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Nick and Rosemary's Post-Colonial Book Club
The Poisonwood BibleThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
Buy new: £4.49 / Used from: £0.01
An American, but thoroughly merciless, perspective on the legacy of colonialism in Africa
The Glass PalaceThe Glass Palace by Amitav Ghosh
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Warm yet haunting chronicle of three generations of Asian families, opening and closing in the golden land of Burma
Sea of PoppiesSea of Poppies by Amitav Ghosh
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Ghosh's latest, hopfully as good as his previous
Things Fall Apart (Pocket Penguin Classics)Things Fall Apart (Pocket Penguin Classics) by Chinua Achebe
Buy new: £4.76 / Used from: £2.42
Nigerian perspective on the colonial experience
One Hundred Years of SolitudeOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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Classic of Latin American magical realism
The House of the SpiritsThe House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende
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Reclaiming Chilean history through magical realism
In A Free State :In A Free State : by V. S. Naipaul
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Interweaving East/West, North/South narrative by one of the world's most controversial writers
The Mosquito CoastThe Mosquito Coast by Paul Theroux
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Megalomania in Honduras
A Fine BalanceA Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry
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The human story of India's emergency
The Years of Rice and SaltThe Years of Rice and Salt by Kim Stanley Robinson
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What would a world without Europe look like?
Midnight's ChildrenMidnight's Children by Salman Rushdie
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Seminal post-colonial, post-modern fiction
The God of Small ThingsThe God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
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Roy is an interesting intellectual for many reasons, so it seems worthwhile to give her fiction a go!
The Famished RoadThe Famished Road by Ben Okri
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Nigerian myth and the human struggle against poverty
Maps for Lost LoversMaps for Lost Lovers by Nadeem Aslam
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Life in Britain, "the wilderness of solitude"
The Buddha of SuburbiaThe Buddha of Suburbia by Hanif Kureishi
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Suburban Britain refracted through Pakistani heritage
Brick LaneBrick Lane by Monica Ali
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A contemporary classic of British-Asian writing
White TeethWhite Teeth by Zadie Smith
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Another journey through the complex webs of race, gender and human relationships that have shaped contemporary Britain
Half of a Yellow SunHalf of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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Portrayal of the horrors of the Biafran struggle for independence
A Thousand Splendid SunsA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
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Hosseini's saga of Afghanistan's torment from the perspective of two women
The Kite RunnerThe Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
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One boy's life during the destruction of Afghanistan
From the Land of Green Ghosts: A Burmese OdysseyFrom the Land of Green Ghosts: A Burmese Odyssey by Pascal Khoo Thwe
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Perhaps a good compliment for The Glass Palace
The Rice MotherThe Rice Mother by Rani Manicka
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Family saga in Malaysia