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  • Skippy Dies
    Skippy Dies : A Novel
    by Paul Murray
    Hardcover: Aug 2010
    Paperback: Aug 2011
     
    A tragic comedy of epic sweep and dimension, Skippy Dies wrings every last drop of humour and hopelessness out of life, love, mermaids, M-theory, the poetry of Robert Graves, and all the mysteries of the human heart.
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  • Sky Burial
    Sky Burial : An Epic Love Story of Tibet
    by Xue Xinran
    Hardcover: Jul 2005
    Paperback: Jul 2006
     
    An extraordinary portrait of a woman and the land of Tibet, each at the mercy of fate and politics. It is an unforgettable, ultimately uplifting tale of love loss, loyalty, and survival.
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  • Sky Full of Elephants
    Sky Full of Elephants : A Novel
    by Cebo Campbell
    Hardcover: Sep 2024
     
    In a world without white people, what does it mean to be black?
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  • The Sleeping Father
    The Sleeping Father
    by Matthew Sharpe
    Paperback: Oct 2003
     
    'At once tragic and madcap, Sharpe's second novel offers an acidly funny portrait of a 'diminished nuclear unit' coping with its patriarch's pharmacologically induced stroke.'
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  • Slumberland
    Slumberland : A Novel
    by Paul Beatty
    Hardcover: Jun 2008
    Paperback: Aug 2009
     
    The breakout novel from a literary virtuoso about a disaffected Los Angeles DJ who travels to post-Wall Berlin in search of his transatlantic doppelganger.
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  • A Small Indiscretion
    A Small Indiscretion : A Novel
    by Jan Ellison
    Hardcover: Jan 2015
    Paperback: Feb 2016
     
    With the emotional complexity of Everything I Never Told You and the psychological suspense of The Girl on the Train, O. Henry Prize winner Jan Ellison delivers a brilliantly paced, beautifully written debut novel about one woman's reckoning with a ...
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  • Small Island
    Small Island
    by Andrea Levy
    Hardcover: Oct 2004
    Paperback: Apr 2005
     
    A courageous novel of tender emotion and sparkling wit, of crossings taken and passages lost, of shattering compassion and of reckless optimism in the face of insurmountable barriers.
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  • Small Steps
    Small Steps
    by Louis Sachar
    Hardcover: Jan 2006
    Paperback: Jan 2008
     
    Two years after being released from Camp Green Lake, Armpit is home in Austin, Texas, trying to turn his life around. But it’s hard when you have a record, and everyone expects the worst from you. The only person who believes in him is Ginny, ...
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