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The Fire Gospel by Michel Faber
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Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates
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Lighthousekeeping by Jeanette Winterson
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Winter's Bone by Daniel Woodrell
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The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami
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The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ by Philip Pullman
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Atomised by Michel Houellebecq
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The Swan Thieves by Elizabeth Kostova
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Westwood by Stella Gibbons
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Vladimir Nabokov
“A wise reader reads the book of genius not with his heart, not so much with his brain, but with his spine. It is there that occurs the telltale tingle...”
Vladimir Nabokov

Mark Twain
“If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.”
Mark Twain

Lemony Snicket
“Never trust anyone who has not brought a book with them.”
Lemony Snicket, Horseradish: Bitter Truths You Can't Avoid

Margaret Atwood
“A word after a word after a word is power.”
Margaret Atwood

Jim Bishop
“Books, I found, had the power to make time
stand still, retreat or fly into the future.”
Jim Bishop


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