Name: The Trees (Booker 2022 Shortlist) | Percival Everett
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The Trees (Booker 2022 Shortlist) | Percival Everett

The Trees is a page-turner that opens with a series of brutal murders in the rural town of Money, Mississippi. When a pair of detectives from the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation arrive, they meet expected resistance from the local sheriff, his deputy, the coroner, and a string of racist White townsfolk.The murders present a puzzle, for at each crime scene there is a second dead body - that of a man who resembles Emmett Till, a young black boy lynched in the same town 65 years before.The detectives suspect that these are killings of retribution, but soon discover that eerily similar murders are taking place all over the country. Something truly strange is afoot. As the bodies pile up, the MBI detectives seek answers from a local root doctor who has been documenting every lynching in the country for years, uncovering a history that refuses to be buried.In this bold, provocative book, Everett takes direct aim at racism and police violence, and does so in a fast-paced style that ensure…

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Glory (Booker 2022 Shortlist) | Noviolet Bulawayo

*** SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2022 ***** FEATURED IN THE TIKTOK BOOK CLUB**'A gloriously rambunctious satire of tyranny, oppression and rebellion, with global relevance' GuardianFrom the Booker-shortlisted author of We Need New Names, Glory is the story of an uprising, told by a bold, vivid chorus of animal voices that help us see our human world more clearly.A long time ago, in a bountiful land not so far away, the animal denizens lived quite happily . . .And then the colonisers arrived, followed by a bloody War of Liberation. New hope came in the form of a charismatic horse who ruled and ruled and kept on ruling. For forty years he ruled, with the help of his elite band of Chosen Ones. Until one day, as he sat down to his Earl Grey tea and favourite radio programme, in came a new leader, a new regime. And once again the animals were full of hope.Glory tells the story of a country seemingly trapped in a cycle as old as time. At the centre of the tumult is Destiny, a young goat …

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Oh William (Booker 2022 Shortlist) | Elizabeth Strout

SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2022THE TOP 10 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER The Pulitzer Prize-winning, Booker-longlisted, bestselling author returns to her beloved heroine Lucy Barton in a luminous novel about love, loss, and the family secrets that can erupt and bewilder us at any point in lifeLucy Barton is a successful writer living in New York, navigating the second half of her life as a recent widow and parent to two adult daughters. A surprise encounter leads her to reconnect with William, her first husband - and longtime, on-again-off-again friend and confidante. Recalling their college years, the birth of their daughters, the painful dissolution of their marriage, and the lives they built with other people, Strout weaves a portrait, stunning in its subtlety, of a tender, complex, decades-long partnership.Oh William! captures the joy and sorrow of watching children grow up and start families of their own; of discovering family secrets, late in life, that alter everything we think w…

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Treacle Walker (Booker 2022 Shortlist) | Alan Garner

Playful, moving and wholly remarkable' Guardian'A small miracle' New Statesman'Mastery of craft, resonance and deep feeling on every page' TelegraphAn introspective young boy, Joseph Coppock squints at the world with his lazy eye. Living alone in an old house, he reads comics, collects birds' eggs and plays with his marbles. When, one day, a rag-and-bone man called Treacle Walker appears, exchanging an empty jar of a cure-all medicine and a donkey stone for a pair of Joseph's pyjamas and a lamb's shoulder blade, a mysterious friendship develops between them.A fusion of myth, magic and the stories we make for ourselves, Treacle Walker is an extraordinary novel from one of our greatest living writers.'All the exuberance and eccentricity, all the deep thought and resounding mythology of [Garner's] best work' Observer'Spare and allusive... luminous and understated' Rowan Williams, New Statesman'Cryptic, evocative, sparely told and deceptively simple' Carolyne Larrington, TLSA NEW STATESMAN…

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Small Things Like These (Booker 2022 Shortlist) | Claire Keegan

** A Book of the Year in The Times - The New Statesman - Observer - Financial Times - Irish Times - Irish Independent - Times Literary Supplement **WINNER OF THE ORWELL PRIZE AND THE KERRY GROUP IRISH NOVEL OF THE YEAR AWARDSHORTLISTED FOR THE RATHBONES FOLIO PRIZE AND THE IRISH NOVEL OF THE YEAR AT THE DALKEY LITERARY AWARDS'Exquisite.' Damon Galgut'Masterly.' The Times'Miraculous.' Herald'Astonishing.' Colm Toibin'Stunning.' Sunday Independent'Absolutely beautiful.' Douglas StuartIt is 1985, in an Irish town. During the weeks leading up to Christmas, Bill Furlong, a coal and timber merchant, faces into his busiest season. As he does the rounds, he feels the past rising up to meet him - and encounters the complicit silences of a people controlled by the Church.

