino Records, hosts essays from Andy Miller (on Serge Gainsbourg), Dan Franklin (on Napalm Death) and Frances Morgan (on Red Square’s Thirty Three). And then there’s The Man Who Wasn’t There, Paul Morley’s spectacularly honest and revealing portrait of Michael Jackson and his legacy. The issue will also include contributions from criticallyacclaimed writers and musicians, including Simon Reynolds, Owen Hatherley, Lavinia Greenlaw, Gruff Rhys and DBC Pierre.

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L OW S I D E O F T H E R OA D : A L I F E O F TO M WA I T S BARNEY HOSKYNS Spanning Tom Waits’ extraordinary 40-year career, Lowside of the Road is Barney Hoskyns’ definitive account of one of rock’s great enigmas. This exhaustive biography charts Waits’ life step-by-step and album-by-album, from Closing Time to Orphans.

Affectionate and penetrating, it is an outstanding investigation of the notoriously private artist and performer.

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R O B E RT H E N RYS O N : T H E T E S TA M E N T O F C R E S S E I D & S E V E N FA B L E S TRANSLATED BY SEAMUS HEANEY An exciting new translation of a classic poem by Nobel Laureate Seamus Heaney. The greatest of the late medieval Scots makars, Robert Henryson’s finest poem, and one of the rhetorical masterpieces of Scots literature, is the narrative Testament of Cresseid, set in the aftermath of the Trojan War. Henryson was also a comic master of the verse fable, and seven of these are here sparklingly translated by Seamus Heaney. A rich and wide-ranging encounter between two poets across six centuries.

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S E E I N G S TA R S SIMON ARMITAGE From one of Britain’s foremost contemporary poets and the author of the bestselling Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, comes a striking and hugely accessible new collection of poems. Seeing Stars is comprised of a vivid array of dramatic monologues, parables and tall tales; including the English astronaut with a terrestrial outlook on life; the motorist who picks up hitchhikers all of whom happen to be named Dennis (including Arsenal striker Dennis Bergkamp); Nathan, who opens a Christian cheese-shop in the wrong part of town … And many more.

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THE TICKING IS THE BOMB NICK FLYNN A candid, tender and impassioned new memoir from the author of the cult book Another Bullshit Night in Suck City, which is being adapted into a major feature film in early 2010. Written just before the birth of his daughter, it explores the fears and joys of becoming a father, and artfully interweaves passages from Flynn’s childhood – the painful memories and unsteady relationships – and his history of addiction, to create an unflinching and unforgettable memoir.

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TA L K I N G A B O U T DETECTIVE FICTION P. D. JAMES A personal journey through the greats of detective fiction writing from the world’s most eminent crime author. After nearly fifty years writing at the peak of her powers, P.D. James discusses her admiration for many of her forbears and contemporaries in the genre. From Sherlock Holmes to the present day, via the Golden Age of detective writing between the wars, P.D. James’s love of the genre shines through in this wonderful appreciation.

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THE STRANGEST MAN GRAHAM FARMELO ‘A monumental achievement – one of the great scientific biographies,’ Michael Frayn. The extraordinary and moving human story of Paul Dirac, described by Stephen Hawking as the greatest physicist of the twentieth century and the last unknown great from the era of Einstein and Heisenberg. ‘For all non-physicists who have followed the greatest intellectual adventure of modern times, this is the missing book,’ Tom Stoppard.

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A F T E R G L OW O F C R E AT I O N MARCUS CHOWN The story of how the Big Bang theory was developed from one of the most popular science writers around.

The discovery in 1992 of ‘cosmic ripples’ – radiation left over from the Big Bang – led to sensational headlines and a scramble among scientists to claim credit. ‘It’s like seeing the face of God’, declared one of the researchers.

In this new and fully revised edition Marcus Chown provides a clear and lively explanation of one of the biggest discoveries in modern science.

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W H AT P R I C E L I B E RT Y ?

BEN WILSON One of the best-reviewed titles of 2009, this is the first, most comprehensive discussion of liberty – the defining issue of the twenty-first century – from a brilliant young historian. With fear of terrorism, crime and social chaos rife, how can we maintain our ideal of liberty? The provocative and incisive What Price Liberty? takes us through four centuries of civil liberty: how it was constructed, and has been re-thought and re-fought.

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V I VA S O U T H A M E R I C A !

OLIVER BALCH

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Get swept away in a lively and enlightening journey through the ever-changing landscapes of South America. By stepping into people’s homes and into inmates’ prison cells, by climbing onto dance floors and over road blocks, Oliver Balch explores the culture, history and society of a great continent. Brimming with intimate detail and untold stories, this is a stunningly crafted travelogue.

