Staff Recommended Reads January 2012

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  The Emperor of Lies
  Steve Sem Sandberg

  Paperback · 05 Jan 2012 · €12.00
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  Chronicles the tale of Rumkowski's monarchical rule over a quarter of a million Jews. Drawing on the chronicles of life in the Lodz ghetto, this title captures the panorama of human resilience, and questions the nature of good and evil.

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  The Unquiet Heart
  Gordon Ferris

  Paperback · 01 Dec 2011 · €17.35
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  It's 1946 and Danny McRae is a private detective scraping a living in ration-card London. Eve Copeland, crime reporter, is looking for new angles to save her career. It's a match made in heaven. Until Eve disappears, a contact dies violently and an old adversary presents Danny with some unpalatable truths.

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  Before I Go to Sleep
  S J Watson

  Paperback · 02 Jan 2012 · €10.00
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  Memories define us. So what if you lost yours every time you went to sleep? Your name, your identity, your past, even the people you love - all forgotten overnight. And the one person you trust may only be telling you half the story. Welcome to Christine's life.

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  The Paris Wife
  Paula McLain

  Paperback · 05 Jan 2012 · €10.00

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  * Out now in paperback, the heart-wrenching story of ambition and betrayal that captures the love affair between two unforgettable people: Ernest Hemingway and his first wife Hadley

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  The Art of Fielding
  Chad Harbach

  Paperback · 01 Sep 2011 · €17.35
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  A wonderful, warm novel from a major new American voice.

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  Jack Holmes and His Friend
  Edmund White

  Paperback · 05 Jan 2012 · €17.35
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  A moving, expertly-crafted novel from one of New York's most prolific and well-respected authors

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  Voice of America
  E C Osondu

  Paperback · 05 Jan 2012 · €10.00

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  A brilliantly original, deft and darkly funny debut short-story collection from the winner of the 2009 Caine Prize, sometimes referred to as the 'African Booker'.

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  Down the Rabbit Hole
  Juan Pablo Villalobos

  Paperback · 01 Sep 2011 · €13.35

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  What Tochtli wants more than anything right now is a new pet for his private zoo: a pygmy hippopotamus from Liberia. But Tochtli is growing up in his drug baron father's luxury hideout, shared with hit men and dealers. Down the Rabbit Hole, a masterful and darkly-comic first novel, is the chronicle of a delirious journey to grant a child's wish.