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The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro Staff Pick Heralded upon release for its elegance and restraint, The Remains of the Day has become a classic of British literature — and one of my favorite books! Ishiguro's simple, painstakingly precise language beautifully captures a man and an era that... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $3.95 Used - Trade Paper 
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Moon Tiger by Penelope Lively Publisher Comments Penelope Lively won Britain's prestigious Booker Prize for this deeply moving, elegantly structured novel. Elderly, uncompromising Claudia Hampton lies in a London hospital bed with memories of life fluttering through her fading consciousness. An author... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Waterland by Graham Swift Publisher Comments Set in the bleak Fen Country of East Anglia, and spanning some 240 years in the lives of its haunted narrator and his ancestors, Waterland is a book that takes in eels and incest, ale-making and madness, the heartless sweep of history and a family... (read more) Your price: $15.95 New - Trade Paper
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The Risk Pool by Richard Russo Publisher Comments A wonderfully fun and perceptive novel in the traditions of Thornton Wilder and Anne Tyler, The Risk Pool is set in Mohawk, New York, where Ned Hall is doing his best to grow up, even though neither of his estranged parents can properly be called adult.... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $7.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Sportswriter by Richard Ford Publisher Comments As a sportswriter, Frank Bascombe makes his living studying people — men, mostly — who live entirely within themselves. This is a condition that Frank himself aspires to. But at thirty-eight, he suffers from incurable dreaminess, occasional... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Out of This World by Graham Swift Publisher Comments Swift's Waterland established him as a major force in contemporary fiction--an "irrepressible, wide-ranging talent" (The Washington Post Book World). Out Of This World, his eagerly awaited new novel, confirms his status as a world-class novelist.... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $3.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Last Orders by Graham Swift Publisher Comments Four men gather in a London pub. They have taken it upon themselves to carry out the last orders of Jack Dodds, master butcher, and deliver his ashes to the sea. As they drive towards the fulfillment of their mission, their errand becomes an... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $1.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Black Dogs by Ian McEwan Publisher Comments Set in late 1980s Europe at the time of the fall of the Berlin Wall, Black Dogs is the intimate story of the crumbling of a marriage, as witnessed by an outsider. Jeremy is the son-in-law of Bernard and June Tremaine, whose union and estrangement began... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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