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<p><b><i>Romeo & Juliet </i>meets <i>The Vegetarian</i> in this record-breaking South Korean sensation of a novella</b><br/><br/><i>How should I proceed after I wrap up this story. What should I do. I could go to the police station and confess. I could find a priest and confess. I ate a person. Is that a sin?</i><br/><br/>This story begins with death. When Dam finds the body of her soulmate, Gu, bruised and battered on the street by a gang of government debt collectors, she is paralysed with grief. As she cradles his corpse in her defeated arms, Dam begins to tell it a story.<br/><br/>In a fragmented sequence of monologues and meditations, this unexpected novella slowly builds into a panoramic portrait of two like souls who have passed a lifetime in utter devotion to one another. It's a story that snakes between past and present where, as she narrates, Dam is committing one final act to the tale of their undying love.<br/><br/>Dam is slowly eating Gu, whose body she has lovingly washed, embalmed and elected to preserve in her own - where he will rest - for all eternity. At once romantic and horrific, HUNGER is an instant classic of philosophical fiction that cuts to the very heart of existence, love, loss, and how ferociously we rage - tooth and nail - against our own mortality.</p>

<p><b>THE #1 KOREAN INSTANT BESTSELLER AND PRIZEWINNER WITH A UNIQUE NARRATOR<br/><br/>Discover the original and uplifting sensation for fans of <i>CONVENIENCE STORE WOMAN</i> and <i>KLARA</i> <i>AND THE SUN</i></b><br/><b>'A stunning story of love, care and sacrifice' </b>Bora Chung, author of <i>Cursed Bunny</i><br/><b>'Feels like a feather softly descending and tickling my heart'</b> Reader review <b>*****</b><br/>'<b>A breath of </b><b>fresh air</b>' Reader review <b>*****</b><br/><b>'Full of </b><b>human warmth</b>' <b>*****</b><br/>_____________<br/><b><i>It's only when we slow down that we can truly experience joy ...</i></b><br/><br/>2035: In the shadow of a race-course, two sisters grow up, helping their mother at the local cafe that serves renowned ramen. Family life is fractious especially when one of them loses their day-job to an automaton.<br/><br/>When the sisters discover their beloved race-horse Today is being sent to the knacker's yard after a lifetime of over-racing, they are determined to rescue her.<br/><br/>To remind Today of happier times, they hatch a plan to let her run one last race. But it will be no ordinary event.<br/><br/>They will train her to run the slowest race of her life.<br/><br/><b>Narrated by a most unusual and unforgettable storyteller, <i>A Thousand Blues</i> is a powerful hymn to our humanity. Brimming with heart, hope and rage, it is a book to cherish, share and re-read.</b><br/><b>_________<br/><br/>'A stunningly crafted novel, evoking a myriad emotions' </b>Kim Bo-young<br/><br/>'A <b>dazzling</b>, <b>warm novel</b> that shows us how to move forward as a society without leaving anyone or anything behind' Choi Jin-young, author of <i>To the Warm Horizon</i><br/></p>

<p><b><i>A hidden power. A sinister force. A mystery she can't ignore.</i><br/></b><br/>In a near-future London where technology affects everything from our bodies to our politics, journalist Pels Badmus wants to make a <i>real</i> difference. She's desperate to solve a spate of disappearances of young Black kids-including her friend's brother. But her boss doesn't want to hear it. Instead, he assigns her to cover the "unreasonable" protests thousands of miles away in Benin, against culturally oblivious tourists travelling to partake in sacred Spirit Vine rituals.<br/><br/>Pels soon finds herself in West Africa, ignoring her boss's motives in assigning <i>her</i> to this piece and hoping to use it as leverage later. She's also trying to ignore the strange, ethereal dreams she's been having...<br/><br/>However, when Pels takes the Spirit Vine herself, she experiences something mind-boggling. Something that points to an unfulfilled destiny that could change the course of her life. But first she must return home and confront an otherworldly conspiracy related to the missing children.<br/><br/>Because she may just be the only one able to stop it.<br/><br/><b><i>A bold imagining of our future through the lens of ancient spirituality, </i></b><b>Awakened<i> is a page-turning fable about a Black woman coming into her power, perfect for fans of N.K Jemisin and Netflix's </i>Supacell<i>.</i></b></p>

<p><b>Meet </b><b>Mariddja</b>: eccentric, 85-years-old, with not too long to live. When she learns of her cancer diagnosis, there is only one thing she can think of - how to keep the diagnosis from her husband Biera, and how to find someone who can take care of him once she's gone.<br/><br/><b>Meet</b> <b>Kaj</b>: a recent transplant to the village, recently-engaged to Mimmi, and recently mourning the death of his mother Laura. One day, when Kaj unexpectedly finds a box of Sami handicrafts belonging to his mother, he unlocks something he never quite anticipated, something that will change his life for years to come...<br/><br/>A novel of humour and devastation, lyricism and tenderness,<i> Those Who Sow in Snow</i> introduces a cast of loveable, quirky characters grappling with the consequences of loving and losing someone, and the consequences of forgetting and remembering history.</p>

<p>England, 1979. Vincent, Lawrence and William are the last remaining residents of a secluded New Forest home, part of the government's Sycamore Scheme. Every day, the triplets do their chores, play their games and take their medicine, under the watchful eyes of three mothers: Mother Morning, Mother Afternoon and Mother Night.<br/><br/>Their nightmares are recorded in The Book of Dreams.<br/>Their lessons are taken from The Book of Knowledge.<br/>And their sins are reported in The Book of Guilt.<br/><br/>All the boys want is to be sent to the Big House in Margate, where they imagine a life of sun, sea and fairground rides. But, as the government looks to shut down the Sycamore Homes, the triplets begin to question everything they have been told.<br/><br/>Gradually surrendering its dark secrets, <i>The Book of Guilt </i>is a profoundly unnerving exploration of belonging in a world where some lives are valued less than others.</p>

<p><b>'Dark, twisty, and thoroughly entertaining, <i>Mrs Spy</i> is a Thursday Murder Club for spies. You won't be able to put it down'</b> - Ava Glass<br/><br/><b>Get ready for a pulse-pounding, laugh-out-loud ride through 1960s London as Maggie Flynn, unexpected MI5 operative and single mum, unravels the intelligence agency's most treacherous secrets.</b><br/><br/><b>***</b><br/><b><br/><i>Maggie Flynn isn't your typical 1960s mum.</i><br/></b><br/>She's a spy, an unsuspecting operative for MI5, stalking London's streets in myriad disguises.<br/><br/>Widowed and balancing her clandestine career with raising a Beatles-mad teenage daughter, Maggie finds comfort and purpose in her profession - providing a connection to her late husband, whose own covert past only surfaced after his death.<br/><br/>But Maggie's world spins out of control when a chance encounter with a mysterious Russian agent triggers a chilling revelation: he knew her husband. And what's worse, the agent suspects someone on home soil betrayed him.<br/><br/>As Maggie searches for answers, she'll question everyone - and everything - she thought she could trust. In the murky and perilous world of espionage, can she outsmart those determined to keep her silenced?<br/><br/><b>'A gripping story and great 60s detail, <i>Mrs Spy</i> is the female answer to Harry Palmer' </b>- Ian Moore<br/><br/><b>'Mrs Spy is a delicious recreation of 1960s London... rich and well-constructed' </b>- Emma Flint</p>

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