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Fiction, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Sceptre
- Paperback Jun 1, 2009 | 9780340963425 | RRP $22.99 Buy Now
- Audiobook Jan 12, 2012 | 9781444741735 | RRP $22.99 Buy Now
- e-Book May 28, 2009 | 9781848941373 | RRP $11.99 Buy Now
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Hodder & Stoughton
- Paperback Jun 1, 2009 | 9780340963425 | RRP $22.99 Buy Now
- Audiobook Jan 12, 2012 | 9781444741735 | RRP $22.99 Buy Now
- e-Book May 28, 2009 | 9781848941373 | RRP $11.99 Buy Now
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Imprint
Sceptre
- Paperback Jun 1, 2009 | 9780340963425 | RRP $22.99 Buy Now
- Audiobook Jan 12, 2012 | 9781444741735 | RRP $22.99 Buy Now
- e-Book May 28, 2009 | 9781848941373 | RRP $11.99 Buy Now
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The stunning novel from the author of INCENDIARY.
We don t want to tell you what happens in this book. It is a truly special story and we don t want to spoil it.
Nevertheless, you need to know enough to buy it so we will just say this:
This is the story of two women. Their lives collide one fateful day, and one of them has to make a terrible choice. Two years later, they meet again the story starts there
Once you have read it, you ll want to tell your friends about it. When you do, please don t tell them what happens either. The magic is in how it unfolds.
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Praise for The Other Hand
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Cleave follows his story to a powerful and emotive end. If The Other Hand flirts with melodrama, that is a fault Cleave shares with Dickens and for the same reason. He means it. - Sydney Morning Herald
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A considered manifesto on the enormous international problem of asylum-seeking. The act on which the title, and the moral architecture of the novel, turns is described in the same page-turning way. - The Weekend Australian
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'Although humour is an important ingredient in this novel, it's a book with a lot of heart and insight, and despite an unlikely ending, it is profound and provocative and beautifully written.' - Sunday Telegraph
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'Besides sharp, witty dialogue, an emotionally charged plot and the vivid characters' ethical struggles, The Other Hand delivers a timely challenge to reinvigorate our notions of civilised decency Shocking, exciting and deeply affecting. - The Canberra Times
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Cleave achieves an incredibly deft balance between the serious and amusing, with a masterful ability to flit lightly between humour and deep trauma and sadness while making it seem like the most natural transition in the world. - Sunday Mail
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Cleave is a stunning writer, one who doesn't shy from difficult issues, but dresses his approach to them with wit, warmth and compassion, meaning The Other Hand is a serious novel all the better for being seriously funny.' - Weekend Goldcoast Bulletin
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Chris Cleave can afford to talk up to his readers not down, because he respects their intellect. - Weekend Australian, author interview
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Cleave is a genuine optimist, he believes in the goodness of humanity and that's what makes this a truly pleasurable book to read. - The Courier Mail
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Chris Cleave
Chris Cleave is a New York Times #1 bestselling novelist whose books are published in forty countries. His debut novel INCENDIARY won the Somerset Maugham Award, among others. His second, the Costa-shortlisted THE OTHER HAND, was a global bestseller and sat in the New York Times Top Ten for over a year (under the US title, Little Bee). Both books were shortlisted for the Commonwealth Writers' Prizes. He lives in Kingston-upon-Thames with his wife and three children, and welcomes readers at facebook.com/ChrisCleaveBooks, www.chriscleave.com and twitter.com/chriscleave.
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