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Mr Tumble's favourite book's
The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists (Flamingo Modern Classics)The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists (Flamingo Modern Classics) by Robert Tressell
Buy used from: £1.90
Great characters "up the revolution"
Felicia's JourneyFelicia's Journey by William Trevor
Buy new: £5.88 / Used from: £0.01
Sinister plot twister, Trevor at his best!
Titus Groan (Gormenghast trilogy)Titus Groan (Gormenghast trilogy) by Mervyn Peake
Buy new: £6.72 / Used from: £0.17
Better than the Lord of the Rings thingy with fictions finest character in Steerpike.
Gormenghast (Gormenghast Trilogy (Book Two))Gormenghast (Gormenghast Trilogy (Book Two)) by Mervyn Peake
Buy new: £5.98 / Used from: £0.01
Slow to start, but stay with it, you will be rewarded
The Remains of the DayThe Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
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One to truly lose yourself in. You will look up and wonder where the time went., good film too!
The Old Curiosity Shop: a Tale (Penguin Classics)The Old Curiosity Shop: a Tale (Penguin Classics) by Charles Dickens
Buy new: £6.74 / Used from: £0.01
He's dead good this Charlie Dickens bloke.
A Tale of Two Cities (Penguin Classics)A Tale of Two Cities (Penguin Classics) by Charles Dickens
Buy new: £4.48 / Used from: £0.01
Lots of info in here for Trivial Pursuit fans, good read too.
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (Flamingo Modern Classic)Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (Flamingo Modern Classic) by Alan Sillitoe
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No nonsense hard hitting writing. Were reet ard up norf thou knows.
Journals: Captain Scott's Last ExpeditionJournals: Captain Scott's Last Expedition by Robert Falcon Scott
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Not one for the beach I accept, but what a group of fine British men. Wadya mean he lost!!!It was a draw surely!!!!!!!!!
LambLamb by Bernard MacLaverty
Buy new: £5.23 / Used from: £2.42
MacLaverty's best........and that is saying something. This is how you end a book Mr Ian McEwan.
Moondust: In Search of the Men Who Fell to EarthMoondust: In Search of the Men Who Fell to Earth by Andrew Smith
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Thought provoking and eye opening. Reveals more about Armstrong than his biography!!(quite disliked it seems, could it be jealousy?)
Brave New WorldBrave New World by Aldous Huxley
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Predicted a world of test tube babies, frozen embryos and Dolly the sheep.
The Butcher BoyThe Butcher Boy by Patrick McCabe
Buy new: £5.05 / Used from: £0.01
There is a bit of Francie Brady in us all.......scared, resentful.......perhaps not the crazy bit at the end though.
Post Office: A NovelPost Office: A Novel by Charles Bukowski
Buy used from: £3.00
Honest and direct writing about an intelligent, though unambitious man who thinks life will wait on hold, then wakes up one morning to find it has passed him by.
Ingenious PainIngenious Pain by Andrew Miller
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Critics say this novel is comparible to Perfume. Trust me, this book is far................far superior.