2008 IMPAC Literary Award shortlist
Dreams Of Speaking
$23.95 (Paperback book / Vintage )
She wished to study the unremarked beauty of modern things, of telephones, aeroplanes, computer screens and electric lights, of television, cars and underground transportation. There had to be in the world of mechanical ... More »
The Speed Of Light
$23.95 (Paperback book / Bloomsbury )
The young hero of The Speed of Light is an aspiring writer in provincial Spain in the 1980s, dreaming of burning success, searching for a real story to tell. Out of the blue he is offered the chance to work in a in a Mid... More »
De Niro's Game
$22.95 (Paperback book / Picador )
De Niro's Game chronicles the madness of the Beirut civil war with dark humour and beautifully manicured urgency... Creates images that explode in the reader's imagination like ten thousand bombs" (Atom Egoyan)
Bassam an... More »
Let It Be Morning
$24.95 (Paperback book / Atlantic Books )
Imagine your own home surrounded by roadblocks and tanks, your water turned off and the cashpoints empty. What would you do next?
A young journalist, recently married with a young child, is seeking a quieter life away fr... More »
The Attack
$23.95 (Paperback book / Vintage )
Ammine, a surgeon in a Jerusalem hospital, struggles to cope with the mangled bodies of victims of a suicide bombing in a downtown Jerusalem pizza restaurant. He is harassed, well-meaning, utterly dedicated and professio... More »
The Woman Who Waited
$22.00 (Paperback book / Hodder Headline )
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Winterwood
$29.95 (Trade paperback / Bloomsbury )
The intention was, of course, to bring her out to Winterwood -to that magical place that only me and her knew - but I wouldn't tell her that until much later on, for I wanted it to be as much of a surprise as possible. '... More »