<p><b>SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2023 BOOKER PRIZE<br><br>''Masterful . . . [<i>This Other Eden</i>] has much to say to our times.'' <i>Guardian</i></b><br><br><b>''A testament of love . . . so real it could make you weep.'' Danez Smith, <i>New York Times</i><br><br>''A luminous, thought-provoking novel.'' Esi Edugyan, author of <i>Washington Black</i></b><br><br>Set at the beginning of the twentieth century and inspired by historical events, <i>This Other Eden</i> tells the story of Apple Island: an enclave off the coast of the United States where waves of castaways - in flight from society and its judgment - have landed and built a home.<br><br>Benjamin Honey- American, Bantu, Igbo- born enslaved- freed or fled at fifteen- aspiring orchardist, arrived on the island with his Irish wife, Patience, and discovered they could make a life together there. More than a century later, the Honeys'' descendants remain, with an eccentric, diverse band of neighbours. Then comes the intrusion of ''civiliz
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Hailed as a masterpiece, <i>Tinkers, </i>Paul Harding¿s Pulitzer Prize-winning<i></i>debut, is a modern classic. Here, in <i>Enon, </i>Harding follows a year in the life of Charlie Crosby as he tries to come to terms...
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Confined to bed in his living room, he sees the walls around him begin to collapse, the windows come loose from their sashes, and the ceiling plaster fall off in great chunks, showering him with a lifetime of debris: newspaper clippings, old photographs,...
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