At thirty-six, Quoyle, a third-rate newspaperman, is wrenched violently out of his workaday life when his two-timing wife meets her just deserts. He retreats with his two daughters to his ancerstral home on the strakly beautiful Newfoundland coast, where a rich cast of local characters all play a part in Quoyle's struggle to reclaim his life. As three generations of his gamily cobble up new li…
Sexing the Cherry celebrates the power of the imagination as it playfully juggles with our perceptions of history and reality; love and sex; lies and truths; and the twelve dancing princesses who lived happily ever after, but not with their husbands
"Marvellous trilogy... Fire Down Below brings the whole magical enterprise to a prosperous and happy conclusion." John Bayley, Guardian
"Golding's best and most accessible story since Lord of the Flies... What makes Rites of Passage such a pleasure, and such an artistic triumph, is the verve and buoyancy which Golding brings to potent themes.' Melvyn Bragg, Punch
A leathery bog-man transforms an old love affair; a sweet, gruesome gift is sent to the wife of an ex-lover; landscape paintings are haunted by the ghost of a young girl. This dazzling new collection of short stories takes us into familiar Atwood territory to reveal the many textures of contemporary life and the logic of irrational behaviour
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'Thank you spider' (George Smith to the spider that caused him to comfort marvellous Miss Martin) 'She's a tall girl with gold hair.' 'This is no missing person's bureau' 'She swings her hips when she walks.' 'What are you, desperate, mister?' 'Yes.' (George Smith trying to find much more marvellous Miss Sally Tomson.) 'Bump.' (George Smith's heart after marvellous Miss Sally Tomson sa…