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25 May Robert Ludlum born 1927. American author who wrote the Bourne novels (later turned into blockbuster movies) - The Bourne Identity (1980) The Bourne Supremacy (1986) The Bourne Ultimatum (1990).
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Rupert Thomson

Born on the south coast of England in 1955, Rupert Thomson was educated at Christ’s Hospital School. At the age of seventeen he won a scholarship to Cambridge University where he studied Medieval History and Political Thought. In his twenties, he spent four years working as a copywriter in London, but in 1982 he moved to Italy where he started work on a novel. Dreams of Leaving was published in 1987, and was hailed in the Times as ‘extraordinarily elegant, evocative and funny’, while the New Statesman wrote: ‘When someone writes as well as Thomson does, it makes you wonder why other people bother.’ Since then, he has published six more highly acclaimed novels, two of which, Air and Fire and The Insult have been shortlisted for awards. Though his books consistently defy categorisation, the San Francisco Chronicle came closer than most when it described him as a ‘twisted British fabulist’. During the past twenty years he has lived in many cities, including London, Berlin, New York, Tokyo, Sydney, Los Angeles, Amsterdam and Rome. He currently lives in Barcelona.

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Featured Books, with extracts, by Rupert Thomson
This Party's Got to Stop
Rupert Thomson
In his first venture into non-fiction, the celebrated novelist Rupert Thomson has produced one of the most extraordinary and unforgettable memoirs of recent years. On a warm, sunny day in July 1964, Thomson returned home from school to discover that...
Format: Paperback - Released: 05/05/2011
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Death of a Murderer
Rupert Thomson
Shortlisted for the Spread the Word : Books to Talk About 2008.Shortlisted for the Costa Novel Award 2007.Costa Book Awards 2007 Judges' comment: "An exquisitely written ghost story - morally subtle, psychologically involving and exactly crafted."
Format: Paperback - Released: 04/02/2008
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Death of a Murderer
Rupert Thomson
Shortlisted for the Costa Novel Award 2007. Costa Book Awards 2007 Judges' comment: "An exquisitely written ghost story - morally subtle, psychologically involving and exactly crafted."
Format: Hardback - Released: 02/04/2007
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Divided Kingdom
Rupert Thomson
You’ll either love this or hate this! No one can dispute the fact that Thomson’s prose is lyrical and truly mesmerizing but unless you can understand and are prepared to believe a United Kingdom that is split into four countries...
Format: Paperback - Released: 03/04/2006
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