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Booth by Karen Joy Fowler
Category: Fiction
From the Booker-shortlisted, million-copy bestselling author of We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves comes an epic novel about the infamous, ill-fated Booth family. Charmers, liars, drinkers and dreamers, they will change history forever. Junius is the patriarch, a celebrated Shakespearean actor who f ...Show more
Booth 10 copy pack by Karen Joy Fowler
Category: Fiction
Includes 10 copies of Booth, shelftalker and a free reading copy.
Booth: Longlisted for the Booker Prize 2022 by Karen Joy Fowler
Category: International Fiction
The major new novel from million-copy bestselling author of We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves 'Accomplished, immersive and profoundly satisfying' Cathy Rentzenbrink 'Brilliantly recounts the story of the American theatrical dynasty that produced Lincoln's assassin' Sunday Times Book of the Month SI ...Show more
Changing Planes - Stories by Ursula. K Le Guin; Eric Beddows (Illustrator); Karen Joy Fowler (Introduction by)
Category: Fiction
Winner of the PEN/Malamud Award for Short Story - A New York Times Notable BookIn these "vivid, entertaining, philosophical dispatches" (San Francisco Chronicle), literary legend Le Guin weaves together influences as wide-reaching as Borges, The Little Prince, and Gulliver's Travels to examine feminism ...Show more
No Time to Spare: Thinking about What Matters by Ursula K. Le Guin; Karen Joy Fowler (Introduction by)
Category: Languages and Reference
Ursula K. Le Guin on the absurdity of denying your age: "If I'm ninety and believe I'm forty-five, I'm headed for a very bad time trying to get out of the bathtub."On cultural perceptions of fantasy: "The direction of escape is toward freedom. So what is 'escapism' an accusation of?"On breakfast: "Eatin ...Show more
Sarah Canary by Karen Joy Fowler
Category: Sci-fi & Fantasy | Series: S.F. Masterworks
When black cloaked Sarah Canary wanders into a railway camp in the Washington territories in 1873, Chin Ah Kin is ordered by his uncle to escort "the ugliest woman he could imagine" away. Far away. But Chin soon becomes the follower. In the first of many such instances, they are separated, both resurfac ...Show more
Sarah Canary by Karen Joy Fowler
Category: Sci-fi & Fantasy
An early novel from the bestselling author of WE ARE ALL COMPLETELY BESIDE OURSELVES, THE JANE AUSTEN BOOK CLUB and THE SWEETHEART SEASON. Set in the Old West, this is the strange, magical tale of Sarah Canary and the ragtag band of misfits and lovers she trails in her wake When black cloaked Sarah Can ...Show more
Sarah Canary by Karen Joy Fowler
Category: Fiction | Series: S. F. Masterworks Ser.
Welcome to the Best of the Masterworks: A selection of the finest in science fiction - Black-cloaked Sarah Canary is the ugliest woman Chin Ah Kin could ever imagine. But after she wanders into a railway camp in the Washington territories in 1873, Chin is ordered by his uncle to escort her away. Far awa ...Show more
Sister Noon by Karen Joy Fowler
Category: Fiction
'Words were invented so lies could be told' Mary Ellen Pleasant San Francisco in the 1890s is a town of contradictions, home to a respectable middle class, but with the Wild West lingering in the imagination, and even the behaviour, of some residents. Lizzie Hayes, a seemingly docile, middle-aged spinst ...Show more
The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2016 by Karen Joy Fowler ed
Category: Sci-fi & Fantasy | Series: Best American
A great, fun, romping collection of stories. "San Francisco Book Review" This volume s diverse list of well-known and rising stars . . . makes it a welcome addition to the 'Best American' series. " Washington Post" A powerful collection that is worth your time, attention, and love. "Tor" In its inaugura ...Show more
The Case of the Imaginary Detective by Karen Joy Fowler
Category: Fiction
A brilliantly comic and intelligent literary mystery from Karen Joy Fowler, the bestselling Man Booker shortlisted author of We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves. Rima Lanisell has a habit of losing things - car keys, sunglasses, lovers, family members. Following the death of Rima's father, she goes t ...Show more