Book title:
The Faithful Executioner
Book author:
Joel F. Harrington
Meister Frantz Schmidt was Nuremberg’s principal torturer and executioner for 40 years, during the second half of the 16th century and into the 17th.
Book title:
The Gamal
Book author:
Ciaran Collins
Teenager Charlie is known as the ‘gamal’ – the fool – by the residents of his Irish village, but that identity masks his powerful memory and the dramatic secret he keeps.
Book title:
The Rosie Project
Book author:
Graeme Simsion
Don is a genetics professor, his life led by a routine that marks out his daily activities in chunks of time.
Book title:
Dear Thing
Book author:
Julie Cohen
Ben and Claire are unable to have children together, and are left utterly distraught by several failed attempts at IVF.
Book title:
Fobbit
Book author:
David Abrams
During Operation Iraqi Freedom, the Americans referred to their bases as Forward Operating Bases.
Book title:
Mom & Me & Mom
Book author:
Maya Angelou
Fans of Maya Angelou and her autobiographical volumes, beginning with I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings , will love this, her seventh autobiography.
Book title:
A History of the Present Illness
Book author:
Louise Aronson
A History of the Present Illness is an unusual but fascinating collection of 16 short stories, all set in various medical establishments in modern day San Francisco.
