New Arrivals: Ever Growing Fiction Titles
Thursday, July 29, 2010
The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy RRP: RM35.90 Price: RM17.90
Winner of the prestigious Booker Prize in 1997, The God Of Small Things was a stunning debut for Arundhati Roy. Set in Kerala, India, in 1969, seven-year-old twins Rahel & Estha, born of a wealthy family & literally joined at the soul. The God Of Small Things effectively shifts between two time periods: Rahel’s present-day trip home to see her mute, haunted twin brother, & a December day 20 years before — the tumultuous day that tears the family apart. With mesmerizing language that brings to mind, The God Of Small Things ambitiously tackles such profound issues as family, race, & class, the dictates of history, & the laws of love. Rahel & Estha learn too soon that love & life can be lost in a millisecond.
The Good Divorce Guide by Cristina Odone RRP: RM34.90 Price: RM17.90
When Rosie Martin discovers that Jonathan, her husband of 15 years, is having an affair, she feels that her world is falling apart. That is, until she realises that she’s actually fallen out of love with him, too. So Rosie & Jonathan decide to go their separate ways, determined to be civilised about their divorce, for the sake of the children — in short, to have a ‘good divorce’! Cue the rest of the world, where divorce is always a dirty word. Everyone & everything seems determined to conspire to make this divorce bitter — the lawyer, the estate agent, the botox man, the friends, not least their respective families! ‘The Good Divorce Guide’ is a touching, witty, funny story about starting afresh & learning to find your own way in life, no matter what anyone says.
A Darker Domain by Val McDermid RRP: RM35.90 Price: RM17.90
The superb new psychological thriller from bestselling author Val McDermid mixes fiction with one of the most symbolic and exceptional moments in recent history – the national miners’ strike 1984, Fife: Heiress Catriona Maclennan Grant and her baby son are kidnapped. The ransom payoff goes horribly wrong. She is killed while her son disappears without trace. 2008, Tuscany: A jogger stumbles upon dramatic new evidence that re-opens the cold case. Past and present intertwine in a dark novel of psychological suspense that explores the intersection of desire and greed.
Fairytale Of New York by Miranda Dickinson RRP: RM34.90 Price: RM17.90
Are happy-ever-afters made in Manhattan? Once upon a time an English girl went to New York to live out her very own fairytale! Florist Rosie Duncan’s life couldn’t be better, she has a flourishing business on New York’s Upper West Side and fantastic friends. Moving to Manhattan feels like the best decision she ever made. Even though at the time, it was her escape route from heartbreak … But a chance meeting brings Rosie face to face with her past, unravelling the mystery behind her arrival in New York. Rosie is forced to confront questions she has long been trying to ignore, including will she ever get her very own happy-ever-after? A sparkling, romantic comedy about an English girl who finds herself in the city where dreams can come true – or so she thinks!
Dead Witch Walking by Kim Harrison RRP: RM39.90 Price: RM17.90
Sexy bounty hunter and witch Rachel Morgan prowls the dark streets of Cincinnati, keeping tabs on the vampires and other creatures of the supernatural who prey on the city’s innocent and vulnerable inhabitants.