Eley Williams: The Liar's Dictionary

UK 2020, 265 pp., brochure, € 14.95
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»Swansby's New Encylopaedic Dictionary« is riddled with fictitious entries known as mountweazels penned by Peter Winceworth, a man wishing to make his lasting mark back in 1899. It's up to young intern Mallory to uncover these mountweazels before the dictionary can be digitised for modern readers. Winceworth, an introverted lovelorn man in 1899 fakes having a lisp, and Mallory, an ... Weiterlesen

Ayana Mathis: The Twelve Tribes of Hattie

UK 2013, 333 pp., brochure, € 10.40
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Having fled the horror of the American South for a new life in Philadelphia, Hattie Shepherd finds that her American dream is shattered time and again: a husband who lies and cheats, and nine children raised in a cramped little house that was only ever supposed to be temporary. Hattie keeps the children alive with sheer will and not an ... Weiterlesen