The Coffer Dams
Kamala Markandaya
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‘An absorbing tale about mechanical strength and spiritual weakness, physical certainties and moral doubts. It is set in modern India, but the conflict of values at its heart is universal’
John Masters, author,
Bhowani Junction.
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Clinton, founder and head of a firm of international engineers, arrives in India to build a dam, bringing with him a stong team of aids and stong team of aides and skilled men. Setbacks occur which bring into focus fundamental differences in the attitudes to life and death of the British bosses and the Indian workers.
The Duppy Conqueror
Ferdinand Dennis
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Brims with humour and low comedy.’
TLS
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'This novel may well prove a landmark in British fiction in capturing a breadth of diasporic experience and a moment in empire’
Guardian
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Marshall Sarjeant is born at the beginning of the 20th century in Paradise, Jamaica. He is entrusted with a mythical quest to overcome a curse that has been put on his family. He must do this by returning to Africa from where family members were brought as slaves.
Artemisia
Anna Banti
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‘A tour de force’ TLS
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‘A bitter, passionate, intelligent and moving work which one reads with growing excitement’ Scotsman
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A novel about Artemisia Gentileschi, an iconic 17th century painter. Much in Gentileschi’s life marked her out as a victim – rape at the age of 18, a forced marriage to a man she did not love and, a powerful, patriarchal father, Orazio Gentileschi, who failed to value her artistic genius.
A Match Made in Heaven
Edited by Claire Chambers, Nafhesa Ali & Richard Phillips
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‘Poignant, warm, open, psychologically insightful, a reflection on modern Britain and society. A pleasure to read’
NB Magazine
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‘What happens when Muslim chick-lit grows up? This delightfully edgy book definitely has the answers’
Caroline Hollick, Head of Drama, C4 Television
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Although outsiders often expect Muslim women to be timid, conservative, or submissive, the reality is different. While some of these authors express a quiet piety and explore poignant situations, others use black humour and biting satire, or play with possibilities.
The Tainted
Cauvery Madhavan
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‘A Wonderful book! Highly recommended!'
Sebastian Barry
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'Powerful themes of identity and belonging to give heft to this evocative and affecting novel'
The Times
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‘A riveting read! A moving story compellingly told’
Shashi Tharoor
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‘Utterly mesmerising and engrossing, beautifully crafted’
Eastern Eye
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Based on the true story of the Irish Connaught Rangers in south-east India in 1920. When news of the Black and Tans’ atrocities back in Ireland reaches the troops in India, even their priest cannot cool the men’s rage.
On Terrorism: Conversations with my daughter
Tahar Ben Jelloun
(Translated by Aneesa Higgins)
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‘Morocco’s greatest living author ... his impressive body of work combines intellect and imagination in magical fusion’
Guardian
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‘A plea for enlightenment and education’
Jeremy Harding
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After Racism and Islam, On Terrorism: Conversations with my daughter is Tahar Ben Jelloun’s impassioned, succinct explanation of the seductions and dangers of terrorism in the modern world
