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Deborah Treisman • The Underground Worlds of Haruki Murakami
self-abnegating
Paul Murray • The Bee Sting: Shortlisted for the Booker Prize 2023
Aoife and I watch her shrink as she moves further away. My daughter asks, “Who was that lady, Daddy?” SO I ASK my daughter, “Who was what lady, darling?” Aoife blinks up at me. “What lady, Daddy?” We look at each other, and I’ve forgotten something. Wallet, phone; Aoife; Sharon’s wedding; Brighton Pier.
David Mitchell • The Bone Clocks: A Novel

indignant
Gregory David Roberts • Shantaram: A Novel
Scotty lived with his bowling ball as if it were a third testicle,
William Kennedy • Billy Phelan's Greatest Game
This, which was signed “Oliver,” was far and away the most feeling letter that the adult Aldred had received from his father. It was written in a sprawling but legible hand that showed no sign of age. Oliver Leith’s letters were usually dictated to a machine. Typed up, on a special size of small stationery, by a secretary with whom he had long sinc
... See moreShirley Hazzard • The Great Fire: A Novel (Picador Modern Classics)