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S TA L I N ’ S N E M E S I S BERTRAND PATENAUDE The critically-acclaimed true story of the demise of Stalin’s fiery adversary. Falling foul of Stalin’s government after the death of Lenin, Leon Trotsky found himself in exile. While he hid in Mexico in a villa borrowed from the great artists Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo, Stalin was issuing orders for his assassination – at any cost. Stalin’s Nemesis combines the thrilling account of one of the twentieth century’s most notorious political murders, with a panoramic view of Trotsky’s incredible life.

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T H E WO M A N W H O S H OT M U S S O L I N I FRANCES STONOR SAUNDERS A passionate and compellingly readable book about a brave, tragic woman who almost changed the course of history but was condemned to oblivion. In 1926 in Rome, The Honourable Violet Gibson, daughter of an Anglo-Irish lord, fired a revolver at Mussolini, narrowing missing his head. Confined to a lunatic asylum, she paid for her actions for the rest of her life.

This moving, compassionate book explores what brought Violet to that moment and rescues her from a silent void.

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Non-Fiction THE BOOK OF ANIMAL IGNORANCE JOHN LLOYD & JOHN MITCHINSON The ultimate fact-filled handbook sure to put you at the top of the food chain in every conversation!

Collected by the authors of the worldwide bestselling compendium, The Book of General Ignorance, The Book of Animal Ignorance is packed with staggering facts and figures about 120 of the most interesting members of the animal kingdom.

Marvel at elephants that walk on tiptoe, the pigs that shine in the dark, and the woodpeckers that have ears on the end of their tongues …

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ENCOUNTER MILAN KUNDERA From ‘[one of] the greatest novelists of post-war Europe’ (Sunday Times) comes a passionate new collection of essays on art. With a dazzling mix of emotion and idea, he illuminates the art and artists whose work helps us better understand the world – from the paintings of Francis Bacon, to the films of Federico Fellini and the novels of Philip Roth, Dostoyevsky, and García Márquez, among others. Elegant, startlingly original and provocative, Encounter follows Kundera’s criticallyacclaimed essay collections, The Art of the Novel, Testaments Betrayed and The Curtain.

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T H E E Q UA L I T Y I L L U S I O N : T H E T RU T H A B O U T WO M E N A N D M E N TO DAY KAT BANYARD An essential document on one of the most urgent and relevant social justice campaigns today. Women have made huge strides in equality over the last century, making feminism seem irrelevant, or old-fashioned. But what about the very real pay gap, or the disparity in government and corporate power? Or the fact that one in three women worldwide has been beaten, coerced into sex, or otherwise abused because of her gender?

Campaigner Kat Banyard argues passionately and articulately, setting out the major issues for twenty-first-century feminism.

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B E WA R E O F S M A L L S TAT E S DAVID HIRST

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From the acclaimed author of The Gun and the Olive Branch comes a stunning history of the Arab-Israeli crisis. Lebanon has become battleground for one of the defining conflicts of twentieth-century history. Throughout its short existence, it has been attacked, invaded, occupied or interfered with, resulting a series of devastating wars and crises. To understand Lebanon’s history is to understand the history of the entire region; this is essential reading for anyone interested in the current political climate of the Middle East.

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CONTESTED WILL JAMES SHAPIRO From the bestselling and prizewinning author of 1599, an investigation of one of the most contentious issues in history: who did write Shakespeare’s plays? And why does it matter so much to us? Contested Will unravels the mystery of when and why so many people, from Sigmund Freud to Orson Welles, began to question whether Shakespeare wrote the plays. Shapiro asks whether the plays and poems of Shakespeare are autobiographical, and if so, do they hold the key to the question of who wrote them?

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FRANKLIN ANDREW LAMBERT From ‘the outstanding naval historian of his generation’ (David Cannadine) comes a gripping story of the Arctic. In 1845, Captain Sir John Franklin led a large, well-equipped expedition to find the fabled North West Passage. Yet Franklin, his ships and men were fated never to return, and the cause of their loss remains a mystery. In a rich and energetic account, Andrew Lambert re-examines this extraordinary story with his customary brilliance and authority.

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A S H A D OW FA L L S ANDREW BEATTY The inside story of how fundamentalism changed the way of life in the world’s largest Muslim country. Andrew Beatty lived in a village in Java, entranced by a strange way of life and an unusual tolerance of diversity. But puritanical Islamism began to drive young women to wear the veil and young men to renounce the old rituals. Set among rice fields and volcanoes, this is the story of how one of the biggest issues of our time plays out in ordinary lives.

