{"title":"All Fiction","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(128, 128, 128);\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eFiction (Fiction). “There is no doubt fiction makes a better job of the truth.” - Doris May Lessing.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(128, 128, 128);\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eAll of our Fiction books in one place. No minimum order.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"margaret-atwood-oryx-and-crake","title":"Margaret Atwood - Oryx and Crake (2nd Hand Paperback)","description":"\u003ch5\u003eSynopsis\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eShortlisted for The Orange \u0026amp; Booker prizes.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFirst in a series of 3 novels.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eOryx and Crake is a 2003 novel by Canadian author Margaret Atwood. She has described the novel as speculative fiction and adventure romance, rather than pure science fiction, because it does not deal with things \"we can't yet do or begin to do\", yet goes beyond the amount of realism she associates with the novel form.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePigs might not fly but they are strangely altered. So, for that matter, are wolves and racoons. A man, once named Jimmy, lives in a tree, wrapped in old bedsheets, now calls himself Snowman.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe voice of Oryx, the woman he loved, teasingly haunts him. And the green-eyed Children of Crake are, for some reason, his responsibility.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eDetails\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFormat : Standard, Slightly Thicker 2nd Hand Paperback\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCondition : Good (Almost Very Good)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCategory : Fiction - Science Fiction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublished : 2003 (This Edition 2004 - Virago Press)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eISBN : 9780349004068\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSKU : B000014\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePPC : SP400gm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRRP : £9.99\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eQuantity Available : 1 only.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eExternal Reviews\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'In Jimmy, Atwood has created a great character: a tragic-comic artist of the future, part buffoon, part Orpheus. An adman who's a sad man; a jealous lover who's in perpetual mourning; a fantasist who can only remember the past'\u003c\/em\u003e - The Independent.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'Gripping and remarkably imagined'\u003c\/em\u003e - The London Review of Books.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'The writing is spare. The structure is tight. The observation of the human condition is both profound and impish. Character is crucial. The issues are huge and we feel the weight of them. Finally, it leaves the reader on a cliff-edge the like of which I have never encountered elsewhere. It was nominated for the Man Booker. I think it should have won.' - \u003c\/em\u003eAnita Mason, The Guardian.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'Atwood at her best - dark, dry, scabrously witty, yet moving and studded with flashes of pure poetry. Her gloriously inventive brave new world is all the more chilling because of the mirror it holds up to our own.' - \u003c\/em\u003eLisa Appignanesi, The Independent Magazine.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'Atwood herself is one of our finest linguistic engineers. Her carefully calibrated sentences are formulated to hook and paralyse the reader.' - \u003c\/em\u003eSaturday Telegraph.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'Enlivening, deadpan wit and the mix of empathy and insight she always brings to her characters . . . Saturated in science, the novel is simultaneously alive with literary resonances . . . superlatively gripping and remarkably imagined.' - \u003c\/em\u003eObserver.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMargaret Eleanor Atwood, CC OOnt CH FRSC is a Canadian poet, novelist, literary critic, essayist, teacher, environmental activist, and inventor.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFeatured Author . . .\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/campsiebooks.com\/collections\/all-books\/featured-authors_margaret-atwood\" title=\"Margaret Atwood\"\u003eMargaret Atwood\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Campsie Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":3819854168092,"sku":"B000014","price":2.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2444\/6393\/products\/Margaret-Atwood-Oryx-Crake-2.jpg?v=1770812715"},{"product_id":"philip-meyer-the-son","title":"Philip Meyer - The Son (2nd Hand Paperback)","description":"\u003ch5\u003eSynopsis\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe critically acclaimed, New York Times-bestselling epic, a saga of land, blood and power, follows the rise of one unforgettable Texas family from the Comanche raids of the 1800's to the oil booms of the 20th Century.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEli McCullough is just twelve years old when a marauding band of Comanche storm his Texas homestead, brutally murder his mother and sister and take him captive. Despite their torture and cruelty, Eli - against all odds - adapts to life with the Comanche, learning their ways and language, taking on a new name, finding a place as the adopted son of the band's chief and fighting their wars against not only other Indians but white men too, which complicates his sense of loyalty, his promised vengeance and his very understanding of self.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDeftly interweaving Eli’s story with those of his son Peter and his great-granddaughter JA, The Son maps the legacy of Eli’s ruthlessness, his drive to power and his lifelong status as an outsider, even as the McCullough family rises to become one of the richest in Texas, a ranching and oil dynasty that is as resilient and dangerous as the land they claim.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eYet, like all empires, the McCullough's must eventually face the consequences of their choices.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eDetails\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFormat : Standard Thick 2nd Hand Paperback\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCondition : Very Good\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCategory : Fiction - Historical Fiction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublished : 2013 (\u003cspan\u003eSimon \u0026amp; Schuster)\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eISBN : 9780857209443\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSKU : B000043\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePPC : SP450gm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRRP : £8.99\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eQuantity Available : 1 only.