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A Book for All and None
Clare Morgan

Format: Paperback - Released: 16/02/2012
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February 2012 Debut of the Month. A beautiful, haunting literary debut from an extraordinary new talent who we can see scooping future literary prizes. When you are the Director of the Creative Writing Course at Oxford University there is, understandably, quite a lot of interest when you decide to write your first novel but Clare Morgan clearly hasn’t let it effect her.Looking at the lives of two academics through their passions for the philosopher Nietzsche and novelist Virginia Woolf, A Book for All and None, is highly accessible and thought provoking. Why not try the free Opening Extract? ]]> http://www.lovereading.co.uk//book/7061/A-Book-for-All-and-None-by-Clare-Morgan.html

Lyrics Alley
Leila Aboulela

Format: Paperback - Released: 02/02/2012
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The current situation in Africa and the Middle East is very much at odds with this nostalgic, lyrical and deeply moving novel by a twice ORANGE-listed rising star. Set in pre-Independence Sudan, Egypt and post-war Britain with its subtly written characters we think it is a perfect choice for reading groups. Longlisted titles for the Orange Prize for Fiction 2011. ]]> http://www.lovereading.co.uk//book/7055/Lyrics-Alley-by-Leila-Aboulela.html

Death in a Cold Climate : A Guide to Scandinavian Crime Fiction
Barry Forshaw

Format: Paperback - Released: 13/01/2012
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Death in a Cold Climate is a celebration and analysis of Scandinavian crime fiction which has become, almost out of the blue, one of the hottest areas of writing today. With forensic dissection and analysis of books, films and TV adaptations Barry Forshaw, the UK's principal expert on crime fiction, looks to explain the appeal. From Sjowall and Wahloo's influential Martin Beck series through Henning Mankell's Wallander to Stieg Larsson's publishing phenomenon The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo this is a must have for any fan of Scandinavian Crime Fiction...   Click here to view 'Where to start  with Scandinavian crime fiction' - an online booklet by Barry Forshaw. ]]> http://www.lovereading.co.uk//book/7065/Death-in-a-Cold-Climate-A-Guide-to-Scandinavian-Crime-Fiction-by-Barry-Forshaw.html

The Winter Palace (A Novel of the Young Catherine the Great)
Eva Stachniak

Format: Hardback - Released: 19/01/2012
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This 3rd novel from Eva Stachniak is a fresh fictional look at the fascinating life of Catherine the Great told through her “tongue” — a young lower-class orphan who eventually becomes a spy at the Imperial Court. Fans of historical fiction will love this opulent and lush story, bursting with period detail, that brings Catherine’s life in the Winter Palace vividly to life. ]]> http://www.lovereading.co.uk//book/7037/The-Winter-Palace-A-Novel-of-the-Young-Catherine-the-Great--by-Eva-Stachniak.html

The Somnambulist
Essie Fox

Format: Paperback - Released: 05/01/2012
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Featured on The TV Book Club on More4 on 12 February 2012. This debut novelist's coming of age story uses evocative language to transport you to late 19th century Victorian England where lost love, grief, dark secrets and hidden passions take hold of the life of seventeen year old Phoebe Turner. It's well researched and a good page turner. ]]> http://www.lovereading.co.uk//book/6969/The-Somnambulist-by-Essie-Fox.html

The Sealed Letter
Emma Donoghue

Format: Paperback - Released: 03/02/2012
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From the bestselling author of Room comes a delicious tale of secrets, betrayal and forbidden love. Based on blow-by-blow newspaper reports of the 1864 Codrington Divorce, The Sealed Letter, full of sparkling characters and wicked dialogue, is a thought-provoking mystery and gripping drama of friends, lovers and marriage. ]]> http://www.lovereading.co.uk//book/7052/The-Sealed-Letter-by-Emma-Donoghue.html

Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
Paul Torday

Format: Paperback - Released: 20/02/2012
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A Special Edition of Salmon Fishing in the Yemen by Paul Torday to celebrate Orion's 20th anniversary.   Winner of the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Fiction 2007.An unusual and delightful debut that all lovers of A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian will adore. Normally I find novels written in emails, memos, diary entries and the like, such as this is, irritating but this succeeds on all levels. The different strains of the madcap story, reported in different voices, works a treat and as the characters are developed and the plot unfolds, so your interest is held vice-like. Part political satire, part scientific experiment, part spiritual enlightenment and part love story, it is highly accomplished, lightly amusing, unexpectedly touching and very rewarding. I truly loved it. Comparison: Marina Lewycka, Mark Haddon, Ben Elton. ]]> http://www.lovereading.co.uk//book/7014/Salmon-Fishing-in-the-Yemen-by-Paul-Torday.html

Black and Blue
Ian Rankin

Format: Paperback - Released: 20/02/2012
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A Special Edition of Black and Blue by Ian Rankin to celebrate Orion's 20th anniversary. Rebus has everything against him: an internal investigation, a possible miscarriage of justice and a pretty tough Glasgow gangster. Enough to try the patience of any cop, but when it’s the curmudgeon Rebus he really has to tread a fine line. Another excellent read. This book won a well-deserved Golden Dagger Award (Best Mystery as awarded by the Crime Writers Association of Britain). ]]> http://www.lovereading.co.uk//book/7008/Black-and-Blue-by-Ian-Rankin.html

