Library home. Books in Contemporary Fiction

\pause{500} 1 to 10 of 348 books

\pause{2000}

26a

\pause{1500}Author: Evans, Diana
\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 7493 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 8
\pause{1500}Time (hours): 0.00
\pause{1500}Reader: Andoh, Adjoa
\pause{1500}

Georgia and Bessi are twins growing up in Neasden in the µ80s. Born of a Nigerian mother and English father, they are forced to create their own identities, but as reality encroaches on their childhood fantasies they have to cope in a world of separateness.

\pause{4000}

27TH KINGDOM, THE

\pause{1500}Author: Ellis, Alice Thomas
\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 1357 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 5
\pause{1500}Time (hours): 0.00
\pause{1500}Reader: Ralphs, Margaret
\pause{1500}

Shortlisted for the Booker Prize 1982

\pause{4000}

ACADEMIC QUESTION, AN

\pause{1500}Author: Pym, Barbara
\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 2168 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 6
\pause{1500}Time (hours): 0.00
\pause{1500}Reader: Laughton, Cecilia
\pause{1500}

Historian's wife faces choice between his work and her role as a mother

\pause{4000}

ACCIDENTAL TOURIST, THE

\pause{1500}Author: Tyler, Anne
\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 2993 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 13
\pause{1500}Time (hours): 0.00
\pause{1500}Reader: Douglas, Hazel
\pause{1500}

Travel writer meets & falls in love with lady dog trainer

\pause{4000}

ACCORDING TO MARK

\pause{1500}Author: Lively, Penelope
\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 1726 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 7
\pause{1500}Time (hours): 0.00
\pause{1500}Reader: Simpson, Richard
\pause{1500}

The story of a biographer's unlikely passion

\pause{4000}

ACCORDING TO QUEENEY

\pause{1500}Author: Bainbridge, Beryl
\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 5882 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 6
\pause{1500}Time (hours): 8.75
\pause{1500}Reader: Knight-Webb, Patricia
\pause{1500}

Having completed his life's work, the Dictionary of the English Language, Dr Johnson is prominent in 18th Century society, but his home life is chaotic. He develops a relationship with a friend's wife, which is observed by Mrs Thrale's daughter, Queeney.

\pause{4000}

ADRIFT ON THE NILE

\pause{1500}Author: Mahfouz, Naguib
\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 6934 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 6
\pause{1500}Time (hours): 0.00
\pause{1500}Reader: Sullivan, Hugh
\pause{1500}

In the Sixties, a group of middle-aged, middle-class offspring of the old bourgeoisie meet night after night on a houseboat on the Nile. They lament the social changes ushered in by Nasser, and try to re-create their cosy enchanted world. There are un-forseen consequences when, one night, art and reality collide.

\pause{4000}

AIR AND ANGELS

\pause{1500}Author: Hill, Susan
\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 3394 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 5
\pause{1500}Time (hours): 7.50
\pause{1500}Reader: Morrison, Kay
\pause{1500}

Distinguished cleric & Cambridge don's obsessive love for a young girl alters his life tragically;

\pause{4000}

ALIAS GRACE

\pause{1500}Author: Atwood, Margaret
\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 4886 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 14
\pause{1500}Time (hours): 21.50
\pause{1500}Reader: Clegg, Nancy
\pause{1500}

Booker short list. Based on a true story, Grace was convicted of the murder of her employer in Canada in the 1840s, but was she the murderer?

\pause{4000}

ALPHONSE COURRIER AFFAIR, THE

\pause{1500}Author: Morazzoni, Marta
\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 5879 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 6
\pause{1500}Time (hours): 5.25
\pause{1500}Reader: Race, Steve
\pause{1500}

An Auvergne village in the early 1900's is the scene of deep intrigues and gossip.

\pause{4000}