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eExternal Reviews\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Panoramic, deeply evocative and utterly transporting, The Son is a masterpiece American novel - part epic of Texas, part classic coming-of-age story - that combines the narrative prowess of Larry McMurtry with the knife-edge sharpness of Cormac McCarthy.\"\u003c\/em\u003e - Publisher.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'Stunning . . . a book that for once really does deserve to be called a masterpiece'\u003c\/em\u003e - Kate Atkinson.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'Magnificent . . . McCarthy's Border Trilogy is a point of reference, as is There Will Be Blood, but it is not fanciful to be reminded of certain passages from Moby-Dick - it's that good'\u003c\/em\u003e - The Times.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'Brilliant . . . a wonderful novel'\u003c\/em\u003e - Lionel Shriver.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Philipp Meyer's The Son has been rightly labelled an epic. The novel follows, although not chronologically, the narrative of several generations of Texans, from the days of the Frontier to the present day. Through portraying characters of different eras, it explores how a region can change, with violence, money and race as catalysts for these changes. 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There is no use because it is nearly impossible to describe what makes this book so grand.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eDetails\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFormat : Standard 2nd Hand Paperback\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCondition : Very Good\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCategory : Fiction - Modern Classics\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublished : 2003 (This Edition 2014 - Scholastic Readers)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eISBN : 9780857865533\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSKU : B000058\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePPC : SP300gm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRRP : £8.99\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eQuantity Available : 1 only.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eExternal Reviews\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Read this book . . .\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e. . . not because it is an exceptional piece of literary talent. It is, of course. But there are many good authors and many good books. While uncommon, they are not endangered. Read this book because in recent memory there have been no stories which make such grand statements with such few elements. As Pi says in his story, “Life on a lifeboat isn’t much of a life. It is like an end game in chess, a game with few pieces. 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Spanning four decades of writing, this book includes many gems of a genius at the height of his powers.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe title piece is the story that inspired 2001. ‘Guardian Angel’ is a rarely anthologised work that gave birth to \u003cem\u003eChildhood’s End\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003e‘The Songs of Distant Earth’\u003c\/em\u003e is the original version of Clarke’s own favourite novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlong with other vaulting tales of imagination are fascinating introductions telling the history of each story from conception to completion.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFrom one of the greatest science-fiction writers of all time. 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Since its first publication in 1937 it has remained in print to delight each new generation of readers all over the world, and its hero, Bilbo Baggins, has taken his place among the ranks of the immortals of fiction.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eDetails\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFormat : Standard 2nd Hand Hardback with Dust Jacket\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCondition : Very Good\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCategory : Fiction - Classics\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublished : 1937 (This Edition 1997 - Harper Collins)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eISBN : 9780261103306\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSKU : B000327\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePPC : SP1400gm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRRP : £25.00\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eQuantity Available : 1 only.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch5 style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eExternal Reviews\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\" . . . it can be enjoyed by all ages. Regardless of your age, or affinity for the fantasy genre, there has an experience of an adventure that everyone can take away from reading this.\" - \u003c\/em\u003eGoodreads Review.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"A flawless masterpiece\" - \u003c\/em\u003eThe Times.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e‘One of the best loved characters in English fiction . . . a marvellous fantasy adventure’ -\u003c\/em\u003e Daily Mail.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e‘Finely written saga of dwarves and elves, fearsome goblins and trolls . . . an exciting epic of travel, magical adventure, working up to a devastating climax’ - \u003c\/em\u003eThe Observer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eThe Author\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eJohn Ronald Reuel Tolkien CBE FRSL was an English writer, poet, philologist, and academic, best known as the author of the high fantasy works The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFeatured Author . . . \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/campsiebooks.com\/collections\/all-books\/featured-authors_j-r-r-tolkien\" title=\"J.R.R. 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She has refused to sacrifice her ideals and remains stubbornly single.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBut among the pampered women and minor nobility Edith finds Mr Neville, and her chance to escape from a life of humiliating spinsterhood is renewed . . .