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Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison
$10.00 AUD
$17.55 (43% off)
Category: SECONDHAND BOOKS | Series: Picador Bks. | Reading Level: very good
Song of Soloman is a work of outstanding beauty and power, whose story covers the years from the 1930's to the 1960's in America. At its centre is Macon Dead Jr, the son of a wealthy black property owner, who has been brought up to revere the white world. Macon learns about the tyranny of white society ...Show more
The Lost Father by Marina Warner
$10.00 AUD
Category: SECONDHAND BOOKS | Series: Picador Bks.
The Music Room by Dennis McFarland
$10.00 AUD
Category: SECONDHAND BOOKS | Series: Picador Bks.
In an incredible novel of devastating beauty, Martin Lambert must come to terms with the aftermath of his brother's suicide. Replaying sad melodies of his affluent youth, Martin embarks on a poignant journey through his family's haunted past--an unforgettable voyage of self-discovery that leads him from ...Show more
The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco
$10.00 AUD
Category: SECONDHAND BOOKS | Series: Picador Bks. | Reading Level: good-very good
Read the enthralling medieval murder mystery behind the BBC TV Series The year is 1327. Franciscans in a wealthy Italian abbey are suspected of heresy, and Brother William of Baskerville arrives to investigate. When his delicate mission is suddenly overshadowed by seven bizarre deaths, Brother William t ...Show more
The Sensationist by Charles Palliser
$10.00 AUD
Category: SECONDHAND BOOKS | Series: Picador Bks.
This is the story of a disastrous love affair, told against the background of a cold Northern city. David, the self-serving sensationist of the title, is a newcomer to the city and daily life is viewed through his cool foreign eye. But when David meets Lucy, everything changes.
The Songlines by Bruce Chatwin
$12.00 AUD
Category: SECONDHAND BOOKS | Series: Picador Bks. | Reading Level: good
Bruce Chatwin provides a fascinating background to indigenous Australian life. The songlines are the invisible pathways that criss-cross Australia, tracks connecting communities and following ancient boundaries. Along these lines, Aboriginals passed the songs which revealed the creation of the land and ...Show more
This Boy's Life by Tobias Wolff
$8.00 AUD
Category: SECONDHAND BOOKS | Series: Picador Bks.
The 30th anniversary edition of Tobias Wolff's "extraordinary memoir" (SF Chronicle), now with a new introduction by the author
Wartime Lies by Louis Begley
$10.00 AUD
Category: SECONDHAND BOOKS | Series: Picador Bks.
As the world slips into the throes of war in 1939, nine-year-old Maciek's once closeted existence outside Warsaw is no more. When Warsaw falls, the orphaned Maciek escapes with his sharp-tongued aunt Tania. Posing as Catholic Poles to hide their Jewish identity, they endure the war together--running, hi ...Show more