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		<title>Turn the Tides Gently (The Portsmouth Stories)</title>
		<link>http://www.curiousbookfans.co.uk/2012/fiction-books/9130/turn-the-tides-gently-the-portsmouth-stories-by-matt-wingett</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 21:29:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>frangliz</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Matt Wingett]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[“Turn the Tides Gently” is a novella for Kindle by Matt Wingett. It takes place in Matt's hometown of Portsmouth and neighbouring Southsea, centring around a character named Dave. Dave is being looked after in a hostel as he appears to be suffering from schizophrenia. From www.curiousbookfans.co.uk]]></description>
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		<title>Solace</title>
		<link>http://www.curiousbookfans.co.uk/2012/fiction-books/9111/solace-by-belinda-mckeon</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 22:51:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ian</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Contemporary fiction]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Belinda McKeon]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Solace by Belinda McKeon is a novel about loss and the difficulty which so many people have communicating about important issues, particularly across generations.  It is set against the background of Ireland in the early part of this century, at a time when rural areas continued to cling to traditional values and ways of life while brash modern Ireland epitomised by the Dublin property boom gradually began to encroach. From www.curiousbookfans.co.uk]]></description>
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		<title>The Stag and Hen Weekend</title>
		<link>http://www.curiousbookfans.co.uk/2012/fiction-books/9089/the-stag-and-hen-weekend-mike-gayle</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 22:24:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kingfisher</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Contemporary fiction]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Mike Gayle]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If I am looking for a light and entertaining read then I am always happy to pick up any of Mike Gayle's books. His novels are always amusing and provide a fabulous insight into a lad's point of view. In his latest book, 'The Stag and Hen Weekend', the readers still gets this but they are also treated to the female perspective too. To be honest, this is really two books in one as the reader is invited along on both Helen's hen weekend at a country spa and Phil's stag weekend in Amsterdam. From www.curiousbookfans.co.uk]]></description>
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		<title>The Soldier&#8217;s Wife</title>
		<link>http://www.curiousbookfans.co.uk/2012/fiction-books/9079/the-soldiers-wife-joanna-trollope</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 10:45:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kingfisher</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Contemporary fiction]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Joanna Trollope]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Joanna Trollope is one of my favourite writers and her latest novel, 'The Soldier's Wife', is just as good as, if not better than, as all of her other books. This story is a keen observation and fascinating insight into what it is like to be an army wife.

Dan Riley is a major in the British army and is returning home from a six month tour serving in Afghanistan. From www.curiousbookfans.co.uk]]></description>
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		<title>All That I am</title>
		<link>http://www.curiousbookfans.co.uk/2012/fiction-books/9036/all-that-i-am-anna-funder</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:13:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>elkiedee</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Contemporary fiction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fiction Books]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anna Funder]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[“When Hitler came to power, I was in the bath”.

In Sydney, Australia in the 1990s, Dora Becker receives a package, containing the writings of a long dead friend. Those writings and the memories of Dora, a German woman now in her nineties, form the narrative structure of this thought provoking novel. I have read a lot of novels and non fiction about this period recently, but All That I Am is more than just another tale about more victims and survivors of Nazism. From www.curiousbookfans.co.uk]]></description>
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		<title>Interesting Times</title>
		<link>http://www.curiousbookfans.co.uk/2012/fiction-books/9031/interesting-times</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:11:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anjana Basu</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Contemporary fiction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fiction Books]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[History fiction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kunal Basu]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The exploration of the unknown has fascinated writers since time immemorial, wanderings, encounters with a new culture and the induction into it. This has been seen in popular fiction as well as literary – the latter starting perhaps with Marco Polo, who was accused of manufacturing much of his information. What is also curious is that people have been fascinated by encounters between the west and the orient – one could number books like Lord Jim, Shogun, River of Smoke and most recently The Yellow Emperor’s Cure, the last two written by Indian authors. Amitabh Ghosh and Kunal Basu. In fact, the last two have hit the public gaze within a year of each other.  From www.curiousbookfans.co.uk]]></description>
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		<title>The Betrayal</title>
		<link>http://www.curiousbookfans.co.uk/2012/fiction-books/9002/the-betrayal-helen-dunmore</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 22:38:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary Bor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Contemporary fiction]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Helen Dunmore]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In Helen Dunmore’s ‘The Betrayal’ we catch up with doctor Andrei, his nursery school teacher wife Anna and Anna’s younger brother Kolya, now a teenager and the source of much anxiety for his sister. The family first appeared in Dunmore’s Whitbread and Orange short-listed “The Siege” set during the harsh Leningrad winter of 1941-2. From www.curiousbookfans.co.uk]]></description>