Sophie's World
Jostein Gaarder

Format: Paperback - Released: 20/02/2012
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A Special Edition of Sophie's World by Jostein Gaarder to celebrate Orion's 20th anniversary. Ex-philosophy teacher Jostein Gaarder & Albert Knos stimulate 15 year old Sophieto ask those fundamental questions which have exercised the imaginations of Children Philosophers since the dawn of civilisation. ]]> http://www.lovereading.co.uk//book/7004/Sophie-s-World-by-Jostein-Gaarder.html

The Reader
Bernhard Schlink

Format: Paperback - Released: 20/02/2012
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A Special Edition of The Reader by Bernhard Schlink to celebrate Orion's 20th anniversary. One of my favourite books of 1998, the sort that, on completion, leaves you stunned and really does stay with you for – well, in my case – years as it was 10 years ago that I read it. That sensation of admiration is still with me. Clever, beautifully written, short, stark and hard-hitting, it is a tale of sex, guilt and shame with the holocaust raising its ugly head in an original and alarming way. ]]> http://www.lovereading.co.uk//book/7003/The-Reader-by-Bernhard-Schlink.html

The Shadow of the Wind
Carlos Ruiz Zafon

Format: Paperback - Released: 20/02/2012
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A Special Edition of The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon to celebrate Orion's 20th anniversary. Barcelona, a city of secret police and secret love.  In it a bookseller’s son finds a forgotten novel and stumbles upon a mystery as all copies of the author’s books are sought and destroyed by a sinister character who calls himself after the devil.  The reason why and the intrigue surrounding the author’s fate hold us through this extraordinarily compulsive, yet satisfactorily literary thriller, one of the best books of the year.  Quite brilliant.   ]]> http://www.lovereading.co.uk//book/7002/The-Shadow-of-the-Wind-by-Carlos-Ruiz-Zafon.html

The Snow Child
Eowyn Ivey

Format: Hardback - Released: 01/02/2012
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A bewitching tale of heartbreak and hope set in 1920s Alaska. Jack and Mabel have staked everything on making a fresh start for themselves in a homestead 'at the world's edge' in the raw Alaskan wilderness. But as the days grow shorter, Jack is losing his battle to clear the land, and Mabel can no longer contain her grief for the baby she lost many years before. The evening the first snow falls, their mood unaccountably changes. In a moment of tenderness, the pair are surprised to find themselves building a snowman - or rather a snow girl - together. The next morning, all trace of her has disappeared, and Jack can't quite shake the notion that he glimpsed a small figure - a child? - running through the spruce trees in the dawn light. And how to explain the little but very human tracks Mabel finds at the edge of their property? Written with the clarity and vividness of the Russian fairytale from which it takes its inspiration, The Snow Child is an instant classic - the story of a couple who take a child into their hearts, all the while knowing they can never truly call her their own. ]]> http://www.lovereading.co.uk//book/7032/The-Snow-Child-by-Eowyn-Ivey.html

Fortune's Rocks
Anita Shreve

Format: Paperback - Released: 04/01/2001
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This is considered one of her best novels and does deserve such praise. A wonderfully descriptive book, it is the attention to detail that makes this such an absorbing read, you can picture every line on each character’s face, each subtle movement that they make. Another book of love, longing and loss beautifully told. ]]> http://www.lovereading.co.uk//book/2580/Fortune-s-Rocks-by-Anita-Shreve.html

Wolf Hall
Hilary Mantel

Format: Paperback - Released: 04/03/2010
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February 2012 Guest Editor Joanna Trollope on Hilary Mantel... I loved her writing, long before the mega success of Wolf Hall. She wrote the best novel (bad title – A Place of Greater Safety) I ever read about the French Revolution, and some great modern ones – like Fludd and Eight Days on Gazzah Street. She isn’t just clever and original, she is also seriously funny, and I love that. ]]> http://www.lovereading.co.uk//book/4173/Wolf-Hall-by-Hilary-Mantel.html

The Siege of Krishnapur
J.G. Farrell

Format: Paperback - Released: 01/07/1996
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February 2012 Guest Editor Joanna Trollope on J.G. Farrell... He won the Lost Booker prize for Troubles and the real Booker – forever ago - for The Siege Of Krishnapur. I love the elegance of his writing, and the wit, and the sense of the absurd, and the way he can transport you to a whole crazy other world. He drowned, off the coast of Ireland, when he was only 44. A real loss.   The Lovereading view... A new edition of the 1973 Booker Prize winning novel. A brilliant, dark humorous book about the decline of colonialism and an exploration of class, race and culture in general. Great stuff. ]]> http://www.lovereading.co.uk//book/2483/The-Siege-of-Krishnapur-by-J.G.-Farrell.html