 | The Moons of Jupiter by Alice Munro
Buy new: £5.98 / Used from: £2.74 A wonderful collection that immediately transformed me into an Alice Munro addict. She instantly became my favourite author.
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 | The Story of the Night by Colm Toibin
Buy used from: £0.81 An early book by this great writer - moving and profound. He continues to impress.
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 | Going West by Maurice Gee
Buy new: £4.48 / Used from: £0.60 A much neglected New Zealand author of world stature. This is a good place to start and it had me hooked totally.
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 | Walk the Blue Fields by Claire Keegan
Buy new: £6.59 / Used from: £2.20 A very recent discovery. A young Irish writer of considerable sensitivity and insght.
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 | Amongst Women by John McGahern
Buy new: £7.19 / Used from: £0.01 A now deceased Irish master of the small itense novel
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 | The Hill Road by Patrick O'Keeffe
Buy new: £7.99 / Used from: £0.01 Nothing else to read yet - but more work eagerly awaited by another young Irish writer
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 | Summons to Memphis by Peter Taylor
Buy used from: £0.01 I cannot recall the first Taylor I read but this book was a powerful spur.
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 | So Long, See You Tomorrow (Panther) by William Maxwell
Buy new: £4.49 / Used from: £1.68 The first I read by this author and this led me to many treats.
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 | The Land of Spices (Virago Modern Classics) by Kate O'Brien
Buy new: £5.30 / Used from: £1.84 A wonderful read and now I savour unread Kate O'Brien novels as superb treats that I know will deliver.
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 | The Sheltering Sky (Pocket Penguin Classics) by Paul Bowles
Buy new: £5.99 / Used from: £2.08 About 20 years ago this led me to devour all of Bowles' books. It may be time to take a look again.
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 | The Celibate by Michael Arditti
Buy used from: £0.53 First book by this excellent neglected writer. He just gets better and better.
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 | Corfu by Robert Dessaix
Buy used from: £0.37 An entrancing novel that led me to acquire everything I could by this author. His books led me to reread Turgenev too.
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