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Headlong

A Novel

Michael Frayn Picador

An unlikely con man wagers wife, wealth, and sanity in pursuit of an elusive Old Master. Invited to dinner by the boorish local landowner, Martin Clay, an...

Man Booker Award - Nominee - Novel

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Mr. Mee

A Novel

Andrew Crumey Picador

"Fans of Tom Stoppard and Michael Frayn will relish this novel's puzzles and paradoxes, its unfolding and ingenious designs."—Hilary Mantel, The New York Times Book Review

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Cheri and The Last of Cheri

Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette; Translated by Roger Senhouse; With a New Introduction by Judith Thurman Farrar, Straus and Giroux Paperbacks

Two volumes of Colette's most beloved works, with a new Introduction by Judith Thurman. Chéri, together with The Last of Chéri, is a classic...

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Fear and Trembling

A Novel

Amélie Nothomb; Translated by Adriana Hunter St. Martin's Griffin

According to ancient Japanese protocol, foreigners deigning to approach the emperor did so only with fear and trembling. Terror and self-abasement conveyed...

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The Odyssey

The Fitzgerald Translation

Homer; Translated by Robert Fitzgerald; Introduction by D. S. Carne-Ross Farrar, Straus and Giroux Paperbacks

The classic translation of The Odyssey, now in a Noonday paperback. Robert Fitzgerald's translation of Homer's Odyssey is the best and best-loved modern...

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The Inferno of Dante

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Dante; A New Verse Translation by Robert Pinsky Farrar, Straus and Giroux Paperbacks

"Splendid . . . Pinsky's verse translation is fast-paced, idiomatic, and accurate. It moves with the concentrated gait of a lyric poem . . . It maintains the original's episodic and narrative velocity while mirroring its formal shape and character . . . Pinsky succeeds in creating a supple American equivalent for Dante's vernacular music where many others have failed."—Edward Hirsch, The New Yorker

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Human Croquet

A Novel

Kate Atkinson Picador

A New York Times Book Review Notable Book of the Year Part fairy tale, part mystery, part coming-of-age novel, this novel tells the story of Isobel Fairfax,...

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Behind the Scenes at the Museum

A Novel

Kate Atkinson Picador

National Bestseller Winner of the Whitbread Book of the Year Kate Atkinson’s dazzling debut novel is a deeply moving story of family heartbreak and...

Whitbread Book Award - Winner - Book of the Year This book was a winner in both the Book of the Year and First Novel categories. This award was renamed the Costa Book Award in 2006

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The Parrot's Theorem

A Novel

Denis Guedj; Translated by Frank Wynne St. Martin's Griffin/Thomas Dunne Books

"The Parrot's Theorem is a unique book, in that it is both a wonderful novel and the best short history of mathematics I have ever read. The author draws his characters with care, develops an intriguing plot, and on the way teaches the reader about mathematics and its history. This is one of the most satisfying books I have read in a long time."—Amir Aczel, author of Fermat's Last Theorem

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The Good German

Joseph Kanon Picador

Now a Major Motion Picture The bestselling author of Los Alamos returns to 1945. Hitler has been defeated, and Berlin is divided into zones of...

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Spies

A Novel

Michael Frayn Picador

The National Bestseller The sudden trace of a disturbing, forgotten aroma compels Stephen Wheatley to return to the site of a dimly remembered but troubling...

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Whitbread Book Award - Winner - Novel This award was renamed the Costa Book Award in 2006

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Instances of the Number 3

A Novel

Salley Vickers Picador

Following the death of Peter Hansome, his wife Bridget is contacted by Frances Slater, her late-husband’s mistress. Though the two are from opposite...

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The Iliad

The Fitzgerald Translation

Homer; Translated by Robert Fitzgerald; Introduction by Andrew Ford Farrar, Straus and Giroux Paperbacks

Winner of the Harold Morton Landon Translation Award

"This is a masterpiece and will surely rank as one of the best translations of a classic in the English language . . . This is for every reader in our time and possibly for all time."—Library Journal

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The Colour

A Novel

Rose Tremain Picador

Newlyweds Joseph and Harriet Blackstone emigrate from England to New Zealand, along with Joseph's mother Lilian, in search of new beginnings and prosperity....

Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction - Nominee - Fiction

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The Marriage of the Sea

A Novel

Jane Alison Picador

In a damp Venetian palace, Oswaldo contemplates the ravages of time to his body and his beloved city. In New York, Lach savors his freedom, having just dropped...

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What Was She Thinking?

Notes on a Scandal: A Novel

Zoe Heller Picador

Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize Now the Major Motion Picture Notes on a Scandal Schoolteacher Barbara Covett has led a solitary life until...

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Man Booker Award - Nominee - Novel

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The Book Against God

A Novel

James Wood Picador

"[Wood] has succeeded remarkably well . . . [The Book Against God] is neither DeLillo nor Dickens, but a silky work, part satire and part picaresque and, underneath, a novel of ideas."—Richard Eder, The New York Times

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The Great Fire

A Novel

Shirley Hazzard Picador

"What better gift . . . than a novel that confirms the value of the individual—the individual heart, mind, spirit—even amidst the obfuscating demands of history and politics and culture . . . [The Great Fire] is a novel of incredible emotional wisdom, full of authentic characters, vivid places, and language that is both precise and beautiful."—Alice McDermott, Commonweal

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International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award - Nominee - Fiction
Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize - Nominee - Fiction
Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction - Nominee - Fiction
National Book Awards - Winner - Fiction

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Genesis

A Novel

Jim Crace Picador

A major new novel about sex and the citizen by the award-winning author of Being Dead The timid life of actor Felix Dern is uncorrupted by Hollywood, where...

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Everything Will Be All Right

A Novel

Tessa Hadley Picador

When Joyce Stevenson is thirteen, her family moves to the south of England to live with their aunt Vera. Vera and her sister Lil aren't at all alike. Vera, a...

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Double Vision

A Novel

Pat Barker Picador

In the aftermath of covering 9/11, English war reporter Stephen Sharkey and photographer Ben Frobisher leave New York and part company. Stephen returns to the...

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A Very Long Engagement

A Novel

Sébastien Japrisot; Translated by Linda Coverdale Picador

Set during and after the First World War, A Very Long Engagement tells the story of a young woman's search for her fiancé, whom she believes might still...

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Mr Golightly's Holiday

A Novel

Salley Vickers Picador

Many years ago, Mr. Golightly wrote a work of dramatic fiction that grew to be an astonishing international bestseller. But his reputation is on the decline...

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Small Island

A Novel

Andrea Levy Picador

Winner of the Orange Prize for Fiction
Winner of the Whitbread Book of the Year Award
Winner of the Commonwealth Writers' Prize

"A perfectly crafted tale of crossed lives and oceans. Big themes—abandonment, survival, racial awareness, forgiveness—are not always weighty enough to chart a smooth course over constant shifts in voice, time, and place. Levy's outstanding talent is her ability to control these upheavals. From Kingston to London to Calcutta, Levy deftly directs her story with twin reins of violence and humor."—San Francisco Chronicle

Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction - Winner - Fiction
Whitbread Book Award - Winner - Book of the Year/Novel This book was a winner in both the Book of the Year and the Novel categories. This award was renamed the Costa Book Award in 2006.
National Books Critics Circle Awards - Nominee - Fiction

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