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This Question (title JM, text NM)
A sprawling state-of-the-nation novel that takes in both the pinnacles of political and cultural power, and the quotidian deprivations of life in the margins. A powerful mystery thriller and exploration of psychological breakdown, social process and causality, as told through the consciousness of Charles Fontescue, charismatic political figure, Greta Pryce, a well-loved television entertainer, their friends and lovers and those they meet on their way up and way down, carried by the chain of events leading to and spiralling outward from the moment when the journalist asks the politician the unaskable question. The unfolding of the reasons, medical and retinal, for the fateful question provides a metaphor for the breakdown of social values. "Kept me guessing right til the end" - Ian Rankin.
Wonderment (title NM, text JM)
A tour-de-force by TV's favourite scientist, Megan Grimley. 'Wonderment' explains everything you have always wanted to know about pretty much anything you are interested in. Easy to read: complex theoretical concepts are explained in terms the modern layperson will have no problems getting to grips with. How our brain oils control the weather, sexual relationships, business life, politics and emotional hang-ups. Learn to extract and examine your own brain oils using the pull-out tool included with the hardback edition.
Not suitable for people with pacemakers or children under 18.
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