Results for: books tagged ‘Eccentrics’
38 Bahadurabad: Zeeba Sadiq
A unique blend of autobiography and fiction, 38 Bahadurabad tells the story of a young girl growing up in Pakistan in the late 1960s, as the narrator recalls the motley ... More
Amateur: Hal Hartley
Armadillos and Old Lace: Kinky Friedman
Awful End: Philip Ardagh
When both of Eddie Dickens's parents catch a disease that makes them turn yellow, go a bit crinkly round the edges and smell of hot water bottles, it's agreed he ... More
Bagthorpes Besieged: Helen Cresswell
More mayhem and misunderstanding in the Bagthorpe family as each tries to outdo the other in the eccentricity stakes. Mr Bagthorpe is now suspected of being a terrorist as well ... More
Bliss: Peter Carey
Peter Carey's astonishing novel is a fast-moving extravaganza, both funny and gripping, about a man who, recovering from death, is convinced that he is in hell. More
Bliss: Peter Carey
Peter Carey's astonishing first novel is a fast-moving extravaganza, both funny and gripping, about a man who, recovering from death, is convinced that he is in hell.'Carey is one of ... More
A Case of Lone Star: Kinky Friedman
The legendary Lone Star Café. A raucous little corner of Texas right in the heart of Manhattan, where every great country music star stops for a gig. At one time ... More
Clear Water: Will Ashon
Set in and around Clear Water, a shopping centre lying on the edge of the Thames estuary in Kent, Will Ashon’s debut novel intricately binds together five unforgettable characters in ... More
Collected Stories: Peter Carey
Peter Carey is justly renowned for his novels, which have included such masterworks as Oscar and Lucinda and True History of the Kelly Gang. He is also a dazzling writer ... More
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