Contemporary fiction books set in United Kingdom (14)
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The Wayward Sisters by Kate Hodges EN
Country: Europe / 
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
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Something wicked this way comes... 'This Gothic feminist mystery is just magic' Heat 'For fans of eerie Gothic mystery, The Wayward Sisters has it all' The Upcoming Inverness, 1769. On a freezing winter's night, astronomer Nancy Lockaby arrives at Blackthistle House, home to renowned Shakespeare scholar Caleb Malles, to assist him in his research. She hopes to forget all that has happened to her in London. Nancy initially finds herself captivated by Caleb's eccentric mind and deep passion for Macbeth. So, when she is warned by three mysterious women that Caleb is keeping secrets from her, she ... continue
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Nutshell by Ian McEwan EN
Country: Europe / United Kingdom
United Kingdom
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**The Number One Sunday Times bestseller** A Daily Telegraph / Guardian / Irish Times / Spectator / Sunday Times / The Times Book of the Year Trudy has betrayed her husband, John. She's still in the marital home - a dilapidated, priceless London townhouse - but not with John. Instead, she's with his brother, the profoundly banal Claude, and the two of them have a plan. But there is a witness to their plot: the inquisitive, nine-month-old resident of Trudy's womb. Told from a perspective unlike any other, Nutshell is a classic tale of murder and deceit from one of the world's master storyteller... continue
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Fleabag : The Scriptures by Phoebe Waller-Bridge EN
Country: Europe / United Kingdom
United Kingdom
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The complete Fleabag. Every Word. Every Side-eye. Every Fox. Order your own sacred text: Fleabag: The Scriptures includes new writing from Phoebe Waller-Bridge alongside the filming scripts and the never-before-seen stage directions from the Emmy and BAFTA winning series.
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Schtum by Jem Lester EN
Country: Europe / United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Description:
'Will make you laugh, make you cry, and make you think' Graeme Simsion Inspired by the author's experiences with his own son, SHTUM is a novel about three generations of a family learning how to get along. Ten-year-old Jonah lives in a world of his own. He likes colours and feathers and the feel of fresh air on his skin. He dislikes sudden loud noises and any change to his daily routine. Jonah has never spoken, yet somehow he communicates better than all of the adults in his life. 'Fiercely funny ... an unforgettable first novel' The Times 'A book with true heart and soul' Joanna Cannon, autho... continue
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Country: Europe / United Kingdom
United Kingdom
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‘[An] incredible debut’ - Stylist 'A novel about home, about belonging and exile; a compelling and complex insight into a recent past that still resonates' - Irish Times Uganda 1972 A devastating decree is issued: all Ugandan Asians must leave the country in ninety days. They must take only what they can carry, give up their money and never return. For Asha and Pran, married a matter of months, it means abandoning the family business that Pran has worked so hard to save. For his mother, Jaya, it means saying goodbye to the house that has been her home for decades. But violence is escalating in... continue
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Sipsworth by Simon Van Booy EN
Country: Europe / United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Description:
'Loaded with charm, resilience, and the deep desire for connection that all mammals share. I loved it' Ann Patchett 'Utterly charming and beautifully written, Sipsworth is a tender tale about loss, loneliness and the healing power of connection that you won't want to put down' Mike Gayle ' Utterly charming and heartwarming' Ruth Hogan, The Keeper of Lost Things 'Beautiful and enchanting' Washington Post Following the deaths of her husband and son, Helen Cartwright returns from sixty years in Australia to the English village of her childhood. Her only wish is to die quickly and without fuss. He... continue
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Black Swan Green by David Mitchell EN
Country: Europe / United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Description:
The dazzling novel from critically-acclaimed David Mitchell. Shortlisted for the 2006 Costa Novel Award Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2006 January, 1982. Thirteen-year-old Jason Taylor - covert stammerer and reluctant poet - anticipates a stultifying year in his backwater English village. But he hasn't reckoned with bullies, simmering family discord, the Falklands War, a threatened gypsy invasion and those mysterious entities known as girls. Charting thirteen months in the black hole between childhood and adolescence, this is a captivating novel, wry, painful and vibrant with the stuff o... continue
