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The Hill Station by J. G. Farrell
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Category: Classics | Series: W&N Essentials Ser.
'From the wide veranda you stepped out on to an acre of lawn, as smooth as glass; from the lawn you stepped on to nothing but fresh air.'A summer of the 1870s, the Himalayan resort of Simla, in colonial India. To the cool of the hills comes a reluctant Dr McNab, with his wife and young niece. For Emily, ...Show more
The Siege Of Krishnapur: Winner of the Booker Prize by J.G. Farrell
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Category: Classics | Series: W&N Essentials Ser.
WINNER OF THE 1973 BOOKER PRIZE'We look on past ages with condescension, as a mere preparation for us... but what if we are a mere after-glow of them?'Krishnapur, 1857: India is on the brink of a violent and bloody mutiny. In this remote town on the vast North Indian plain, life for the British is still ...Show more
The Siege of Krishnapur by J.G. Farrell
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Category: Classics | Series: W&N Essentials Ser.
In the Spring of 1857, with India on the brink of a violent and bloody mutiny, Krishnapur is a remote town on the vast North Indian plain. For the British there, life is orderly and genteel. Then the sepoys at the nearest military cantonment rise in revolt and the British community retreats with shock i ...Show more
The Singapore Grip by J.G. Farrell
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Category: Fiction | Series: W&N Essentials Ser.
Singapore just before the Japanese invasion in the Second World War: the Blackett family's prosperous world of tennis parties, cocktails and deferential servants seems unchanging. But it is poised on the edge of the abyss...This is the eve of the Fall of Singapore and, as we know, of much else besides. ...Show more
The Singapore Grip by J. G. Farrell
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Category: Classics | Series: W&N Essentials Ser.
A classic novel by a Booker Prize-winning author. Soon to be adapted for an ITV television series by the Oscar-winning playwright behind Atonement and Dangerous Liaisons, Christopher Hampton. Singapore just before the Japanese invasion in the Second World War: the Blackett family's prosperous world of ...Show more
Troubles by J.G. Farrell
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Category: Classics | Series: W&N Essentials Ser.
Major Brendan Archer travels to Ireland - to the Majestic Hotel and to the fiancée he acquired on a rash afternoon's leave three years ago. Despite her many letters,the lady herself proves elusive,and the Major's engagement is short-lived. But he is unable to detach himself from the alluring discomforts ...Show more
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