\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eDetails\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFormat : Standard 2nd Hand Paperback\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCondition : Good\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCategory : Fiction - Love \u0026amp; Romance\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublished : 1984 (This Edition 2016 - Penguin)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eISBN : 9780140147476\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSKU : B000329\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePPC : LL250gm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRRP : £8.99\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eQuantity Available : 1 only.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eExternal Reviews\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'A classic . . . a book which will be read with pleasure a hundred years from now' -\u003c\/em\u003e Spectator.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'A smashing love story. 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This is a quiet narrative, and an suspiciously autobiographical one - Bragg being a Wigton boy - but made all the more authentic by this fact.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eDetails\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFormat : Standard 2nd Hand Hardback with Dust Jacket\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCondition : Good (A touch of shading to spine of dust jacket, otherwise Very Good))\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCategory : Fiction - Historical Fiction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublished : 2001 (Sceptre - 1st Edition, 1st Printing)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eISBN : 9780340734155\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSKU : B000491\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePPC : SP650gm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRRP : £16.99\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eQuantity Available : 1 only.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eExternal Reviews\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Throughout, Bragg is tenderly understated - his characters are not articulate people, but reserved and stoical, and he lets them speak for themselves, or not speak. He catches brilliantly the volatility of emotions - how happiness can curdle, anger flare, guilt build into terror. He understands - remembers - how a child's life is a minefield of fears, secrets, panics. And he is very loving about ordinary people, making visible and quietly heroic the invisible and the scorned.\"\u003c\/em\u003e - The Guardian.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eThe Author\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMelvyn Bragg, Baron Bragg, CH, HonFRS, FBA, FRSL, is an English broadcaster, author and parliamentarian. He is best known for his work with ITV as editor and presenter of The South Bank Show, and for the BBC Radio 4 documentary series In Our Time.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFeatured Author . . . \u003ca title=\"Melvyn Bragg\" href=\"https:\/\/campsiebooks.com\/collections\/all-books\/featured-authors_melvyn-bragg\"\u003eMelvyn Bragg\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Campsie Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":34712407146630,"sku":"B000491","price":2.7,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2444\/6393\/products\/Melvyn-Bragg-A-Son-of-War-2.jpg?v=1771183138"},{"product_id":"arundhati-roy-the-ministry-of-utmost-happiness","title":"Arundhati Roy - The Ministry of Utmost Happiness (2nd Hand Softback)","description":"\u003ch5\u003eSynopsis\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Sunday Times Bestseller.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA richly moving novel - the first since the author’s Booker-Prize winning, internationally celebrated debut, The God of Small Things, went on to become a beloved best seller and enduring classic.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHow to tell a shattered story? By slowly becoming everybody. No. By slowly becoming everything.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Ministry of Utmost Happiness\u003c\/em\u003e transports us across a sub-continent on a journey of many years. It takes us deep into the lives of its gloriously rendered characters, each of them in search of a place of safety - in search of meaning, and of love.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA braided narrative of astonishing force and originality, \u003cem\u003eThe Ministry of Utmost Happiness\u003c\/em\u003e is at once a love story and a provocation - a novel as inventive as it is emotionally engaging.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is told with a whisper, in a shout, through joyous tears and sometimes with a bitter laugh. Its heroes, both present and departed, have been broken by the world we live in - and then mended by love. For this reason, they will never surrender.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHumane and sensuous, beautifully told, this extraordinary novel demonstrates on every page the miracle of Arundhati Roy’s storytelling gift.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eDetails\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFormat : Standard 2nd Hand Softback with French Fold Cover.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCondition : Good (Almost Very Good)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCategory : Fiction - Modern Mainstream Fiction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublished : 2008 (Penguin)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eISBN : 9780241980767\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSKU : B000510\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePPC : SP350gm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRRP : £8.99\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eQuantity Available : 1 only.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eExternal Reviews\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"The Ministry of Utmost Happiness is a novel of maddeningly frayed edges, wonky pacing and occasional longueurs.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBut its patchwork of narratives, painful, funny, sexy, violent, earthy, otherworldly, its recurring images of lost and recovered children, individual sacrifice and self-denial, and its depiction of the constant battle toward self-assertion in a society still held in thrall to the taxonomy of caste and class, make for a disturbing and memorable return to the land of make-believe.\"\u003c\/em\u003e - The Guardian.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eThe Author\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSuzanna Arundhati Roy is an Indian author best known for her novel The God of Small Things, which won the Man Booker Prize for Fiction in 1997 and became the best-selling book by a non-expatriate Indian author. 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The doctor is in danger: U Po Kyin, a corrupt magistrate, is plotting his downfall. The only thing that can save him is membership of the all-white Club, and Flory can help.