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The Examiner : A Novel by Janice Hallett EN
Country: Europe / United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Description:
Told in emails, text messages, and essays, this innovative page-turner follows a group of students in an art master’s program that goes dangerously awry, from the internationally bestselling “new queen of crime” (Electric Literature) Janice Hallett. University professor Gela Nathaniel must make her new master’s program in multimedia art succeed. If it doesn’t, then Royal Hastings University will cut her funding and she’ll be out of the job she loves. The six students in this inaugural course will be key to that success…but how well has she selected the team? The students include a talented you... continue
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The Last Crossing by Brian McGilloway EN
Country: Europe / United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Description:
*LONGLISTED FOR THE THEAKSTON OLD PECULER CRIME NOVEL OF THE YEAR 2021* 'Poetic, human and gripping... reminded me of Bernard MacLaverty's early work. Yes, it's that good' Ian Rankin 'Moving and powerful, this is an important book, which everyone should read' Ann Cleeves 'The Last Crossing is not only a riveting story about loss and guilt in a fractured society, it is also an important work. Beautifully written and lingers long in the memory' Steve Cavanagh Tony, Hugh and Karen thought they'd seen the last of each other thirty years ago. Half a lifetime has passed and memories have been buried... continue
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Country: Europe / United Kingdom
United Kingdom
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Book of the Year 2016: 'Brilliant' Guardian 'Superb' Financial Times 'Virtuosic and breathtaking' Times Literary Supplement 'There is still no better chronicler of the modern British family than Zadie Smith' Telegraph An ambitious, exuberant new novel moving from north west London to West Africa, from the multi-award-winning author of White Teeth and On Beauty Two brown girls dream of being dancers - but only one, Tracey, has talent. The other has ideas: about rhythm and time, about black bodies and black music, what constitutes a tribe, or makes a person truly free. It's a close but complicat... continue
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Country: Europe / United Kingdom
United Kingdom
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Shortlisted for the RSL Ondaatje Prize Seventeen-year-old Silvie is camping in rural Northumberland with her father and a group of archaeologists, who hope to uncover evidence of human sacrifice. As Silvie glimpses new freedoms with the students, her relationship with her overbearing father deteriorates, until the haunting rites of the past begin to bleed into the present.
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Country: Europe / United Kingdom
United Kingdom
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Shortlisted for the Arthur C. Clarke Award Longlisted for the Goldsboro Books Glass Bell Award'Imagined with an impressively detailed three-dimensional solidity' Sunday Times'I loved it ... You could feel the chill of the wind ... Fantastic; it's a great book' Sara Cox, BBC Two 'Between the Covers''Stylish and thoughtful ... The eerie claustrophobia of the setting will stay with the reader for a long while.' Literary Review 'Unputdownable ... An extraordinary book ... as insightful and as premonitory as Orwell's 1984' Litro___________________________________________________Not all that is hidd... continue
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You Are Here by David Nicholls EN
Country: Europe / United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Description:
From the internationally bestselling and Booker Prize-longlisted author of One Day, one of the most enduring love stories of its generation, comes an uplifting and unputdownable love story about second chances. Sometimes you need to get lost to find your way . . . Michael is coming undone. Adrift after his wife's departure, he has begun taking himself on long, solitary walks across the English countryside. Becoming ever more reclusive, he'll do anything to avoid his empty house. Marnie, on the other hand, is stuck. Hiding alone in her London flat, she avoids old friends and any reminders of he... continue
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Mr Loverman by Bernardine Evaristo EN
Country: Europe / United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Description:
Barrington Jedidiah Walker.
Barry to his friends.
Trouble to his wife.
Seventy-four years old, Antiguan born and bred, flamboyant Hackney personality Barry is known for his dapper taste and fondness for retro suits.
He is a husband, father and grandfather.
And for the past sixty years, he has been in a relationship with his childhood friend and soulmate, Morris.
Wife Carmel knows Barry has been cheating on her, but little does she know what is really going on. When their marriage goes into meltdown, Barrington has big choices to make.