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FORMAT: Hardcover
Pub Date: 11/1/2018Pages: 288Trim: 126 x 185 mm
ISBN: 9781509842421Price: 14.99
Publisher: MacmillanImprint: Picador
Category: FictionSubcategory: General
THINGS WE NEARLY KNEWJim Powell.......................................................................................................................
The haunting new novel by the acclaimed author of The Breaking of Eggs and Trading Futures.
There's a bar at the crossroads on the way out of town. Or the way in, depending onwhether you're coming or going. Marcie and her husband have run it for years.After thirty years of marriage, there aren't many secrets left between them. Couplesoften say that, don't they? But it's not always true.
Arlene appeared in the bar one day, not long before Franky Albertino came back totown, hoping that she'd find a man called Jack. Franky was hoping that peoplemight have forgotten the mess he'd left behind him the first time around. Franky'sproblem had always been women. Women and money. What Arlene's problem isisn't clear. It's obvious she has a history, but who doesn't?
As Arlene gets closer to finding Jack - her father? her lover? - the bar becomes thescene of a great unravelling; secrets buried a lifetime ago are dragged into the light.In Things We Nearly Knew, Jim Powell invites us to consider how much we knowabout the people we love and asks, finally: would you want to know the truth?
ABOUT THE AUTHORJim Powell was born in London in 1949. He is the author of The Breaking of Eggsand Trading Futures, and was named by BBC2's The Culture Show as being amongstthe '12 of the Best New Novelists' in 2011. He divides his time betweenCambridgeshire, England, and the Tarn, France.
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FORMAT: Hardcover
ISBN: 9781509829934Price: 14.99
Category: FictionSubcategory: Mystery & Detective
GIRL IN SNOWDanya Kukafka.......................................................................................................................
A major American debut about the mysterious death of a small-town goldengirl and the secret lives of three people connected to her. Intoxicating andintense, this is a novel that will keep you turning the pages late into the night.
Who are you when no one is watching?
When beloved high school student Lucinda Hayes is found murdered, no one in hersleepy Colorado suburb is untouched - not the boy who loved her too much; not thegirl who wanted her perfect life; not the police officer assigned to investigate. Inthe aftermath of the tragedy, these three unforgettable characters - Cameron, Jade,and Russ - must each confront their darkest secrets in an effort to find solace, thetruth, or both.
In crystalline prose, Danya Kukafka explores the razor-sharp line between love andobsession, between watching and seeing, between reality and memory. Intoxicatingand emotionally intense, Girl in Snow is a gripping debut novel that will linger longafter the final page is turned.
ABOUT THE AUTHORDanya Kukafka is a graduate of New York University's Gallatin School ofIndividualized Study. Girl in Snow is her first novel.
REVIEWS'From its startling opening line right through to its stunning conclusion, Girl in Snowis a perfectly-paced and tautly-plotted thriller. Danya Kukafka's misfit charactersare richly drawn, her prose is both elegant and eerie - this is an incrediblyaccomplished debut' Paula Hawkins, author of The Girl on the Train and Into theWater
'A sensational debut - great characters, mysteries within mysteries, and page-turningpace. Highly recommended' Lee Child, bestselling author of the Jack Reacher series
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FORMAT: B Format Paperback
ISBN: 9781509840786Price: 8.99
THE REASON YOU'RE ALIVEMatthew Quick.......................................................................................................................
The New York Times-bestselling author of The Silver Linings Playbook offers atimely novel featuring his most fascinating character yet, a Vietnam vetembarking on a crusade to track down his nemesis from the war.
When sixty-eight-year-old Vietnam War veteran David Granger wakes up fromemergency surgery, he finds himself repeating a name: Clayton Fire Bear, a soldierfrom whom he stole something long ago. And now, David knows he must makeamends. It might be the only way to find happiness in a world increasingly at oddswith the one he served to protect, and it might also help him recover from the lossof the wife he grieves for every day.