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFlory's life is changed further by the arrival of beautiful Elizabeth Lackersteen from Paris, who offers an escape from loneliness and the 'lie' of colonial life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eGeorge Orwell's first novel, inspired by his experiences in the Indian Imperial Police in Burma, Burmese Days includes a new introduction by Emma Larkin in Penguin Modern Classics.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eDetails\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFormat : Standard 2nd Hand Paperback\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCondition : Very Good\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCategory : Fiction - Classics\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublished : 1934 (This Edition 2009 - Penguin Modern Classics)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eISBN : 9780141185378\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSKU : B000584\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePPC : LL300gm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRRP : £8.99\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eQuantity Available : 1 only.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eExternal Reviews\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Orwell produces a brilliantly vivid tale of Empire. With a fantastic and convincing eye for detail he reveals the reality of Imperial life. Honest and inspiring he reveals the dark, seedy and violent reality of Liberal imperialism. A thoroughly enjoyable and brutal expose of colonial realities. From economic sabotage and destruction, to sickening racism and racial injustice. A grubby but gripping tale of Empire.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Orwell was perfectly placed to write about the realities of British colonialism as he was himself part of it. It is easy to imagine Orwell's growing sense of disillusionment when surrounded by the kind of characters that attended the 'Club'. But Orwell also writes very descriptively and seemed to be particularly fond of the nature that he encountered while in Burma, making this book not just a damnation of colonial life, but also an evocative memoir of rural Burma. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eAs ever, Orwell's lucid style of writing makes this book approachable to those that have not read any of his work. I would recommend it to just about anybody.\"\u003c\/em\u003e - Goodreads Reviews.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eEric Arthur Blair (25 June 1903 - 21 January 1950), known by his pen name George Orwell, was an English novelist, essayist, journalist and critic.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOrwell was one of the most prominent and influential figures in twentieth-century literature. His unique political allegory \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnimal Farm\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e was published in 1945, and it was this novel, together with the dystopia of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eNineteen Eighty-Four\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e(1949), which brought him world-wide fame. His novels and non-fiction include \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eBurmese Days, Down and Out in Paris and London, The Road to Wigan Pier\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003eand \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eHomage to Catalonia\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eHis work is characterised by lucid prose, biting social criticism, opposition to totalitarianism, and outspoken support of democratic socialism.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFeatured Author . . .\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/campsiebooks.com\/collections\/all-books\/featured-authors_george-orwell\" title=\"George Orwell\"\u003eGeorge Orwell\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Campsie Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":14039107502164,"sku":"B000584","price":2.7,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2444\/6393\/files\/George-Orwell-Burmese-Days-2.jpg?v=1761768582"},{"product_id":"terry-hayes-i-am-pilgrim","title":"Terry Hayes - I Am Pilgrim (2nd Hand Paperback)","description":"\u003ch5\u003eSynopsis\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA breakneck race against time . . . and an implacable enemy.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn anonymous young woman murdered in a run-down hotel, all identifying characteristics dissolved by acid.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA father publicly beheaded in the blistering heat of a Saudi Arabian public square.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA notorious Syrian biotech expert found eyeless in a Damascus junkyard. Smouldering human remains on a remote mountainside in Afghanistan.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA flawless plot to commit an appalling crime against humanity.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eOne path links them all, and only one man can make the journey. Pilgrim. Can you commit the perfect crime? Pilgrim is the codename for a man who doesn't exist.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe adopted son of a wealthy American family, he once headed up a secret espionage unit for US intelligence. Before he disappeared into anonymous retirement, he wrote the definitive book on forensic criminal investigation. 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After the Russians invade and the family is forced to flee to America, Amir realises that one day he must return to Afghanistan under Taliban rule to find the one thing that his new world cannot grant him: redemption.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe unforgettable, heart-breaking story of the unlikely friendship between a wealthy boy and the son of his father’s servant, caught in the tragic sweep of history, The Kite Runner transports readers to Afghanistan at a tense and crucial moment of change and destruction.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA powerful story of friendship, it is also about the power of reading, the price of betrayal, and the possibility of redemption; and an exploration of the power of fathers over sons - their love, their sacrifices, their lies.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eDetails\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFormat : Standard 2nd Hand Paperback\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCondition : Good (Almost Very Good)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCategory : Fiction - Modern Classics\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublished : 2013 (This Edition 2018 - Bloomsbury)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eISBN : 9781526604743\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSKU : B000552\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePPC : LL350gm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRRP : £9.99\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eQuantity Available : 1 only.