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WHEN A BILLION CHINESE JUMP JONATHAN WATTS An indispensable polemic as well as an affecting travelogue, When a Billion Chinese Jump explores the impending environmental disaster – foul air, filthy water, rising temperatures and encroaching deserts – facing China, and consequently the world at large. Jonathan Watts travels through this vast country, from mountain paradises to industrial wastelands, meeting the individuals who could make a difference to the environmental future of the entire world.

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BICYCLE DIARIES DAVID BYRNE An utterly unique travelogue from a cult musical figure, Bicycle Diaries sees ‘Talking Heads’ front-man David Byrne traverse ten cities on his bicycle, in a celebration of the freedom of cycling. Travelling through New York, London, Paris, Berlin, Manila, Buenos Aires and many more, his journey is littered with intimate photographs, incredible musical stories, insightful social commentary and a powerful ecological message.

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S O M E B O DY STEFAN KANFER

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The definitive portrait of one of the most influential actors of our time, Marlon Brando. Stefan Kanfer brings into focus Brando’s self-destructiveness, his lifelong dissembling, his deeply ambivalent feelings towards his chosen vocation, and the tragedies that shadowed his final years. What emerges from Somebody is a never-beforeseen portrait of one of the most extraordinary talents of the twentieth century – an artist who permanently changed the cultural landscape.

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Children’s NEW AND COLLECTED POEMS FOR CHILDREN CAROL ANN DUFFY

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The collected works for children by the new Poet Laureate, brought together here in a handsome new edition. From her dazzling debut Meeting Midnight through to her newest, brightest poems, Carol Ann Duffy’s writing for children always bubbles with humour, intelligence and affection. This beautifully illustrated edition, which includes a generous helping of new poems, shows us why Carol Ann Duffy is one of our most read and best-loved poets, both in and out of the classroom.

ROYAL HARDBACK • £12.99 9780571219681 • 15 OCTOBER 2009

THE WRONG END OF THE DOG PHILIP ARDAGH Mayhem abounds in the latest hilarious Grubtown Tale.

When Miss Hipbone’s dog, Snooks, is snatched by a lowflying pelican, it’s a race against time to find him, in a rescue attempt involving Grubtown’s usual ragbag of bungling buffoons. Don’t miss Philip Ardagh’s ridiculously silly, riotously funny new series.

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T R I C K E G G S A N D RU B B E R C H I C K E N S PHILIP ARDAGH

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Get ready to laugh your socks off at the latest helping of hilarity from Grubtown. When Mayor Flabby Gomez finally finishes knitting his new home he declares a public holiday for its official opening. But, with a mix-up at the suppliers and a serious leak at Grubtown’s new aquarium, things soon start going on the bonkers side of very wrong.

Funnier than a bucket-load of very funny things, this series is full of Philip Ardagh’s unique brand of humour.

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MIRROR MISCHIEF CECI JENKINSON Join Oli and Skipjack’s in their latest adventure of unstoppable trouble and hilarious escapades! Meany maths teacher Vernon Surd punishes anyone who can’t do fractions. School bully Slugger punishes anyone who dodges his rugby tackles. But when Oli uses his new magic mirror to punish his punishers, they go absolutely wild!

Now only Skipjack can save his friend, with a bit of help from the Zombie Witch Doctor . . .

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N O B O DY ’ S H O R S E JANE SMILEY Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jane Smiley makes her debut for young readers with this stirring novel about a girl and her love of horses. Abby Lovitt has always been more at ease with horses than with people. Her father insists they call all the mares “Jewel” and all the geldings “George” and warns Abby not to get too attached. But with all the stress at school and home, Abby seeks refuge with the Georges and the Jewels, only to come across one gelding that gives her no end of trouble …

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T H E C H A M B E R O F S H A D OW S JUSTIN RICHARDS A terrifying new case for the Department of Unclassified Artefacts, in a nail-biting follow-up to The Death Collector and The Parliament of Blood, from bestselling author Justin Richards. Eddie, Liz, George and Sir William return to fight their greatest enemy yet, and find themselves desperately trying to save the Queen and the Empire in this fantastic tale of mystery and danger set in Victorian London. Look out for extra content and features on www.justinrichards.co.uk B FORMAT PAPERBACK • £6.99 9780571237999 • 1 APRIL 2010

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MARIAH MUNDI AND THE SHIP OF FOOLS G. P. TAYLOR The thrilling conclusion to G.P. Taylor’s Mariah Mundi trilogy. Mariah and Captain Jack are sailing to America on the magnificent ship, Triton, the world’s biggest and fastest steam cruiser, charged with protecting its precious cargo of gold. But a deadly assassin has planted a bomb on board, and Mariah and Captain Jack have just twenty-four hours to find it. Airships, villains and a ghost from the past make this G.P. Taylor’s most gripping adventure yet.