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Prophet Song - Shortlisted For The Booker Prize 2023 | Paul Lynch

IF THERE WAS EVER A CRUCIAL BOOK FOR OUR CURRENT TIMES, IT'S PAUL LYNCH'S PROPHET SONG... BRILLIANTLY HAUNTING.' OBSERVERThe explosive literary sensation: a mother faces a terrible choice as Ireland slides into totalitarianism On a dark, wet evening in Dublin, scientist and mother-of-four Eilish Stack answers her front door to find the GNSB on her step. Two officers from Ireland's newly formed secret police are here to interrogate her husband, a trade unionist. Ireland is falling apart. The country is in the grip of a government turning towards tyranny and when her husband disappears, Eilish finds herself caught within the nightmare logic of a society that is quickly unravelling.How far will she go to save her family? And what - or who - is she willing to leave behind?Exhilarating, terrifying and propulsive, Prophet Song is a work of breathtaking originality, offering a devastating vision of a country at war and a deeply human portrait of a mother's fight to hold her family together.'A…

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Milo's Monster | Tom Percival

Be open, be honest, be you! Big Bright Feelings for little people.Milo loves spending time with his best friend, Jay. But when a new girl called Suzi moves in next door, Milo starts to feel left out. The jealous feeling gets stronger and stronger - until suddenly, a GREEN-EYED MONSTER pops up beside him! Soon, the monster is poisoning Milo's thoughts. It won't leave him alone! Can Milo find a way to free himself from the monster and repair his friendship?Warm and uplifting, Milo's Monster is an inspiring story about dealing with feelings of jealousy. It's the ideal starting point for helping children to build strong friendships and say goodbye to jealous feelings.Tom Percival's Big Bright Feelings series is the perfect springboard for talking about mental and emotional health, positive self-image, building self-confidence and managing feelings. Every child's bookshelf should contain his books.

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Parfums De Marly Percival (U) Edp 125Ml (New Packing)

Parfums De Marly Percival (U) Edp 125Ml (New Packing) Parfums De Marly is a luxury fragrance brand known for creating high-quality scents inspired by the equestrian heritage of the 18th century French royalty. Their fragrances often evoke a sense of sophistication, opulence, and timeless elegance. Percival is one of the fragrances in the Parfums De Marly collection. Here's a general description of what you might expect from it: Fragrance Profile: Gender: UnisexType: Eau de Parfum (EDP) - EDP fragrances typically have a higher concentration of fragrance oils, making them longer-lasting compared to Eau de Toilette (EDT).Scent Notes: Fragrances are often described in terms of top, middle, and base notes. These notes evolve over time as the fragrance dries down on your skin. Here's a general idea of the scent notes you might find in Percival: Top Notes: These are the initial scents you'll smell when you first apply the fragrance. They are often light and refreshing. Common top notes might …

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The Agathas Booktok

A Waterstones Best Teenage & YA Book of 2022!The most popular girl in school is dead. And everyone's blaming the wrong guy.After falling from grace last summer, Agatha Christie-obsessed Alice Ogilvie needs to stay out of trouble. While smart and reclusive Iris Adams just wants to get the hell out of Castle Cove.But now they have a murder to solve. There are clues the police are ignoring, a list of suspects a mile long and some very dangerous cliffs.Amateur detectives Alice and Iris are about to uncover just how many secrets their sleepy seaside town is hiding...'Part Agatha Christie, part Veronica Mars, and completely entertaining.' Karen M. McManus, author of One Of Us Is Lying

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Death Note Another Note The Los Angeles Bb Murder Cases | Nisioisin

There's a serial killer on the loose in Los Angeles and the local authorities need help fast. For some reason the killer has been leaving a string of maddeningly arcane clues at each crime scene. Each of these clues, it seems, is an indecipherable roadmap to the next murder. Onto the scene comes L, the mysterious super-sleuth. Despite his peculiar working habits - he's never shown his face in public, for example - he's the most decorated detective in the world and has never tackled a cased he hasn't been able to crack. But this time he needs help. Enlisting the services of an FBI agent named Naomi Misora, L starts snooping around the City of Angels. It soon becomes apparent that the killing spree is a psychotic riddle designed specifically to engage L in a battle of wits. Stuck in the middle between killer and investigator, it's up to Misora to navigate both the dead bodies and the egos to solve the Los Angeles BB Murder Cases.

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