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eExternal Reviews\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"A gripping read and a haunting story of love, loss and betrayal. 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Lost to grief. With nothing but a chimpanzee. The extraordinary new novel from the author of Life of Pi.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIn Lisbon in 1904, a young man named Tomás discovers an old journal. It hints at the location of an extraordinary artefact that - if it exists - would redefine history.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTravelling in one of Europe's earliest automobiles, he sets out in search of this treasure. Some thirty-five years later, a Portuguese pathologist finds himself at the centre of a murder mystery.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFifty years on, a Canadian senator takes refuge in Northern Portugal, grieving the loss of his beloved wife. But he comes to his ancestral village with an unusual companion: a chimpanzee.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe High Mountains of Portugal takes the reader on a road trip through Portugal in the last century - and through the human soul.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eDetails\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFormat : Standard 2nd Hand Hardback with Dust Jacket\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCondition : Very Good\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCategory : Fiction - Modern Mainstream Fiction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublished : 2016 (Canongate - 1st Edition)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eISBN : 9781782119203\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSKU : B000569\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePPC : SP450gm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRRP : £14.99\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eQuantity Available : 1 only.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eExternal Reviews\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Moments of real wonder . . . glorious.\"\u003c\/em\u003e - Sunday Times.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Martel is an original, strange and subtle thinker\"\u003c\/em\u003e - Ursula Le Guin, The Guardian.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Surprising and yet entirely believable.\"\u003c\/em\u003e - Observer. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eThe Author\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eYann Martel (born 25 June 1963) is a Canadian author best known for the Man Booker Prize-winning novel Life of Pi, an international bestseller published in more than 50 territories. It has sold more than 12 million copies worldwide and spent more than a year on the bestseller lists of the New York Times and The Globe and Mail, among many other best-selling lists.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFeatured Author . . .\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca title=\"Yann Martell\" href=\"https:\/\/campsiebooks.com\/collections\/all-books\/featured-authors_yann-martell\"\u003eYann Martell\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Campsie Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":21310841225300,"sku":"B000569","price":2.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2444\/6393\/products\/Yann-Martell-The-High-Mountains-of-Portugal.jpg?v=1590708692"},{"product_id":"neil-gaiman-american-gods","title":"Neil Gaiman - American Gods (2nd Hand Paperback)","description":"\u003ch5\u003eSynopsis\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMulti-Award winning book.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDays before his release from prison, Shadow's wife, Laura, dies in a mysterious car crash. 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On the plane, he encounters the enigmatic Mr Wednesday, who claims to be a refugee from a distant war, a former god and the king of America.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTogether they embark on a profoundly strange journey across the heart of the USA, whilst all around them a storm of preternatural and epic proportions threatens to break.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eScary, gripping and deeply unsettling, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eAmerican Gods\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e takes a long, hard look into the soul of America.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eYou'll be surprised by what - and who - it finds there . . .\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eDetails\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFormat : Thick 2nd Hand Paperback\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCondition : Very Good\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCategory : Fiction - Modern Classics\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublished : 2001 (This Edition 2005 - Headline Publishing)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eISBN : 9780755322817\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSKU : B000581\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSSP : SP540gm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRRP : £8.99\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eQuantity Available : 1 only.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eExternal Reviews\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"In this unique love letter to the United States, Gaiman manages to celebrate its underground spiritual traditions, glory in the magnificence of its landmarks, landscapes, and bizarre tourist traps, and - most important - both mourn and venerate its pagan (often immigrant) gods in decline, battered and diminished though they may be by the shallowness and speed of our technological world.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe gods are indeed the best part of this very good book: degenerate and threadbare, yet still gods, capable of inspiring both allegiance and terror.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eGaiman loves not only fantasy, but also mystery and horror, and here he has constructed a book which fulfils the genre requirements of all.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe plot is complicated and crammed with marvels: the beginning promises pleasures and horrors, the middle disturbs the balance, and the ending surprises and yet satisfies\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e\" \u003c\/em\u003e- Goodreads Review.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"A very fine and imaginative writer\" - \u003c\/em\u003eThe Times.