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by Julian Barnes
Published Dec 2006
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by Laurie R. King
Published Feb 2003
Read ReviewsA brilliant blend of traditional (Sherlock)Holmesian myth, startling originality, complex plotting, and unforgettable characters set against a fully realized early-twentieth-century world.
by Dennis Bock
Published Jan 2003
Read ReviewsAn intellectually demanding, yet emotionally affecting, first novel by short-story writer Bock that tackles the large philosophical and ethical questions raised by Hiroshima.
by Kazuo Ishiguro
Published Oct 2001
Read ReviewsAn English boy born in early-twentieth-century Shanghai, is orphaned at age nine when his mother and father both vanish under suspicious circumstances. Sent to live in England, he grows up to become a renowned detective and, 20 years later, returns to Shanghai, where the Sino-Japanese War is raging.
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