ANASTAS, BENJAMIN

The Faithful Narrative of a Pastor's Disappearance

Garage Dark grey a5, Picador. 2002. (ISBN: 9780330487542). Hardcover, 13.5 x 2.5 x 21.6 cm. Hardback with dust jacket in good conditon. In this irresistible satire, adultery, real estate, religion and intrigue collide in suburban New England. Reverend Thomas Mosher, the young black pastor of the Pilgrims' Congregational Church in W-------, Massachusetts, has vanished without a trace. Does the rumoured affair between the pastor and Bethany Caruso, unhappily married mother of two, provide an explanation? Did Thomas's final sermon, 'The Shapes of Love', contain a clue? Did the congregation's white, liberal parishioners drive him away? Can people just - disappear? Bethany and the rest of the parish grapple with the ensuing crisis. Chief among them: Artemesia Angelis, a pious housewife; Margaret Howard, the imposing matriarch of a thriving real estate business; and Bobby Caruso, Bethany's husband, whose lack of interest in church affairs is matched only by Bethany's disdain for his 'fornicatorium', a hapless attempt to save their marriage. Benjamin Anastas examines the tensions between liberalism and provincial small-mindedness, and sketches the passions and prejudices of his characters with a playful but ultimately sympathetic eye, leaving us with a thoughtful, bittersweet portrait of the modern American soul. The Faithful Narrative of a Pastor's Disappearance is a bold, blisteringly funny and ultimately haunting satire of modern materialism. Good.

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Book number: 29626

Catalogue: Contemporary Fiction (Books)

Keywords: 9780330487542

BELLOW, SAUL

The Adventures of Augie March: Great Books Edition

a5 gold, Penguin. 1999. (ISBN: 9780140281606). Paperback, hard to read spine front room. Ref: ZKVQ Paperback in overall good condition, small bump to spine. Augie's nonconformity leads him into an eventful, humorous, and sometimes earthy way of life. Good.

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Book number: 29297

Catalogue: Contemporary Fiction (Books)

Keywords: 9780140281606

BULL, GEOFFREY TAYLOR

New Pilgrim's Progress

UK, Hodder & Stoughton Ltd. 1969. (ISBN: 9780340106518). Hardcover, a5 red & Cream garage. Hardback with dust jacket, book fine, owners inscription on first page, jacket tears and scuffs to edges. Used: Acceptable.

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Book number: 29368

Catalogue: Contemporary Fiction (Books)

Keywords: 9780340106518

COLE, SELTZER

Nasty Love

white a5 garage, Citron Press. 1998. (ISBN: 9780754400509). Paperback. Paperback in good condition. Good.

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Book number: 29226

Catalogue: Contemporary Fiction (Books)

Keywords: 9780754400509

DAFYDD, FFLUR

Atyniad

Grey a5 garage, Y Lolfa. 2006. (ISBN: 9780862439330). Paperback. Paperback in good condition. Good.

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Book number: 29570

Catalogue: Contemporary Fiction (Books)

Keywords: 9780862439330

FRANCIS, ANNETTE

Tales from the Coffee Shop

UK, Bridge Books. 2003. (ISBN: 9781844940035). Paperback, green a5 garage. Paperback in good condition, signed by the author. Good. Signed by Author.

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Book number: 29148

Catalogue: Contemporary Fiction (Books)

Keywords: 9781844940035

GOLDRATT, ELIYAHU M.

The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement

Garage purple yellow A5ish, Gower Publishing Ltd. 1993. (ISBN: 9780566074189). Paperback, 22.9 x 2.6 x 15.4 cm. Paperback in good condition. Good.

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Book number: 29697

Catalogue: Contemporary Fiction (Books)

Keywords: 9780566074189

MEREDITH, CHRISTOPHER

Griffri

UK, Seren. 1995. (ISBN: 9781854111302). Paperback, grey a5 garage. Paperback in good condition, owners inscription on first page. Good.

