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The Limeroom
John Burnside
‘I was discovering this deep reserve of patience I never knew I had, and I was surprised at how rich it was.’
The Courthouse
Tahmima Anam
‘If I had known it would put a continent between me and my children I would have killed that map-maker myself.’
Tokyo Year Zero
David Peace
‘The song, the voice, and the heat; men on their knees, heads in hands, sobbing and now howling.’
The Bastard of Istanbul
Elif Shafak
‘She squinted, sighed a conflicted sigh and then unleashed another profanity, only this time against the rain.’
Trident
James Buchan
‘As many as thirty-five states in the world are thought to have the capacity (if not the wish) to build a nuclear weapon.’
Five Houses
Melanie McFadyean
‘I live here, we say, this is my house, my home. We settle, dwell, adorn. A house feels permanent. But this illusion of security can end in a minute.’
Year of the Monkey
Fan Wu
‘I stood in front of the roller coaster, whose winding tracks looked like intestines in a demon's stomach.’
