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The Book Club Bible by Lionel Shriver (foward by)
$30.00 NZD
Category: NZ non-fiction
Every book-club member has felt the pressure to pick out a new title for the whole group to read and enjoy. Wouldn't it be great if there was a book that helped you to make that all-important decision and maintain your place of respect in the book club?Fear no more, The Book Club Bible is here to help, ...Show more
The Mandibles: A Family, 2029-2047 by Lionel Shriver
$25.00 NZD
Category: World fiction
'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
The Motion of the Body Through Space by Lionel Shriver
$35.00 NZD
$37.00 (5% off)
Category: Fiction and NZ Fiction | Reading Level: very good
The new novel from the Orange Prize-winning author of We Need to Talk About Kevin. Allergic to group activities of any kind, all her life Serenata has run, swum, and cycled - on her lonesome. But now that she's hit 60, all that physical activity has destroyed her knees. As she contemplates surgery with ...Show more
The New Republic by Lionel Shriver
$25.00 NZD
Category: World fiction
Edgar Kellogg , a disgruntled New York lawyer who has always yearned to be popular, is more than ready to leave his lucrative career for the excitement and uncertainty of journalism. When he's offered the post of foreign correspondent in a Portuguese backwater that has sprouted a homegrown terrorist mov ...Show more
The New Republic by Lionel Shriver
$40.00 NZD
Category: World fiction | Reading Level: very good
Fat and ostracized as a kid, Edgar Kellogg has always yearned to be popular. When he's offered the post of foreign correspondent in a Portuguese backwater that has sprouted a homegrown terrorist movement, Edgar recognizes the disappeared larger-than-life reporter he's been sent to replace, Barrington Sa ...Show more
The Post-Birthday World by Lionel Shriver
$28.00 NZD
Category: World fiction | Reading Level: good -very good
It all hinges on one kiss. Whether Irena McGovern does or does not lean in to a specific pair of lips in London will determine whether she stays with her disciplined, intellectual partner Lawrence or runs off with Ramsey, a hardÃÂâÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂliving snooker player. Using a parallel universe str ...Show more
The Post-Birthday World by Lionel Shriver
$37.00 NZD
Category: World fiction | Reading Level: good
It all hinges on one kiss. Whether Irina McGovern does or does not lean in to a specific pair of lips in London will determine whether she stays with her disciplined, intellectual partner Lawrence or runs off with Ramsey, a hard-living snooker player. Using a parallel universe structure, we follow Irina ...Show more
The Standing Chandelier: A Novella by Lionel Shriver
$23.00 NZD
Category: World fiction
Condition: **NEW** 'This early stocking filler of a novel ... is a brutal treat' Daily MailFrom the award-winning novelist and short story writer, Lionel Shriver, comes a literary gem, a story about love and the power of a gift. When Weston Babansky receives an extravagant engagement present from hi ...Show more
We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver
$26.00 NZD
Category: World fiction | Series: Tie-in Ser. | Reading Level: very good
Two years ago Eva Khatchadourian's son, Kevin, murdered seven of his fellow high-school students, a cafeteria worker and a popular teacher. Now, in a series of letters to her absent husband, Eva recounts the story of how Kevin came to be Kevin. Fearing that her own shortcomings may have shaped what her ...Show more