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The Passion (Contemporary classics)The Passion (Contemporary classics) by Jeanette Winterson
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £0.19
A sublime appeal to the senses - how many ways can one describe the Dark?
Where the Wild Things areWhere the Wild Things are by Maurice Sendak
Buy new: £4.02 / Used from: £1.87
Dangerous messages or the best children's book in the world? Certainly the best gnashing of teeth.
GileadGilead by Marilynne Robinson
Buy new: £5.00 / Used from: £1.98
Spiritual and touching - a simple affirmation of life.
Life of PiLife of Pi by Yann Martel
Buy new: £5.40 / Used from: £0.01
Purely for the moment one discovers the truth about Richard Parker
Vernon God LittleVernon God Little by DBC Pierre
Buy new: £4.76 / Used from: £0.01
Genius. A diamond wound tightly with barbed wire.
JazzJazz by Toni Morrison
Buy new: £5.07 / Used from: £1.98
'say make me remake me' - words can transcend reality - if just for a moment
The Dark is Rising (Puffin Books)The Dark is Rising (Puffin Books) by Susan Cooper
Buy new: £4.72 / Used from: £0.01
Because it terrified me so much as a child I had to hide it in a cupboard
Watership Down (Puffin Books)Watership Down (Puffin Books) by Richard Adams
Buy new: £5.24 / Used from: £0.01
Bigwig, my hero.
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-timeThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon
Buy new: £4.79 / Used from: £0.01
Now I understand what 'touchingly funny' means
Pride and Prejudice (Oxford World's Classics)Pride and Prejudice (Oxford World's Classics) by Jane Austen
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Thank you for bringing me news of long sleeves - Austen's dry wit is a treat.