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The Hill Station by J. G. Farrell
$27.99 NZD
Category: Fiction | Series: W&N Essentials Ser.
'From the wide veranda you stepped out on to an acre of lawn, as smooth as glass; from the lawn you stepped on to nothing but fresh air.'A summer of the 1870s, the Himalayan resort of Simla, in colonial India. To the cool of the hills comes a reluctant Dr McNab, with his wife and young niece. For Emily, ...Show more
The Queen's Gambit (PB) by Walter Tevis
$24.99 NZD
Category: Fiction | Series: W&N Essentials Series | Reading Level: very good
‘Superb’ - Time Out. ‘Mesmerizing’ - Newsweek. ‘Gripping’ - Financial Times. ‘Sheer entertainment. It is a book I reread every few years – for the pure pleasure and skill of it’ - Michael Ondaatje. ‘Don’t pick this up if you want a night’s sleep’ - The Scotsman When she is sent to an orphanage at the ag ...Show more
The Siege Of Krishnapur: Winner of the Booker Prize by J.G. Farrell
$27.99 NZD
Category: Fiction | Series: W&N Essentials Ser.
WINNER OF THE 1973 BOOKER PRIZE'We look on past ages with condescension, as a mere preparation for us... but what if we are a mere after-glow of them?'Krishnapur, 1857: India is on the brink of a violent and bloody mutiny. In this remote town on the vast North Indian plain, life for the British is still ...Show more
The Singapore Grip by J. G. Farrell
$27.99 NZD
Category: Fiction | Series: W&N Essentials Ser.
A classic novel by a Booker Prize-winning author. Soon to be adapted for an ITV television series by the Oscar-winning playwright behind Atonement and Dangerous Liaisons, Christopher Hampton. Singapore just before the Japanese invasion in the Second World War: the Blackett family's prosperous world of ...Show more
The Singapore Grip by J.G. Farrell
$27.99 NZD
Category: Fiction | Series: W&N Essentials Ser.
A classic novel by a Booker Prize-winning author.Soon to be an ITV television series starring David Morrisey, Luke Treadaway, Charles Dance and Jane Horrocks.Singapore just before the Japanese invasion in the Second World War: the Blackett family's prosperous world of tennis parties, cocktails and defer ...Show more
The Troubles by J. G. Farrell
$29.99 NZD
Category: Fiction | Series: W&N Essentials Ser. | Reading Level: very good
Winner of the Lost Man Booker Prize 1919: After surviving the Great War, Major Brendan Archer makes his way to Ireland, hoping to discover whether he is indeed betrothed to Angela Spencer, whose Anglo-Irish family owns the once-aptly-named Majestic Hotel in Kilnalough. But his fianc e is strangely alt ...Show more
Troubles by J.G. Farrell
$27.99 NZD
Category: Fiction | Series: W&N Essentials Ser.
Major Brendan Archer travels to Ireland - to the Majestic Hotel and to the fiancée he acquired on a rash afternoon's leave three years ago. Despite her many letters,the lady herself proves elusive,and the Major's engagement is short-lived. But he is unable to detach himself from the alluring discomforts ...Show more
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