The Visible World (Paperback)
Mark Slouka
VWD
Featured on the Richard & Judy Book Club, The Visible World by Mark Slouka is a remarkable story that refers back to one man?s vague memories of his childhood in war-torn Czechoslovakia. Fascinatingly constructed, this beautifully written tale sees the man, whose parents whisked him from his homeland to America at a young age, attempt to discover more about his family history and make sense of the memories he has of his mother?s love for another man. Told in two distinct halves, this powerful and gripping historical love story packs a real emotional punch.
The Report (Paperback)
Jessica Kane
REPO
It is 1943 and the country is in the midst of World War II as an air-raid siren wails out over the East End of London. People from every corner of Bethnal Green set off for the shelter and safety of the tube station. But at the entrance, something goes badly wrong and 173 people are crushed to death. Local magistrate Laurence Dunne is put in charge of the enquiry to find out what really happened, but receives nothing but conflicting answers and struggles to separate truth from rumour. Decades later, one of the children who survived reopens the case and the facts are finally uncovered. A tear-jerking story full of human emotion, Jessica Francis Kane's The Report is a novel that asks many questions and lives long in the memory.
The Sisters Brothers (Paperback)
Patrick DeWitt
9SISB
Set in Oregon in 1851, The Sisters Brothers are the notorious professional 1850s Gold Rush killers Eli and Charlie. On their way to kill a man named Hermann Kermit Warm, they experience a series of violent and unsettling experiences. Bickering brothers who are very different, Charlie will kill anyone for money, while Eli doubts his vocation and falls in love. When they finally meet Hermann in California, they discover he is an inventor who has come up with a magical formula that could make them all very rich. A gripping, stark and sad story about lies and loyalty that is full of dark humour, this is an emotional but exciting second novel from the award-winning Patrick deWitt, author of 2009's Ablutions.
