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Cauliflower (The) by Nicola Barker
Category: Fiction
To the world he is Sri Ramakrishna - godly avatar, esteemed spiritual master, beloved guru. To Rani Rashmoni, he is the Brahmin fated to defy tradition. But to Hriday, his nephew and long-time caretaker, he is just Uncle - maddening, bewildering Uncle, prone to entering trances at the most inconvenient ...Show more
Darkmans by Nicola Barker
Category: Fiction
From the award-winning author of 'Clear 'comes an epic novel of startling originality. If History is just a sick joke which keeps on repeating itself, then who exactly might be telling it, and why? Could it be John Scogin, Edward IV's infamous court jester, whose favourite pastime was to burn people al ...Show more
H(A)PPY by Nicola Barker
Category: Fiction
Imagine a perfect world where everything is known, where everything is open, where there can be no doubt, no hatred, no poverty, no greed. Imagine a System which both nurtures and protects. A Community which nourishes and sustains. An infinite world. A world without sickness, without death. A world with ...Show more
In the Approaches by Nicola Barker
Category: Accessories
'Open yourself up again to all that terrible light and savage bliss and deafening reverberation ...' Nicola Barker's readers are primed to expect surprises, but her tenth novel delivers mind-meld on a metaphysical scale. From quiet beginnings in the picturesque English seaside enclave of Pett Level, 'In ...Show more
The Cauliflower by Nicola Barker
Category: Fiction
"Extremely ambitious". (Financial Times). "An imaginative tour de force ...She really is a genius". (Guardian). "A delight". (New Statesman). FROM THE MAN BOOKER-SHORTLISTED AUTHOR NICOLA BARKER. To the world he is Sri Ramakrishna - godly avatar, esteemed spiritual master, beloved guru. To temple owner, ...Show more
The Seven Deadly Sins: A Celebration of Virtue and Vice by Nicola Barker
Category: Reference
We live with the idea of sin every day - from the greatest transgressions to the tiniest misdemeanours. But surely the concept was invented for an age where divine retribution and eternal punishment dominated the collective consciousness? In this lively collection of new writing, Nicola Barker, Dylan Ev ...Show more
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