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'Gaiman has a rich imagination . . . and an ability to tackle large themes' - \u003c\/em\u003ePhilip Pullman.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eThe Author\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eNeil Richard MacKinnon Gaiman is an English author of short fiction, novels, comic books, graphic novels, nonfiction, audio theatre, and films. 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One of the most important pieces of American writing of our time'\u003c\/em\u003e - Stephen Amidon, Sunday Times.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"A darkly shining work . . . executed with consummate skill and much subtlety - the effect is magnificent.\"\u003c\/em\u003e - John Banville, The \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eObserver.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"An exhilarating, exceptional novel.\"\u003c\/em\u003e - \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eSpectator.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"In a single stride it takes McCarthy to the forefront of contemporary American fiction. \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eAll the Pretty Horses \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003eis indisputably a masterpiece.\"\u003c\/em\u003e - \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eFinancial Times.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eThe Author\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCormac McCarthy (born Charles Joseph McCarthy Jr., July 20, 1933) is an American novelist, playwright, short-story writer, and screenwriter. 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But when a single attempt to pass on information to the British authorities - about an international businessman at the hotel with suspicious dealings - backfires terribly, and people close to Pine begin to die, he commits himself to a battle against powerful forces he cannot begin to imagine.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Night Manager is a chilling tale of corrupt intelligence agencies, billion-dollar price tags and the truth of the brutal arms trade, John le Carré creates a claustrophobic world in which no one can be trusted.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eDetails\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFormat : Standard 2nd Hand Paperback\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCondition : Very Good\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCategory : Fiction - Suspense \u0026amp; Thriller\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublished : 1993 (This Edition 2016 - Penguin Classics)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eISBN : 9780241247525\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSKU : B000620\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePPC : SP340gm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRRP : £8.99\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eQuantity Available : 1 only.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eExternal Reviews\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"A wonderful addition to the John le Carre collection.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"I consider myself a John le Carre aficionado, and this is, hands down, my favourite thus far.\"\u003c\/em\u003e - Goodreads Reviews.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"One of those writers who will be read a century from now.\"\u003c\/em\u003e - Robert Harris.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eThe Author\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDavid John Moore Cornwell, better known by his pen name John le Carré, was a British author of espionage novels. 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He offers so much to delight in.' - \u003c\/em\u003eIon Trewin, The Times.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThomas Ridley Sharpe (30 March 1928 - 6 June 2013) was an English satirical novelist, best known for his Wilt series, as well as Porterhouse Blue and Blott on the Landscape, which were both adapted for television.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Campsie Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":21959275085908,"sku":"B000621","price":2.45,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2444\/6393\/products\/Tom-Sharpe-Porterhouse-Blue.jpg?v=1772812520"},{"product_id":"milan-kundera-the-unbearable-lightness-of-being","title":"Milan Kundera - The Unbearable Lightness of Being (2nd Hand Paperback)","description":"\u003ch5\u003eSynopsis\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIn this novel - a story of irreconcilable loves and infidelities - Milan Kundera addresses himself to the nature of twentieth-century 'Being'.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn a world in which lives are shaped by irrevocable choices and by fortuitous events, a world in which everything occurs but once, existence seems to lose its substance, its weight. 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He’s quite philosophical, and you feel like the narrator is talking to you, offering very insightful observations about the characters and life in general. This is one reason why reading is often more valuable than watching TV or a movie: when reading a good book you get direct psychological explanations, and you get to go inside the heads of characters.\"\u003c\/em\u003e - Goodreads Review.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eThe Author\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMilan Kundera is a Czech writer who went into exile in France in 1975, becoming a naturalised French citizen in 1981. Kundera's Czechoslovak citizenship was revoked in 1979. He received Czech citizenship in 2019. 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Almost overnight, bank accounts are frozen, passports are taken away and seventy million women lose their jobs. 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Be very scared' - \u003c\/em\u003eFabulous.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'Chillingly imagined' - \u003c\/em\u003eSunday Mirror.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eThe Author\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eChristina Dalcher is a Linguist, Teacher, and writer, based in Northfolk, Virginia. She earned her doctorate in theoretical linguistics from Georgetown University. Her short stories and flash fiction have been published in numerous journals. Her debut novel is entitled Vox and was published in August 2018.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Campsie Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":29005659308116,"sku":"B000933","price":2.45,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2444\/6393\/products\/Christina-Dalcher-Vox.jpg?v=1741038729"},{"product_id":"c-j-sansom-winter-in-madrid","title":"C.J. 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