Bloomsbury good reading guide

McLeish, Kenneth

Literature & Fiction

Bloomsbury Pub.

An autobiographical memoir, set for the most part in London in the 1940s and 50s, by the author of "At the Jerusalem", "Trespasses" and "An English Madam: The Life and Work of Cynthia Payne". It is composed of fifty scenes or fragments of memory which describe Bailey's parents, relatives, friends and acquaintances.

An immaculate mistake: Scenes from childhood and beyond

Paul Bailey

Biographies & Memoirs

This is the story of how former soldier Simon Weston returned to visit the Falkland Islands 10 years after the war. It also describes his meeting with the Argentine pilot who bombed the Sir Galahad, which resulted in the deaths of 51 soldiers from his regiment, and his own severe burning.

Going Back

Weston, Simon

A collection of short stories by the author of "Pious Secrets". The characters include a Viennese ghost in a New York apartment, an adulterer who gets turned on by a young woman's simple furnishings, and an East Berlin scientist who defects to the West to escape his dictatorial mother.

The Jewess: Stories from Berlin and New York

Dische, Irene

It is six am, the party is over and reality is threatening to intervene in the power-fuelled existence of a young man who should have everything but who might just end up with nothing at all. His wife has left him, his job is in jeopardy, and his social life is about to end.

Bright Lights, Big City (Bloomsbury Classics)

MCINERNEY, JAY

Contemporary

Blessed

Brian Blessed

Arts & Literature

Cosmo Cosmolino

Helen Garner

Amanda is an astronaut who roller-skates through the halls of NASA, and a subparticle physicist who can enter the mind of Mary Shelley. With her magical cat, Schrondinger, she finds herself in confrontation with the ultimate seductress, the eleven million mile high dancer.

Amanda and the Eleven Million Mile High Dancer

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Carol Hill

Science Fiction

Omnibus edition of Turow's two novels. The first, "Presumed Innocent", is a court room drama where the investigator into a murder becomes the accused. The second, "The Burden of Proof", follows the figure of Sandy Stern as his world is thrown into crisis when his wife commits suicide.

Scott Turow Omnibus: "Presumed Innocent" and "The Burden of Proof".

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

scott-turow

Mystery

This is a biography of Rabindraneth Tagore who won the Nobel Prize in 1913, the first of only two Asian writers to do so. Today he is highly regarded in Bengal. He perceived that the ancient polarities of East and West would be compelled to meet in the 20th century. An educational, social, political and religious reformer, he wrote poetry, short stories, novels, essays and plays, and he painted and composed songs. This book focuses on the man, not his art. It highlights those of Tagore's works that have universal appeal and that illuminate his complexity and his "myriad-mindedness".

Rabindranath Tagore: The myriad-minded man

Cookbooks, Food & Wine

Dutta, Krishna

Entertaining & Holidays

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