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England and Other Stories by Graham Swift
$35.00 AUD
Category: New Hardbacks
These twenty-five new stories mark Graham Swift's return to the short form after seven acclaimed novels and confirm him as a master storyteller. They unite into a richly peopled vision of a country that is both a crucible of history and a maze of contemporary confusions. Meet Dr Shah who has never been ...Show more
Here We Are by Graham Swift
$29.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
The extraordinary new novel from the winner of the Booker Prize It is Brighton, 1959, and the theatre at the end of the pier is having its best summer season in years. Ronnie, a brilliant young magician, and Evie, his dazzling assistant, are top of the bill, drawing audiences each night. Meanwhile, Jack ...Show more
Here We Are by Graham Swift
$19.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
The extraordinary new novel from the winner of the Booker Prize in 1996 for Last Orders It is Brighton, 1959, and the theatre at the end of the pier is having its best summer season in years. Ronnie, a brilliant young magician, and Evie, his dazzling assistant, are top of the bill, drawing audiences ea ...Show more
Last Orders by Graham Swift
$22.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
Four men once close to Jack Dodds, a London butcher, meet to carry out his peculiar last wish: to have his ashes scattered into the sea. For reasons best known to herself, Jack's widow, Amy, declines to join them. On the surface the tale of a simple if increasingly bizarre day's outing, "Last Orders" is ...Show more
Last Orders by Graham Swift
$22.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
WINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE 1996Four men once close to Jack Dodds, a London butcher, meet to carry out his peculiar last wish: to have his ashes scattered into the sea at Margate. For reasons best known to herself, Jack's widow, Amy, declines to join them . . . On the surface a simple tale of an increasi ...Show more
Making an Elephant by Graham Swift
$22.99 AUD
Category: Anthologies, Essays & Journals
'An immensely readable volume. On every page, Swift emerges as a considerable essayist, who upholds the sterling virtue of good writing combined with emotional and intellectual engagement' Evening Standard As a novelist, Graham Swift delights in the possibilities of the human voice, imagining his way in ...Show more
Making an Elephant - Writing from Within by Graham Swift
$35.00 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir | Reading Level: very good
In his first ever work of non-fiction, the Booker Prize-winning author of "Last Orders" and "Waterland" delivers a warm and generous account of what has influenced and inspired him over the years. As a novelist, Graham Swift delights in the possibilities of the human voice, imagining his way into the mi ...Show more
Mothering Sunday by Graham Swift
$22.99 AUD
Category: Fiction | Reading Level: very good
It is March 30th 1924. It is Mothering Sunday. How will Jane Fairchild, orphan and housemaid, occupy her time when she has no mother to visit? How, shaped by the events of this never to be forgotten day, will her future unfold? Beginning with an intimate assignation and opening to embrace decades, Mothe ...Show more
Mothering Sunday - A Romance by Graham Swift
$29.99 AUD
Category: Fiction | Reading Level: very good
It is March 30th 1924. It is Mothering Sunday. How will Jane Fairchild, orphan and housemaid, occupy her time when she has no mother to visit? How, shaped by the events of this never to be forgotten day, will her future unfold? Beginning with an intimate assignation and opening to embrace decades, Mothe ...Show more
The Light of Day by Graham Swift
$22.95 AUD
Category: Fiction | Reading Level: good
Beautifully written, enthralling and unforgettable, The Light of Day is a bold, unconventional tale of love, murder and second chances. Over the course of a single day, we meet George and Sarah who are bound together and cruelly separated by a momentous act that has cut deeply into both their lives. Tea ...Show more
The Light of Day by Graham Swift
$22.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF MOTHERING SUNDAY AND LAST ORDERS, and reissued for the first time on the Scribner list, The Light of Day is both a gripping crime story and a remarkable love story. On a cold but dazzling November morning George Webb, a former policeman turned private detective, prepares ...Show more
Tomorrow by Graham Swift
$22.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE BESTSELLING MOTHERING SUNDAY AND LAST ORDERS, and reissued for the first time on the Scribner list, this is an intensely moving novel about a night that will change one family beyond recognition. On a June night Paula, a successful art dealer, lies awake, Mike, her husband of twe ...Show more