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TEXTS FOR N OT H I N G / F I Z Z L E S

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WA I T I N G F O R G O D OT

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THE UNNAMABLE

ECHO'S BONES

H OW I T I S

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SELECTED POEMS 1930-1988

ENDGAME

MURPHY

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THE QI BOOK OF THE DEAD JOHN LLOYD & JOHN MITCHINSON SHORT ROYAL HARDBACK • £16.99 9780571244904 • 1 OCTOBER 2009

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THE BOOK OF GENERAL IGNORANCE JOHN LLOYD & JOHN MITCHINSON B FORMAT PAPERBACK • £6.99 9780571251391 • 2 JULY 2009

CHRONIC CITY JONATHAN LETHEM

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Title Listing OCTOBER 2009

MARCH

MAY

TALKING ABOUT DETECTIVE FICTION P. D. JAMES • 9780571253555 • £9.99 • ■

TRUST ME PETER LEONARD • 9780571241194 • £6.99 • ■

THE BLACK MONASTERY STAV SHEREZ • 9780571244836 • £5.99 • ■

NEW AND COLLECTED POEMS FOR CHILDREN CAROL ANN DUFFY • 9780571219681 • £12.99 • ■

A GATE AT THE STAIRS LORRIE MOORE • 9780571249459 • £6.99 • ■

THE WILLING FLESH ADAM CREED • 9780571245260 • £6.99 • ■

NOVEMBER

TURBULENCE GILES FODEN • 9780571248087 • £6.99 • ■

INVISIBLE PAUL AUSTER • 9780571249510 • £5.99 • ■

THE ANIMATOR’S SURVIVAL KIT RICHARD WILLIAMS • 9780571238347 • £20 • ■

COLLECTED STORIES HANIF KUREISHI • 9780571249800 • £12.99 • ■

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THIS BLEEDING CITY ALEX PRESTON • 9780571251704 • £10.99 • ■

THE LIFE AND OPINIONS OF MAF THE DOG, AND OF HIS FRIEND MARILYN MONROE ANDREW O’HAGAN • 9780571215997 • £10.99 • ■

TEN STOREY LOVE SONG RICHARD MILWARD • 9780571242269 • £5 • ■

LUKE AND JON ROBERT WILLIAMS • 9780571249633 • £6.99 • ■

NOCTURNES KAZUO ISHIGURO • 9780571245017 • £6.99 • ■

THE BIRTH OF LOVE JOANNA KAVENNA • 9780571245178 • £11.99 • ■

OCCUPIED CITY DAVID PEACE • 9780571249534 • £6.99 • ■

STALIN’S NEMESIS BERTRAND PATENAUDE • 9780571228768 • £8.99 • ■

THE SALATI CASE TOBIAS JONES • 9780571245864 • £5.99 • ■

THE WOMAN WHO SHOT MUSSOLINI FRANCES STONOR SAUNDERS • 9780571239788 • £12.99 • ■

AN ELEGY FOR EASTERLY PETINA GAPPAH • 9780571246946 • £6.99 • ■ EYE OF THE RED TSAR SAM EASTLAND • 9780571245345 • £10.99 • ■ VIVA SOUTH AMERICA! OLIVER BALCH • 9780571237043 • £8.99 • ■ THE TICKING IS THE BOMB NICK FLYNN • 9780571243709 • £8.99 • ■ THE STRANGEST MAN GRAHAM FARMELO • 9780571222865 • £7.99 • ■ AFTERGLOW OF CREATION MARCUS CHOWN • 9780571250592 • £8.99 • ■ MIRROR MISCHIEF CECI JENKINSON • 9780571249695 • £5.99 • ■

FEBRUARY A VISIBLE DARKNESS MICHAEL GREGORIO • 9780571237890 • £6.99 • ■ ANGEL WITH TWO FACES NICOLA UPSON • 9780571237968 • £6.99 • ■ THE BRADSHAW VARIATIONS RACHEL CUSK • 9780571233601 • £6.99 • ■ THE WILDING MARIA MCCANN • 9780571251797 • £10.99 • ■ LEAN ON PETE WILLY VLAUTIN • 9780571235728 • £10.99 • ■ PARROT AND OLIVIER IN AMERICA PETER CAREY • 9780571253302 • £12.99 • ■ SHADOW OF THE WOLF BRENT GHELFI • 9780571239580 • £10.99 • ■ HOW TO PAINT A DEAD MAN SARAH HALL • 9780571224906 • £6.99 • ■

