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Brother of the More Famous Jack

A 40th Anniversary Edition of the Coming-of-Age Classic

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A JOYFUL 40TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION OF A COMING-OF-AGE CLASSIC________________________'There are few modern tales of first love and its disillusions that are as thoroughly realised, as brilliantly lewd, and as hilariously satisfying to men and women of all ages as this one' - Rachel CuskEighteen-year-old Katherine - bright, stylish, frustratedly suburban - doesn't know how her... ... Read more

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A JOYFUL 40TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION OF A COMING-OF-AGE CLASSIC________________________'There are few modern tales of first love and its disillusions that are as thoroughly realised, as brilliantly lewd, and as hilariously satisfying to men and women of all ages as this one' - Rachel CuskEighteen-year-old Katherine - bright, stylish, frustratedly suburban - doesn't know how her...
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Brother of the More Famous Jack

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A cult classic of British literature, this coming-of-age novel follows a young woman who is transformed by her connection with an idiosyncratic, academic family in London.Eighteen-year-old Katherine Browne—middle-class and something of a bookworm—hardly expects to be offered a place to study philosophy at a London university. Even less does she expect to find herself embraced by the gregarious and ... Read more

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A cult classic of British literature, this coming-of-age novel follows a young woman who is transformed by her connection with an idiosyncratic, academic family in London.Eighteen-year-old Katherine Browne—middle-class and something of a bookworm—hardly expects to be offered a place to study philosophy at a London university. Even less does she expect to find herself embraced by the gregarious and
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The Travelling Hornplayer

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Stunning and difficult, Stella Goldman is programmed for maximum nuisance capacity, but when she discovers both her father's affair and her boyfriend's infidelity on the same day, she flees into the arms of kindly Pen, who speaks as though he's stepped out of Brief Encounter.Meanwhile, her friend Ellen struggles to come to terms with the death of her sister, Lydia, whose ghost haunts not only her ... Read more

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Stunning and difficult, Stella Goldman is programmed for maximum nuisance capacity, but when she discovers both her father's affair and her boyfriend's infidelity on the same day, she flees into the arms of kindly Pen, who speaks as though he's stepped out of Brief Encounter.Meanwhile, her friend Ellen struggles to come to terms with the death of her sister, Lydia, whose ghost haunts not only her
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Juggling

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Sparky Christina and her saintly adopted sister Pam couldn't be more different. Raised in New York, they are sent to boarding school in England where they meet the similarly mismatched friends Jago and Peter. The four embark on a dazzling series of pairings and partings, outrageous coincidences, and eleventh-hour entrances. Their camaraderie is interrupted one disastrous Halloween when schoolboy ... Read more

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Sparky Christina and her saintly adopted sister Pam couldn't be more different. Raised in New York, they are sent to boarding school in England where they meet the similarly mismatched friends Jago and Peter. The four embark on a dazzling series of pairings and partings, outrageous coincidences, and eleventh-hour entrances. Their camaraderie is interrupted one disastrous Halloween when schoolboy
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Temples of Delight

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Jem McCrail is a fantastical godsend to the timid young Alice Pilling. “Like a dropped acorn,” she appears halfway through the week, halfway through the term, and halfway through Miss Aldridge's Silent Reading Hour. Through the doorway she barely clears, wearing clothes like the urchin she encountered in her favorite P. G. Wodehouse story, Jem leads the stammering Alice into a world of culture, ... Read more

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Jem McCrail is a fantastical godsend to the timid young Alice Pilling. “Like a dropped acorn,” she appears halfway through the week, halfway through the term, and halfway through Miss Aldridge's Silent Reading Hour. Through the doorway she barely clears, wearing clothes like the urchin she encountered in her favorite P. G. Wodehouse story, Jem leads the stammering Alice into a world of culture,
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Frankie & Stankie

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Dinah and her sister Lisa are growing up in 1950s South Africa, where racial laws are tightening. They are two little girls from a dissenting liberal family. Big sister Lisa is strong and sensible, while Dinah is weedy and arty. At school, the sadistic Mrs Vaughan-Jones is providing instruction in mental arithmetic and racial prejudice. And then there's the puzzle of lunch break. 'Would you rather ... Read more

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Dinah and her sister Lisa are growing up in 1950s South Africa, where racial laws are tightening. They are two little girls from a dissenting liberal family. Big sister Lisa is strong and sensible, while Dinah is weedy and arty. At school, the sadistic Mrs Vaughan-Jones is providing instruction in mental arithmetic and racial prejudice. And then there's the puzzle of lunch break. 'Would you rather
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Sex and Stravinsky