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		<title>Last Man in Tower</title>
		<link>http://www.curiousbookfans.co.uk/2012/fiction-books/8993/last-man-in-tower-aravind-adiga</link>
		<comments>http://www.curiousbookfans.co.uk/2012/fiction-books/8993/last-man-in-tower-aravind-adiga#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jan 2012 22:47:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>koshkha</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Contemporary fiction]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Aravind Adiga]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Aravind Adiga’s latest book ‘Last Man in Tower’ explores what it takes to turn ordinary respectable middle-class people into evil, devious, greedy beasts prepared to contemplate murder. It looks at how neighbours so emotionally and physically close that they live like extended family can become enemies. I would also say it offers wholly believable insights into the psychology of bullying and persecution – tracking how the perpetrators of abuse can convince themselves that they are in fact the victims despite their abusive behaviour. From www.curiousbookfans.co.uk]]></description>
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		<title>The Help</title>
		<link>http://www.curiousbookfans.co.uk/2012/fiction-books/8930/the-help</link>
		<comments>http://www.curiousbookfans.co.uk/2012/fiction-books/8930/the-help#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 14:29:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>eilidhcatriona</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Contemporary fiction]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Kathryn Stockett]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Kathryn Stockett’s The Help is set in Jackson, Mississippi in the 1960s, during the Civil Rights movement. Life in Jackson, however, does not really seem to be changing. The Help is a story of two black maids (the help), and one white woman who writes a book about the experiences of maids in Jackson. From www.curiousbookfans.co.uk]]></description>
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		<title>Care of Wooden Floors</title>
		<link>http://www.curiousbookfans.co.uk/2012/fiction-books/8906/care-of-wooden-floors</link>
		<comments>http://www.curiousbookfans.co.uk/2012/fiction-books/8906/care-of-wooden-floors#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 12:39:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary Bor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Contemporary fiction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fiction Books]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Will Wiles]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[When Oskar asks an old university friend to look after his apartment while he goes to attend to his divorce in Los Angeles, he clearly has some inkling that the property may not be looked after exactly as he would wish. Why else would he leave notes hidden around the flat outlining the action to be taken should the worst occur? The worst, it seems, would be damage to the apartment’s pristine wooden floor and Oskar’s notes stress the importance of acting quickly should anything be spilled on the boards. from www.curiousbookfans.co.uk]]></description>
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		<title>Lone Wolf</title>
		<link>http://www.curiousbookfans.co.uk/2012/fiction-books/8880/lone-wolf-jodi-picoult</link>
		<comments>http://www.curiousbookfans.co.uk/2012/fiction-books/8880/lone-wolf-jodi-picoult#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 21:30:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kingfisher</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Contemporary fiction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fiction Books]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jodi Picoult]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Jodi Picoult is one of my favourite authors as her novels always challenge and provoke whilst tackling controversial topics. In her latest book, 'Lone Wolf', she prompts one to think about the sanctity of life as her main character is kept alive by machines in his hospital bed while his children argue about whether he should be allowed to die. The novel is made more interesting though as we learn about Luke Warren's past and the somewhat unorthodox relationships he has had with his family. From www.curiousbookfans.co.uk]]></description>
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		<title>One Moment, One Morning</title>
		<link>http://www.curiousbookfans.co.uk/2011/fiction-books/8725/one-moment-one-morning-sarah-rayner</link>
		<comments>http://www.curiousbookfans.co.uk/2011/fiction-books/8725/one-moment-one-morning-sarah-rayner#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 12:27:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>eilidhcatriona</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Contemporary fiction]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Sarah Rayner]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It was just another day on the 7.44 from Brighton to London, when suddenly a man is taken ill and dies. One Moment, One Morning by Sarah Rayner is a novel about how one moment is all it takes to change lives. From www.curiousbookfans.co.uk]]></description>
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		<title>Le Divorce</title>
		<link>http://www.curiousbookfans.co.uk/2011/fiction-books/8713/two-fates-judy-balan</link>
		<comments>http://www.curiousbookfans.co.uk/2011/fiction-books/8713/two-fates-judy-balan#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 11:19:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anjana Basu</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Contemporary fiction]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Judy Balan]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Ad woman turned writer, Judy Balan takes her readers on a romp through a two state marriage with a nod at Chetan Bhagat and a twist of the title. Deepika is a Tamilian married to a Punjabi Rishab and it was a love marriage. Their odd assortment of relatives from the north and south have more less accustomed themselves to the mingling of cultures, since it’s been four years anyway, but Deepika is convinced that she and Rishab have fallen out of love. Both of them are fed up with their every day lives – Deepika wants to quit advertising; Rishab wants to leave the executive perks that his IIM status entitle him to and become a writer. Sex is fleeting though passionate and Deepika thinks that’s another problem. All in all, they’re on the verge of deciding to get divorced. From www.curiousbookfans.co.uk]]></description>
