Results for: books tagged ‘Escape’

  1. All Summer

    All Summer: Claire Kilroy

    Anna Hunt has lost her memory and is on the run. From who and what she is unsure, but trapped in the present she seems certain of only one thing ... More

  2. Amores Peros

    Amores Peros: Guillermo Arriaga

    Hugely acclaimed and Oscar-nominated, Amores Perros depicts lives that are inextricably entangled in the heart of a violent and turbulent Mexico City. Octavio is an aimless young loser with an ... More

  3. The Barbary Light

    The Barbary Light: P. H. Newby

    As a boy Oscar Hanner tried to run away to Africa, only to end up in Cardiff Docks. Nearly forty years later, as an accountant employed to investigate failing companies, ... More

  4. The Bastard Boy

    The Bastard Boy: James Wilson

    Ned Gudgeon wakes to find himself in a cell. He has no idea where he is or how he came to be there, but - seeing pen and paper - ... More

  5. Bealby

    Bealby: H. G. Wells

    Bealby is a young boy who is absolutely determined not to accept his lot in life as a servant. However, despite having thrown tantrums and argued with his mother about ... More

  6. Children of the Rose

    Children of the Rose: Elaine Feinstein

    Alex Mendez, bored with the business empire he's created in London, leaves his wife Lalka behind and retreats to an isolated chateau in Provence. Both Polish Jews - and now ... More

  7. Disquiet

    Disquiet: Julia Leigh

    Accompanied by two young children, Olivia has left a violent marriage and returned to her childhood home, an austere chateau surrounded by formal gardens. Haunted by unspoken past events, she ... More

  8. Duchess of Nothing

    Duchess of Nothing: Heather McGowan

    After leaving a suffocating marriage for her new lover Edmund, the narrator of Duchess of Nothing thinks that she has found her freedom, but she's still trapped by the routine ... More

  9. Hope for Newborns

    Hope for Newborns: Rodge Glass

    The complications of modern life without faith ... a love story about two young people who've seen enough of the world to know they want more. More

  10. Houdini's Box

    Houdini's Box: Adam Phillips

    In his most captivating book to date, Adam Phillips explores mankind's on-going fascination with ideas of escape. Taking as his starting point the life and works of Harry Houdini - ... More

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