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Book List: Novels
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Excellent, hilarious spoof on the shenanigans of university life.
Meet Desmond Bickerton and his naive passion for a younger woman, Susan. He lives for the weekly possibility of seeing her in the canteen, is having an imaginary love affair with her and goes to great lengths to see her even taking a holiday in the Algarve, knowing she will be there, and making a fool of himself by climbing onto her boat and falling off, in the process catching her in flagrante with the Vice Chancellor of the university.
Granlaw gives us insight into the intrigues and irritations of a close-knit university life, ambitious Susan for whom nothing will stand in her way in order to secure her continued academic status at the university and to secure the men who take her fancy. Then there is the nasty Arnie who is brilliant at winding people up and for a while we think he achieves it without comeuppance, but does he? Granlaw writes in a measured, humorous and analytical fashion which leaves the reader in stitches...
The Learning
Curve of Love
Ian Granlaw
Paperback -238 pages
ISBN 1904018890
UK £7.99
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Bitter Fruit
Bibo is a young, overweight black girl whose only escape
from her unhappy home life is through the pages of romantic novels. She
thinks her luck has changed when she meets the charming Raymond and moves
in with him, but he soon turns out to be cruel, violent and demanding,
with a child he forgot to mention and a taste for Bibo’s pretty younger
sister.
It is only after several near-tragedies that Bibo learns to love herself
and her dysfunctional family, exchanging the shallow values of her fictional
heroines for the more solid foundations of academic success and reconciliation
with those who have hurt her.
Seasoned with sadness, humour and a pinch of suspense, Bitter Fruit is
a bittersweet tale that explores the experiences of black immigrants in
England, and shows how even the bleakest situations can be overcome with
courage and self-belief.
Bitter Fruit
Roza Chukwumah
Paperback -226 pages
ISBN 1904018807
UK £7.99
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Mirror Image
Constance Erminton-Squires has a charmed life. Born into
the English aristocracy, she is rich, beautiful, clever and compassionate.
But she is also headstrong, and when a visit to Kenya leads to romance
and ultimately marriage with Joseph, an African radical, her family disowns
her, leaving her to pursue her two great passions – her husband and
a flourishing nursing career in the slums of Nairobi.
When the marriage crumbles, Constance returns to England, pregnant with
twins and isolated but for one loyal friend. Then, after some shattering
news and a traumatic birth, she is told that one of her baby boys has
died.
Or has he? As one son grows into a cold product of the wealth-obsessed
Thatcherite era, a young mixed-race journalist devoted to social justice
is moving relentlessly towards finding the parents he believes abandoned
him at birth…
From the volatile political landscape of pre- and post-independence Kenya
to the wild Cornish coastline and the corporate greed of the City, Mirror
Image is a powerful tale of prejudice, loss and the joys of rediscovery.
Mirror Image
Paul Redfern
Paperback -248 pages
ISBN 1904018726 UK
£6.99
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Devil to Pay
An Indian soldier who, seconds away from execution, is
recruited by Al Qua’ida…
A Greek shipping tycoon who responds only to the call of hard cash…
His two brilliant, beautiful daughters whose sexual appetites match their
business acumen…
A ruthless businessman who will stop at nothing to get his way…
As these, and a host of other colourful characters, are drawn together
into an intricate plot of deceit and revenge, it quickly becomes clear
that, in a world where western capitalism rules and the shadow of terrorism
lurks close behind, money really is the root of all evil…
Devil to
Pay
Anthony A Randall
Paperback -236 pages
ISBN 1904754155 UK
£7.99
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When Siren Strikes
‘He’s a practising member of the Assassins
and Murderers’ Association. It’s wonderfully well paid, you
know – once you’ve got started…’
When international assassin Charles Dupont becomes involved in a plot
to eliminate an African leader, has he really uncovered a plot that may
have killed Tsar Nicholas in 1912 – six years before it actually
happened?
The streets of Budapest, the games reserves of Africa, the French countryside
and India all provide a colourful backdrop to this gripping tale of persecution,
blackmail and murder, in which secret agents and beautiful, beguiling
women all become embroiled in a maze of the most dangerous political and
personal situations.
At the centre of this perilous labyrinth is Siren, an ormolu cuckoo clock
with the most extraordinary properties.
When Siren
Strikes
Anthony A Randall
Paperback -192 pages
ISBN 1904018696 UK
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Wilson Lacigam's Bentley
Time’s up for Wilson Lacigam, the parking ticket on
the windscreen of his Bentley a silent witness to the barrister’s
fatal heart attack during a visit to his Savile Row tailor.
But although the hereafter beckons, he is speedily returned to the here-and-now
with an urgent brief to prepare the way for the arrival of a modern-day
Messiah – a quiet, unimposing man with world-shattering ideas but
lousy dress sense.
Cue a crack PR team whose job is to turn the Messiah into a high-profile
media personality, so that his message can be heard by a culture that
demands instant fame and prefabricated glamour.
Wilson Lacigam’s Bentley presents the dilemma faced by all those
with profound messages to convey: how to present the simple truth to a
world that worships superficial glitz, yet where people are increasingly
searching for a purpose to their lives.
Wilson Lacigam's
Bentley
Tony Edwards
Paperback -188 pages
ISBN 1904018734 UK
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