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Cat's Eye - Margaret Atwood - 9780385491020 - 038549102...
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Cat's Eye - Margaret Atwood - 9780385491020 - 038549102...

ISBN13: 9780385491020. ISBN10: 0385491026. by Margaret Atwood. Published by Random House, Inc.. Edition: 88 More at Textbooks.com

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Schindler's List
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Schindler's List

During the Holocaust at the German concentration camp near Plaszow, thousands of Jews lost their lives at the hands of the Nazis. More than a ... More at Audible.com
Keri Hulme - The Bone People

Keri Hulme - The Bone People

Set in the harsh environment of the South Island beaches of New Zealand, this masterful story brings together three singular people in a trinity that ...
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Latest review by machokid Dec 17, 2006
"a friend lent me a copy of this book many years ago. she said she reads it again every now and then..." Read full review

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Yann Martel - Life of Pi: A Novel

Yann Martel - Life of Pi: A Novel

Pi, the precocious animal-loving son of an Indian zookeeper, loses his family in a shipwreck en route to North America--and is left alone in a ...
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Latest review by shopaholic_man Apr 22, 2013
"I love books and I love movies. I get into the age old question, "which is better, the book or the m..." Read full review

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Penelope Fitzgerald - Offshore

Penelope Fitzgerald - Offshore

On the Battersea Reach of the Thames, a mixed bag of eccentrics lives in houseboats. Belonging to neither land nor sea, they belong to one another. ...
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Latest review by Stephen_Murray Nov 11, 2012
"I love the remarkably succinct and compassionate novels of Penelope Fitzgerald (1916-2000). I think..." Read full review
Ian McEwan - The Comfort of Strangers

Ian McEwan - The Comfort of Strangers

Set in Venice, two unsuspecting tourists, Colin and Mary, are vulnerable prey for those who know their way around. When searching for a restaurant, ...
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Latest review by dierckx Jan 13, 2008
"An English couple (Mary and Colin) spend their holiday in a city that bears some resemblance with Ve..." Read full review

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Ian McEwan - Amsterdam

Ian McEwan - Amsterdam

Molly, the wife of a publisher, sinks swiftly and unexpectedly into madness and death. Two of her ex-lovers meet at her funeral. One is a famous ...
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Latest review by Stephen_Murray Dec 6, 2010
"I am puzzled by the choices of Man Booker Prizes almost as often as those of Academy Awards. Ian McE..." Read full review

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Rohinton Mistry - A Fine Balance

Rohinton Mistry - A Fine Balance

In India during the mid-1970s, after a "state of internal emergency" is declared, four very different people--a widowed seamstress, a student, and a ...
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Latest review by roomynaqvy Jul 4, 2010
"A Fine Balance is yet another wonderful novel from Rohinton Mistry. Mistry is like Flaubert. H..." Read full review

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J.G. Farrell - The Siege of Krishnapur

J.G. Farrell - The Siege of Krishnapur

Winner of the Booker prize in 1974, JG Farrell's dark social satire THE SIEGE OF KRISHNAPUR recounts a besieged British garrison in a remote region ...

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Muriel Spark - The Public Image

Muriel Spark - The Public Image

This novel of manners exposes the shallowness of the modern notion of celebrity via the story of Annabel Christopher, an actress who is also believed ...
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Latest review by Stephen_Murray Dec 21, 2003
"I am a bit reluctant to express an opinion about this short but deeply satisfying novel, first publi..." Read full review
Margaret Atwood - The Handmaid's Tale

Margaret Atwood - The Handmaid's Tale

In the world of the near future, who will control womens bodies?Offred is a Handmaid in the Republic of Gilead. She may leave the home of the ...
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Latest review by divinityave May 20, 2011
"A friend leant me this book to read on the train during my daily commute. Generally I try to read sl..." Read full review

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A. S. Byatt - Possession: A Romance

A. S. Byatt - Possession: A Romance

An exhilarating novel of wit and romance, an intellectual mystery, and a triumphant love story. This tale of a pair of young scholars researching the ...
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Latest review by Greatpilgrim Jan 29, 2008
"I usually tear through novels with a rapidity and retention comparable to a tour of Europe &#147in s..." Read full review

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Colm Toibin - The Blackwater Lightship: A Novel

Colm Toibin - The Blackwater Lightship: A Novel

With AIDS about to claim a well-loved young man, three generations of his family are reunited at his bedside in Ireland, in a novel that explores the ...
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Latest review by icicleie Sep 15, 2004
"No matter how complex or simple human relationships may be, in the end, some relationships last and..." Read full review

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Salman Rushdie - The Satanic Verses

Salman Rushdie - The Satanic Verses

Just before dawn one winter's morning, a hijacked jumbo jet blows apart high above the English Channel. Two figures fall to the sea, later washing ...
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Latest review by wutheringcathy Jul 25, 2001
"This passage from Satanic Verses is as intense, profound, and overwhelming as the story itself. A..." Read full review

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James Kelman - A Disaffection

James Kelman - A Disaffection

Patrick Doyle is a 29 year old teacher in an ordinary school. Disaffected, frustrated and increasingly bitter at the system he is employed to ...
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Latest review by dr_lager Mar 28, 2008
"Absolutely brilliant book. It was given to me as a present ages ago by my wife. It was one of those..." Read full review

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Margaret Atwood - Blind Assassin

Margaret Atwood - Blind Assassin

Margaret Atwood takes the art of storytelling to new heights in a dazzling new novel that unfolds layer by astonishing layer and concludes in a ...
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Latest review by countess_eva Apr 26, 2012
"Margaret Atwood, acclaimed Canadian writer and author of The Handmaid’s Tale, one of the most..." Read full review

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Margaret Atwood - Cat's Eye

Margaret Atwood - Cat's Eye

The contemporary story of a woman grappling with the tangled knot of her life. Returning to Toronto, the city of her youth, for a retrospective of ...
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Latest review by mishchenko Feb 28, 2004
"Personally, I have never been a big fan of Margaret Atwood's. Having been subjected to the wreck of..." Read full review

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