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Book number: 29367

Catalogue: Contemporary Fiction (Books)

Keywords: 9781854111302

MOHLELE, NTHIKENG

Michael K: A Novel

white black and red text a5 garage, Picador Africa. 2018. (ISBN: 9781770104792). Paperback, 15.6 x 0.9 x 23.4 cm. Paperback in good condition. Used: Acceptable.

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Book number: 30081

Catalogue: Contemporary Fiction (Books)

Keywords: 9781770104792

READ, MISS

Miss Clare Remembers

Filed R garageGrey silver text hard to read, Michael Joseph. 1962. Hardback, 11.1 x 1.2 x 18 cm. Hardback no dust jacket in reasonable condition. 1962 edition. Cover some marks and fading, internally pages clean, some browning to covers internally. Used: Acceptable.

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Book number: 29881

Catalogue: Contemporary Fiction (Books)

TREMBLAY, MICHEL

The First Quarter of the Moon

UK, Talonbooks. 1994. (ISBN: 9780889223523). Paperback, Wine a5 upstairs. Paperback in good condition, signed by the author. It is June 20, 1952, a decade after the events described in The Fat Woman Next Door Is Pregnant, the first volume of Michel Tremblay's series of autobiographical fiction. The mystic, yet palpable instant of summer's arrival is experienced simultaneously by the fat woman's son (who is never named) and Marcel. These moving, profoundly different epiphanies of a transforming world, seen through the memories of the characters, set the stage for the action of the novel which takes place in the space of this single, evocative day. The fat woman's son experiences this moment as an episode of profound personal objectification-he sees himself as in a photo of that larger, inclusive moment. Marcel, on the other hand, literally seizes the moment, and stores it in his school bag as a physical thing. It is also the day of final exams at the École Saint-Stanislas where the fat woman's son, a boy who lives inside the books he loves, is in the "gifted" class, and his cousin Marcel, the "mad" family terror, is in the class for "slow learners." Racked by envy at what he sees as Marcel's genius-his ability to create and function in another dimension of reality-the gifted child blanks out during the French exam. The first quarter of the moon-which rises over the final scenes of the novel in which the fat woman's son recognizes and acknowledges his cousin Marcel's genius-is an exquisitely crafted and resonant metaphor for the symbiotic relation between the imaginary and the real, the privileged "educated elite" and the "great unwashed," innocence and experience, sanity and madness. Good. Signed by Author.

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Book number: 29329

Catalogue: Contemporary Fiction (Books)

Keywords: 9780889223523

COTTON, IZAAK WALTON AND CHARLES

The Compleat Angler Illustrated by J Eyre

C faded dark wine a5 less gold text not easy to read, Collins' Clear Typer Press. 1925. Hardcover. Hardback no dust jacket internally pages clean, front cover starting to think about coming away from book, can provide photos, cover some bumping and scuffs. The Compleat Angler - an illustrated edition published by Collins. A conference between an Angler, a Falconer and a Hunter, each commending his recreation. Used: Acceptable.

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Book number: 29859

Catalogue: Contemporary Fiction (Books)

WHITEHEAD, SUE

A Vision of Wings

UK, Trafford. 2007. (ISBN: 9781412099509). Paperback, W Upstairs a5 purple. Paperback in good condition. When Sara opened the cardboard box left at her front door, she had no idea what affect the Peregrine Falcon it contained, was to have on her life. She had cared for many birds in the Wild Bird Hospital she ran in Mid Wales, but none had affected her in this strange way, none had been so close. Taking her courage in her hands, she contacts ex-lover, Gabriel, who helped her heal the birds when they were together with great skill. He doesn't have an answer for her, but she knows the falcon, Mistral, wants something of her and the journey it leads her on takes her across the sea to British Columbia, led on by the dreams. On the way she makes new friends, also affected by the birds - amongst them a Haida Indian, who holds the key to the mystery. Through danger and hardship, she eventually finds the answer and her life is changed forever. Good.

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Book number: 29135

Catalogue: Contemporary Fiction (Books)

Keywords: 9781412099509