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House of Leaves - The remastered full-colour edition by Mark Z. Danielewski
$30.00 NZD
Category: Literary Fiction | Reading Level: near fine
A blind old man, a young apprentice working in a tattoo shop, and a mad woman haunting an Ohio institute narrate this story of a family that encounters an endlessly shifting series of hallways in their new home, eventually coming face to face with the awful darkness lying at its heart.
The Prodigy by Herman Hesse
$6.00 NZD
Category: Literary Fiction | Series: Penguin Modern Classics Ser. | Reading Level: good
The Public Image by Muriel Spark
$6.00 NZD
Category: Literary Fiction | Reading Level: very good
Actress Annabel Christopher's glamorous public image must be maintained at all costs for the paparazzi and her adoring fans. But all is not wellbeneath the carefully constructed facade of her marriage and husband Frederick is sick of it. He decides to take his revenge . . . A sharp lookat celebrity cult ...Show more
Lucky Jim by Kingsley Amis
$6.00 NZD
Category: Literary Fiction | Reading Level: good
Penguin Decades bring you the novels that helped shape modern Britain. When they were published, some were bestsellers, some were considered scandalous, and others were simply misunderstood. All represent their time and helped define their generation, while today each is considered a landmark work of st ...Show more
The Ballad of the Sad Café by Carson McCullers
$6.00 NZD
Category: Literary Fiction | Reading Level: very good
A classic work that has charmed generations of readers, this collection assembles Carson McCullers s best stories, including her beloved novella The Ballad of the Sad Cafe. A haunting tale of a human triangle that culminates in an astonishing brawl, the novella introduces readers to Miss Amelia, a formi ...Show more
The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
$6.00 NZD
Category: Literary Fiction | Reading Level: good
The literary phenomenon of the year.
The Mandibles: A Family, 2029-2047 by Lionel Shriver
$12.00 NZD
Category: Literary Fiction | Reading Level: very good
'Shriver's intelligence, mordant humour and vicious leaps of imagination all combine to make this a novel that is as unsettling as it is entertaining' FINANCIAL TIMES The brilliant new novel from the Orange Prize-winning author of We Need to Talk about Kevin. It is 2029. The Mandibles have been counting ...Show more
Reservoir 13 by Jon McGregor
$12.00 NZD
Category: Literary Fiction | Reading Level: very good
WINNER OF THE 2017 COSTA NOVEL AWARD A GUARDIAN BOOK OF THE YEAR AN FT BOOK OF THE YEAR A TLS BOOK OF THE YEAR A TELEGRAPH BOOK OF THE YEAR From the award-winning author of If Nobody Speaks of Remarkable Things. Reservoir 13 tells the story of many lives haunted by one family's loss. Midwinter in the ea ...Show more
Manhattan Beach by Jennifer Egan
$12.00 NZD
Category: Literary Fiction | Reading Level: very good
The long-awaited novel from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of A Visit from the Goon Squad, Manhattan Beach opens in Brooklyn during the Great Depression. Anna Kerrigan, nearly twelve years old, accompanies her father to the house of a man who, she gleans, is crucial to the survival of her father and ...Show more
The Sellout by Paul Beatty
$10.00 NZD
Category: Literary Fiction | Reading Level: very good
**SHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2016** 'Outrageous, hilarious and profound.' Simon Schama, Financial Times 'The longer you stare at Beatty's pages, the smarter you'll get.' Guardian 'The most badass first 100 pages of an American novel I've read.' New York Times A biting satire about a young man' ...Show more
Our Young Man by Edmund White
$10.00 NZD
Category: Literary Fiction | Reading Level: near fine
'Has everyone always been in love with you? Of course they have, who am I kidding? What did they say about Helen of Troy? That her face launched a thousand ships? That's you, you're that beautiful. A thousand ships' New York City in the eighties, and at its decadent heart is Guy. The darling of Fire Isl ...Show more
A Net for Small Fishes by Lucy Jago
$12.00 NZD
Category: Literary Fiction | Reading Level: very good