Ben OKRI
In Arcadia
Vintage
ANG R OKR
A group of angry and ill-assorted people accept an invitation to make a journey. Inspired by a painting and financed by a mysterious benefactor, they set off to discover the real Arcadia. Or what remains of it.
Winner of the Booker Prize
Danzy SENNA
From Caucasia, with love
Bloomsbury
ANG R SEN
Birdie and her sister just want to be normal but it’s difficult growing up with a black academic father and a white activist mother. Soon her parents’ relation-ship becomes strained and they split, Cole going to Brazil with her father, while she goes on the road with her mother as they flee the FBI.
Robyn SISMAN
Just friends
Penguin
ANG R SIS
Freya and Jack are just friends - which is fine until she moves into his New York apartment. The strain of living together threatens their friendship...
Boston TERAN
Count out the Dead
Pan
ANG RP TER
When a Los Angeles construction scandal threatens to blow sky-high, suspicions soar, and an investigative reporter unco-vers enough material to bring prominent careers crashing to an end. Behind the scenes, one woman thinks she’s pulling the strings : she plots the downfall of her enemies and the survival of the one person she trusts : herself.
William Makepeace THACKERAY
Vanity fair
Penguin (Penguin clasics)
ANG R THA
Vanity Fair follows the story of two women - the clever, beautiful yet poor Becky Sharp and her companion Amelia Sedley : amiable, rich and a real goody-two-shoes.
Adrian TOMINE
Summer blonde
Drawn and Quaterly Publications
ANG BD TOM
Summer blonde collects four stories, each exploring conflicts of urban detachment and misguided emotional gratification. Tomine explores nuance of character as revealed by life’s more typical crises : losing a job, having an annoying neighbor or flirting with someone you shouldn’t...