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AN ASTOUNDING NOVEL FROM THE AUTHOR OF FRANKIE AND STANKIE AND BROTHER OF THE MORE FAMOUS JACK____________________'A dazzling achievement. It's beautifully-written, deftly-plotted and moves skilfully from domestic drama to global themes and back again' - Daily Express'Delightful and brilliantly choreographed comedy' - Sunday Times____________________... ... Read more

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AN ASTOUNDING NOVEL FROM THE AUTHOR OF FRANKIE AND STANKIE AND BROTHER OF THE MORE FAMOUS JACK____________________'A dazzling achievement. It's beautifully-written, deftly-plotted and moves skilfully from domestic drama to global themes and back again' - Daily Express'Delightful and brilliantly choreographed comedy' - Sunday Times____________________...
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Juggling

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'A brilliant book' - Mary Wesley, Daily Mail'She is simply dynamite … There are no apparent bounds to Trapido's skill, her inventiveness and her knowledge' - Philip Hensher, GuardianSparky Christina and her saintly adopted sister Pam couldn't be more different. And when they meet similarly mismatched friends Jago and Peter, the four embark on a dazzling series of pairings and partings, outrageous ... Read more

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'A brilliant book' - Mary Wesley, Daily Mail'She is simply dynamite … There are no apparent bounds to Trapido's skill, her inventiveness and her knowledge' - Philip Hensher, GuardianSparky Christina and her saintly adopted sister Pam couldn't be more different. And when they meet similarly mismatched friends Jago and Peter, the four embark on a dazzling series of pairings and partings, outrageous
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Sex and Stravinsky

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Brilliant Australian Caroline can command everyone except her own ghoulish mother, which means that things aren't easy for Josh and Zoe, her husband with Stravinsky-glasses and twelve-year-old daughter. Zoe reads girls' ballet books and longs for lessons; a thing denied her until a chance encounter on a school French exchange. Meanwhile, on the east coast of Africa, Hattie, Josh's first love, now ... Read more

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Brilliant Australian Caroline can command everyone except her own ghoulish mother, which means that things aren't easy for Josh and Zoe, her husband with Stravinsky-glasses and twelve-year-old daughter. Zoe reads girls' ballet books and longs for lessons; a thing denied her until a chance encounter on a school French exchange. Meanwhile, on the east coast of Africa, Hattie, Josh's first love, now
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Noah's Ark

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________________________'There is no mistaking Trapido's narrative talent: racy, vibrant and witty' - Guardian'Reading it is rather like being bombarded with sequins' - Observer________________________Ali Bobrow is a single parent with a fraught nine-year-old daughter, a malevolent ex with a grabby new wife, and an underused artistic talent. A pushover when... ... Read more

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________________________'There is no mistaking Trapido's narrative talent: racy, vibrant and witty' - Guardian'Reading it is rather like being bombarded with sequins' - Observer________________________Ali Bobrow is a single parent with a fraught nine-year-old daughter, a malevolent ex with a grabby new wife, and an underused artistic talent. A pushover when...
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The Travelling Hornplayer

by Barbara Trapido ...

Selected as a Radio 4 Good Read by Maggie O'Farrell______________________'Sprinkled with magic'- Sunday Times'Audacious, energetic and dazzing … There aren't many novelists whose stories one doesn't want to end, but Barbara Trapido is one of them' - Philip Hensher, Mail on Sunday______________________Sisters Ellen and Lydia live out an idyllic girlhoo... ... Read more

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Selected as a Radio 4 Good Read by Maggie O'Farrell______________________'Sprinkled with magic'- Sunday Times'Audacious, energetic and dazzing … There aren't many novelists whose stories one doesn't want to end, but Barbara Trapido is one of them' - Philip Hensher, Mail on Sunday______________________Sisters Ellen and Lydia live out an idyllic girlhoo...
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Frankie & Stankie

by Barbara Trapido ...

Dinah and her sister Lisa are growing up in 1950s South Africa, where racial laws are tightening. They are two little girls from a dissenting liberal family. Big sister Lisa is strong and sensible, while Dinah is weedy and arty. At school, the sadistic Mrs Vaughan-Jones is providing instruction in mental arithmetic and racial prejudice. And then there's the puzzle of lunch break. "Would you rather ... Read more

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Dinah and her sister Lisa are growing up in 1950s South Africa, where racial laws are tightening. They are two little girls from a dissenting liberal family. Big sister Lisa is strong and sensible, while Dinah is weedy and arty. At school, the sadistic Mrs Vaughan-Jones is providing instruction in mental arithmetic and racial prejudice. And then there's the puzzle of lunch break. "Would you rather
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