Motivated by his adoring young granddaughter, Ella, David sets out to confront hispast in order to salvage his present. Grumpy and argumentative he may be, butultimately The Reason You're Alive challenges us to look beyond our ownprejudices and search for the good in others.
ABOUT THE AUTHORMatthew Quick is the New York Times bestselling author of several novels,including The Silver Linings Playbook, which was made into an Oscar-winning film,The Good Luck of Right Now, and Love May Fail. His work has been translated intomore than thirty languages and has received a PEN/Hemingway Award HonorableMention. Matthew lives with his wife on North Carolina's Outer Banks.
REVIEWS'Quick's prose is sharp and cutting . . . The Reason You're Alive is a compactpowerhouse of a novel. Though brief, it's subversive, unexpected, and utterlycompelling' Booklist (Starred Review)
'Scorching family drama . . . narrated with ire and eloquence by David Granger, aVietnam vet . . . It's as if Holden Caulfield grew up to be a reflective, even soulful,Archie Bunker. David's voice is intimate, personal, occasionally poetic andsensible, even sympathetic . . . the force of David's voice is electric . . . a touching,old-fashioned drama about the ties that sometimes choke, but always bind' BookPage
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FORMAT: Hardcover
ISBN: 9781509883349Price: 14.99
LOVECRAFT COUNTRYMatt Ruff.......................................................................................................................
The critically acclaimed cult novelist makes visceral the terrors of life in JimCrow America and its lingering effects in this brilliant and wondrous work ofthe imagination that melds historical fiction, pulp noir, and Lovecraftianhorror and fantasy.
Chicago, 1954. When his father Montrose goes missing, 22-year-old Army veteranAtticus Turner embarks on a road trip to New England to find him, accompaniedby his Uncle Georgepublisher of The Safe Negro Travel Guideand hischildhood friend Letitia. On their journey to the manor of Mr. Braithwhiteheir tothe estate that owned one of Atticus's ancestorsthey encounter both mundaneterrors of white America and malevolent spirits that seem straight out of the weirdtales George devours.At the manor, Atticus discovers his father in chains, held prisoner by a secret cabalnamed the Order of the Ancient Dawnled by Samuel Braithwhite and his sonCalebwhich has gathered to orchestrate a ritual that shockingly centers onAtticus. And his one hope of salvation may be the seed of hisand the wholeTurner clan'sdestruction.A chimerical blend of magic, power, hope, and freedom that stretches across time,touching diverse members of two black families, Lovecraft Country is a devastatingkaleidoscopic portrait of racismthe terrifying specter that continues to haunt ustoday.
REVIEWS'Another "only Matt Ruff could do it" production. Lovecraft Country takes theunlikeliest of premises and spins it into a funny, fast, exciting, and affecting read'Neal Stephenson, author of Snow Crash and Cryptonomicon
'At every turn, Ruff has great fun pitting mid-twentieth-century horror and sci-ficlichs against the banal and ever present bigotry of the era.' New York Times BookReview
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FORMAT: Hardcover
ISBN: 9781509848928Price: 14.99
I LOVE YOU TOO MUCHAlicia Drake.......................................................................................................................
A sharp, beautiful novel about the loneliness of childhood set in the mostelegant district of Paris.
I knew I was in Paris, I knew that was the Seine beneath me, the sky above, but whenI looked around for help, the grand apartment buildings of the Quai Voltaire staredback at me, indifferent.
In the sixth arrondissement everything is perfect and everyone is lonely. This is theParis of thirteen-year-old Paul. Shy and unloved, he quietly observes the lives of theself-involved grown-ups around him: his glamorous maman Sverine, her youngmusician lover Gabriel and his fitness-obsessed papa Philippe. Always overlooked,it's only a matter of time before Paul sees something that he's not supposed to see
Seeking solace in his unlikely friendship with tear-away classmate Scarlett and thesweet confections from the elegant neighbourhood patisseries, Paul yearns foruncondi

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