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251.Moab Is My Washpot Poster by: Stephen Fry
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252.Cold Heaven by: Brian Moore
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253.Tim: A Novel by: Colleen McCullough 1974-04
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Mary is a middle aged spinster with a successful career and financial security. With all of the trappings of her success she feels that her life is quite satisfactory and she has no desire to have her perfectly organised life disrupted by a relationship. Then, through chance, she meets a young labourer whose phyisical beauty appears unmarred by the experiences of the modern world. It is only when Mary gets to know Tim that she realises why. For all his beauty, Tim is simple. Although they are worlds apart in age, background and intelligence, Mary and Tim discover a love that transcends convention and prejudice. Colleen McCullough has taken a controversial subject and turned it into one of the most beautifully written and moving love stories ... Read More:

254.The Running Target by: Gerald Seymour 1991-01
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Note: This book is also published under the title HOME RUN. Author Gerald Seymour's fictional world encompasses the moral, practical, and political grey zones of the conflicts being fought at the world's grittier edges. THE RUNNING TARGET is a masterpiece of his writing. As the book begins, a young Iranian woman, Juliette Eshraq, is publicly hanged to death on a crane in downtown Tabriz by the revolutionary government that had previously overthrown the Shah and executed the girl's father and uncle. The plot then skips forward several years, and Juliette's younger brother, Charlie, who'd escaped to California with his American mother, is now of age and on a mission of vengeance in the Old Country to kill those who murdered the ... Read More:

255.Mysteries of Winterthurn (Arena Books) by: Joyce Carol Oates 1986-02
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Note: This book is also published under the title HOME RUN. Author Gerald Seymour's fictional world encompasses the moral, practical, and political grey zones of the conflicts being fought at the world's grittier edges. THE RUNNING TARGET is a masterpiece of his writing. As the book begins, a young Iranian woman, Juliette Eshraq, is publicly hanged to death on a crane in downtown Tabriz by the revolutionary government that had previously overthrown the Shah and executed the girl's father and uncle. The plot then skips forward several years, and Juliette's younger brother, Charlie, who'd escaped to California with his American mother, is now of age and on a mission of vengeance in the Old Country to kill those who murdered the ... Read More:

256.Close of Play by: Simon Raven October 20, 1986
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Note: This book is also published under the title HOME RUN. Author Gerald Seymour's fictional world encompasses the moral, practical, and political grey zones of the conflicts being fought at the world's grittier edges. THE RUNNING TARGET is a masterpiece of his writing. As the book begins, a young Iranian woman, Juliette Eshraq, is publicly hanged to death on a crane in downtown Tabriz by the revolutionary government that had previously overthrown the Shah and executed the girl's father and uncle. The plot then skips forward several years, and Juliette's younger brother, Charlie, who'd escaped to California with his American mother, is now of age and on a mission of vengeance in the Old Country to kill those who murdered the ... Read More:

257.The Odessa File by: Frederick Forsyth 1998-06
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We are told that the best stories com from people that write about what they know. So if this story seems insightful it may be because Frederic Forsyth worked for Reuters reporting from London and he wrote the story in hotels from Germany to Austria. He mixes the real, not so real and the plausible to make you think "what if." I do not want to say much as the fun is being surprised during the reading. However compared to the movie the book is much more in-depth with more characters and details. Manny times you think Forsyth is going off on some tangent and not focusing on the main story; then with out warning the information makes sense later on. One example to look for is the quick encounter with military maneuvers where he describes the tank ... Read More:

258.I am Mary Dunne by: Brian Moore February 21, 1991
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This is the fourth book of Moore's that I've read and as any reader of Brian Moore will be aware each one seems to exist as an entity on it's own. He once said in an interview that he wanted readers to identify and engage with characters and become immersed in the story, rather than think that they are reading another story by the same author. In the case of "I am Mary Dunne" he succeeds brilliantly in writing from the point of view of a female character. It is an intricate and very well observed stream of consciousness from the highly strung point of view of the narrator who shares her inner most thoughts and secrets. Rest assured that the plot does eventually becomes compelling. Not a favourite so far, but nonetheless it remains the ... Read More:

259.The Complete Tales of the City: Tales of the City/More Tales of the City/Further Tales of the City/Babycakes/Significant Others/Sure of You by: Armistead Maupin 1990-01
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This is the fourth book of Moore's that I've read and as any reader of Brian Moore will be aware each one seems to exist as an entity on it's own. He once said in an interview that he wanted readers to identify and engage with characters and become immersed in the story, rather than think that they are reading another story by the same author. In the case of "I am Mary Dunne" he succeeds brilliantly in writing from the point of view of a female character. It is an intricate and very well observed stream of consciousness from the highly strung point of view of the narrator who shares her inner most thoughts and secrets. Rest assured that the plot does eventually becomes compelling. Not a favourite so far, but nonetheless it remains the ... Read More:

260.The Zahir: A Novel of Obsession by: Paulo Coelho 2005-09
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This was my first dip into Coelho; I bought it as it appeared to be one of the few books by a decent author at Manchester airport. Unfortunately, I am left hugely disappointed by a book that is repetitive, self-indulgent and wholly lacking in depth; I felt no empathy for any of the characters and feel none the wiser nor enriched for having stuck it through to the end. I look forward to reading The Alchemist but can only hope that it is a class above the juvenile drivel on offer in The Zahir.

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