THE EQUALITY ILLUSION KAT BANYARD • 9780571246267 • £10.99 • ■ BEWARE OF SMALL STATES DAVID HIRST • 9780571237418 • £16.99 • ■ THE WRONG END OF THE DOG PHILIP ARDAGH • 9780571247929 • £4.99 • ■

APRIL WINTERLAND ALAN GLYNN • 9780571250042 • £6.99 • ■ THE WIDOW’S TALE MICK JACKSON • 9780571206230 • £10.99 • ■ A RAZOR WRAPPED IN SILK R. N. MORRIS • 9780571241156 • £10.99 • ■ THE WHOLE WIDE BEAUTY EMILY WOOF • 9780571253999 • £11.99 • ■ THE LACUNA BARBARA KINGSOLVER • 9780571252664 • £5.99 • ■ CONTESTED WILL JAMES SHAPIRO • 9780571235766 • £16.99 • ■ A LIFE LIKE OTHER PEOPLE’S ALAN BENNETT • 9780571254866 • £6.99 • ■ APATHY FOR THE DEVIL NICK KENT • 9780571232857 • £14.99 • ■ CHAPLIN SIMON LOUVISH • 9780571237692 • £8.99 • ■

THE BOOK OF ANIMAL IGNORANCE JOHN LLOYD & JOHN MITCHINSON • 9780571254941 • £6.99 • ■ FRANKLIN ANDREW LAMBERT • 9780571231614 • £8.99 • ■ LOWSIDE OF THE ROAD: A LIFE OF TOM WAITS BARNEY HOSKYNS • 9780571235537 • £8.99 • ■ SEEING STARS SIMON ARMITAGE • 9780571249909 • £12.99 • ■ TRICK EGGS AND RUBBER CHICKENS PHILIP ARDAGH • 9780571247936 • £4.99 • ■

JUNE PLAYING DAYS BENJAMIN MARKOVITS • 9780571251810 • £10.99 • ■ THE HARROWING ROBERT DINSDALE • 9780571238262 • £7.99 • ■ FAR NORTH MARCEL THEROUX • 9780571237784 • £6.99 • ■ TEXTS FOR NOTHING / FIZZLES SAMUEL BECKETT • 9780571244621 • £8.99 • ■ MORE PRICKS THAN KICKS SAMUEL BECKETT • 9780571244607 • £8.99 • ■ MERCIER AND CAMIER SAMUEL BECKETT • 9780571244751 • £8.99 • ■ WAITING FOR GODOT SAMUEL BECKETT • 9780571244591 • £8.99 • ■ THE UNNAMABLE SAMUEL BECKETT • 9780571244645 • £8.99 • ■ ECHO’S BONES SAMUEL BECKETT • 9780571246380 • £16.99 • ■ WHATEVER YOU LOVE LOUISE DOUGHTY • 9780571254750 • £11.99 • ■ THE MUSEUM OF INNOCENCE ORHAN PAMUK • 9780571237012 • £6.99 • ■

WHEN A BILLION CHINESE JUMP THE TESTAMENT OF CRESSEID & SEVEN FABLES JONATHAN WATTS • 9780571239818 • £10.99 • ■ A SHADOW FALLS TRANSLATED BY SEAMUS HEANEY • 9780571249664 • £7.99 • ■ ANDREW BEATTY • 9780571235872 • £7.99 • ■ THE CHAMBER OF SHADOWS JUSTIN RICHARDS • 9780571237999 • £6.99 • ■

WHAT PRICE LIBERTY? BEN WILSON • 9780571235957 • £9.99 • ■ LOOPS: ISSUE 2 LEE BRACKSTONE & RICHARD KING • 9780571254798 • £12.00 • ■

BICYCLE DIARIES DAVID BYRNE • 9780571241033 • £8.99 • ■ SOMEBODY STEFAN KANFER • 9780571244133 • £7.99 • ■ ENCOUNTER MILAN KUNDERA • 9780571250899 • £12.99 • ■ MARIAH MUNDI AND THE SHIP OF FOOLS G. P. TAYLOR • 9780571251889 • £6.99 • ■ NOBODY’S HORSE JANE SMILEY • 9780571253548 • £6.99 • ■

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