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		<title>Professor Hanaa</title>
		<link>http://www.curiousbookfans.co.uk/2011/fiction-books/8707/professor-hanaa-reem-bassiouney</link>
		<comments>http://www.curiousbookfans.co.uk/2011/fiction-books/8707/professor-hanaa-reem-bassiouney#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 17:30:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ian</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Contemporary fiction]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Reem Bassiouney]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Egypt's and the Middle East are much in the news. I often think that understanding the literature of a country is helpful in understanding the state of mind of its population or at least that proportion of the population who read .  In this context, I was very interested in Professor Hanaa by Reem Bassiouney, originally published in Arabic in 2008. It won the Sawiris Foundation Literary Prize for Young Writers, Egypt's leading literary award, in 2009 and was also selected as the only novel to come out in Egypt’s "reading for all book" series in 2010. From www.curiousbookfans.co.uk]]></description>
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		<title>The Penal Colony</title>
		<link>http://www.curiousbookfans.co.uk/2011/fiction-books/8652/the-penal-colony-richard-herley</link>
		<comments>http://www.curiousbookfans.co.uk/2011/fiction-books/8652/the-penal-colony-richard-herley#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 17:12:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>eilidhcatriona</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Contemporary fiction]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Richard Herley]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Penal Colony by Richard Herley has recently been available as a free download on Kindle, and from the synopsis given it sounded like it would be a reasonable read for a freebie. Although published in the late 1980s, I hadn’t heard of it before, and I assumed it was written more recently.

The Penal Colony is about a man named Tony Routledge who is convicted of a crime he did not commit.From www.curiousbookfans.co.uk]]></description>
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		<title>Custody</title>
		<link>http://www.curiousbookfans.co.uk/2011/fiction-books/8623/manju-kapur-custody</link>
		<comments>http://www.curiousbookfans.co.uk/2011/fiction-books/8623/manju-kapur-custody#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 12:36:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>koshkha</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Contemporary fiction]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Manju Kapur]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In India approximately 11 marriages in every 1000 end in divorce. At a shade over 1%, this is one of the lowest rates in the world. I decided not to look up the statistics on how many wives die suddenly from unexplained accidents in the home as a result of dowry disputes as that's another issue entirely. Let's just say that when things go bad, a trip to the lawyers isn't always the outcome.

In Manju Kapur's latest novel 'Custody' she addresses the complex issues of the relatively rare business of Indian divorce. From www.curiousbookfans.co.uk]]></description>
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		<title>1Q84</title>
		<link>http://www.curiousbookfans.co.uk/2011/fiction-books/8612/haruki-murakami-1q84</link>
		<comments>http://www.curiousbookfans.co.uk/2011/fiction-books/8612/haruki-murakami-1q84#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 17:45:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ian</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Contemporary fiction]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Haruki Murakami]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[“If you can’t understand it without an explanation, you can’t understand it with an explanation” says one of the characters in Haruki Murakami's 1Q84, and to an extent this highlights the dilemma of any reviewer of this book. Murakami is now one of the world's leading authors, with a legion of passionate fans in almost every country. At the same time, many readers find his books puzzling and simply cannot understand the attraction of his fiction. 1Q84 is a great novel, but I wouldn't recommend it as the starting point for anyone who wants to explore his writing. From www.curiousbookfans.co.uk]]></description>
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		<title>The Sandalwood Tree</title>
		<link>http://www.curiousbookfans.co.uk/2011/fiction-books/8578/the-sandalwood-tree-elle-newmark</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 12:31:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>elkiedee</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Elle Newmark]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Soon after WWII, an American family moves to India. Jewish-American Martin has returned to his studies in Indian history after fighting in Europe, and has won a Fullbright Scholarship to continue his research there. Britain is preparing to grant Indian independence, including partitioning the country into Hindu India and Muslim Pakistan, and the family are staying in a village near Simla, near the proposed borders. Martin will be documenting the end of British rule. from www.curiousbookfans.co.uk]]></description>
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		<title>The Secrets Between Us</title>
		<link>http://www.curiousbookfans.co.uk/2011/fiction-books/8535/the-secrets-between-us-louise-douglas</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Nov 2011 18:28:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>elkiedee</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Contemporary fiction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fiction Books]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Louise Douglas]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I fell for this book, its characters and storytelling nearly as fast as Sarah falls for Jamie and Alexander. However, this is a suspense novel as much as a love story. Alexander's beautiful, glamorous wife Genevieve has vanished in suspicious circumstances, and he is the prime suspect. Sarah can not believe he is capable of murder, but lots of people think differently, including Genevieve's family who live locally. At this point Douglas ratchets the suspense up. From www.curiousbookfans.co.uk]]></description>
