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A deliciously gritty and strikingly bold debut novel about discovering love where it has always been

timeless - as relevant and terrifying now as when they were first published … 'The Lottery' is so much an icon in the history of the American short story that one could argue it has moved from the canon of American twentieth-century fiction directly into the American psyche

Bournville by Jonathan Coe Groundswell Speaker 2024 chaotic self'A wickedly funny, clever, but also tender and lyrical novel about Britain and Britishness and what we have become' RACHEL JOYCE In Bournville, a placid suburb of Birmingham, sits a famous chocolate factory. For eleven year old Mary and her family in 1945, it's the centre of the world. The reason their streets smell faintly of chocolate, the place where most of their friends and neighbours have worked for decades. Mary will go on to live through the