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		<title>Cloyne Court</title>
		<link>http://www.curiousbookfans.co.uk/2011/fiction-books/8527/cloyne-court-dodie-katague</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Nov 2011 18:08:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>koshkha</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Autobiography]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Dodie Katague]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Student days are for many people the best days of their lives. Free at last from parental supervision and not yet encumbered by the responsibilities of work, marriage and mortgages, the years at university can be fantastic – more so perhaps in the past before the introduction of massive student loans and tuition fees. Cloyne Court by Dodie Katague is a student 'coming of age' novel set in one of the wildest times and settings. As California turned on, tuned in and dropped out in the mid-1970s Berkeley students benefited from the widespread availability of drugs (many of them not yet illegal), access to the pill and plenty of alcohol and made the most of what life had to offer. From www.curiousbookfans.co.uk]]></description>
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		<title>Murky Undercurrents</title>
		<link>http://www.curiousbookfans.co.uk/2011/fiction-books/8518/the-muddy-river-p-a-krishnan</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Nov 2011 03:03:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anjana Basu</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Contemporary fiction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fiction Books]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[P A Krishnan]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Like its title, Muddy River is a very muddy indeed, a murky tale of a kidnapping and bureaucrat Ramesh Chandran’s quest to have the victim released from a group of terrorists with politicians and policemen clouding the issue even further. Chandran turns his quest into a novel – which is presented to the reader in typewriter font and this is occasionally commented on by his two friends, one a Bengali and the other a British lecturer based in Ampleforth. and reviewed by his wife, Sukanya who also occasionally enters the story.

Chandran and Sukanya have a tragic history – they have lost their five year old daughter Priya which has created divisions between husband and wife. From www.curiousbookfans.co.uk]]></description>
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		<title>What They Do in the Dark</title>
		<link>http://www.curiousbookfans.co.uk/2011/fiction-books/8505/what-they-do-in-the-dark-amanda-coe</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2011 22:39:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>elkiedee</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Contemporary fiction]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Amanda Coe]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[What They Do in the Dark is a story about childhood in the 1970s, and opens with a chapter evoking 1970s nostalgia. Gemma describes her regular Saturday routine, going swimming with her friend, then buying comics and sweets in the shop, before going home to watch her favourite telly programme, It's Lallie. Lallie is just 11, one year older than Gemma, and in the programme is on her own with servants in a mansion, enviably free from adult controls over what she does. From www.curiousbookfans.co.uk]]></description>
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		<title>The Night Before Christmas</title>
		<link>http://www.curiousbookfans.co.uk/2011/fiction-books/8466/the-night-before-christmas-scarlett-bailey</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2011 17:24:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kingfisher</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Scarlett Bailey]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Scarlett Bailey is a new author and 'The Night before Christmas' is her first novel. For a début, it really is very good and is a lovely seasonal read in the run up to Christmas. I pretty much loved all of it and it had an absorbing storyline that grabbed my attention and kept it from start to finish. From www.curiousbookfans.co.uk]]></description>
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		<title>Don’t Let Me Go</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Oct 2011 21:26:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kingfisher</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Contemporary fiction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fiction Books]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Catherine Ryan Hyde]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I have just finished reading ‘Don’t Let Me Go’ by Catherine Ryan Hyde and feel quite emotionally drained because of this wonderful book. It is thought-provoking and poignant and makes subtle observations about the state of twenty first century living. It’s also most uplifting and to me felt like a testament to the power of human kindness.

In ‘Don’t Let Me Go’ we meet Grace who is a small girl with big problems. From www.curiousbookfans.co.uk]]></description>
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		<title>The Stranger’s Child</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Oct 2011 20:52:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ian</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[History fiction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alan Hollinghurst]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Stranger’s Child by Alan Hollinghurst is a large book which spans the majority of the 20th century. It tells the story of a young poet, Cecil Valance, although he dies relatively early in the story during the First World War leaving behind a modest group of poems, mainly secondary rate, but one or two of which enter the public consciousness in the English-speaking world. The fulcrum of the novel is a weekend in the late summer of 1913 when Cecil comes to stay at the house of his close Cambridge friend, George Sawle. From www.curiousbookfans.co.uk]]></description>
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