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Look What You Made Me Do

A Novel

by John Lanchester ...

A propulsive tale of intergenerational tension and revenge from the Booker Prize nominee."Every successful marriage has its own private language." So it is for baby boomer Kate and her beloved architect husband Jack, thirty years into their seemingly idyllic metropolitan North London life. And so it is for spiky millennial screenwriter Phoebe and her charming loafer of a partner, Tony.But when ... Read more

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A propulsive tale of intergenerational tension and revenge from the Booker Prize nominee."Every successful marriage has its own private language." So it is for baby boomer Kate and her beloved architect husband Jack, thirty years into their seemingly idyllic metropolitan North London life. And so it is for spiky millennial screenwriter Phoebe and her charming loafer of a partner, Tony.But when
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The Wall

A Novel

by John Lanchester ...

Shortlisted for the 2020 Orwell Prize"Thrilling…A topical and deftly satirical novel." —Anna Mundow, Wall Street JournalIn this taut, dystopian tale, an island nation ravaged by the Change has built an enormous concrete barrier around its coastline—the Wall. Joseph Kavanagh, a new Defender, has one task: to protect his section of the Wall from the Others, the desperate souls trapped amid the ... Read more

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Shortlisted for the 2020 Orwell Prize"Thrilling…A topical and deftly satirical novel." —Anna Mundow, Wall Street JournalIn this taut, dystopian tale, an island nation ravaged by the Change has built an enormous concrete barrier around its coastline—the Wall. Joseph Kavanagh, a new Defender, has one task: to protect his section of the Wall from the Others, the desperate souls trapped amid the
... Read more

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Capital

A Novel

by John Lanchester ...

"A vibrant piece of fiction, pulsating with events and emotions . . . Seems destined to be read a hundred years from now." —Martin Rubin, Los Angeles TimesEach house on Pepys Road, an ordinary street in London, has seen its fair share of first steps and last breaths, and plenty of laughter in between. But each of the street's residents—a rich banker and his shopaholic wife, a soccer prodigy from ... Read more

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"A vibrant piece of fiction, pulsating with events and emotions . . . Seems destined to be read a hundred years from now." —Martin Rubin, Los Angeles TimesEach house on Pepys Road, an ordinary street in London, has seen its fair share of first steps and last breaths, and plenty of laughter in between. But each of the street's residents—a rich banker and his shopaholic wife, a soccer prodigy from
... Read more
Reality

And Other Stories

by John Lanchester ...

A Kirkus Reviews Best Short Fiction of 2021 SelectionGhost stories for the digital age by the Booker Prize–longlisted author of The Wall.In 2017, inspired in part by Henry James' The Turn of the Screw, the acclaimed English novelist John Lanchester published a ghost story in The New Yorker. "Signal," an eerie story of contemporary life and the perils of technology, was a sensation among readers ... Read more

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A Kirkus Reviews Best Short Fiction of 2021 SelectionGhost stories for the digital age by the Booker Prize–longlisted author of The Wall.In 2017, inspired in part by Henry James' The Turn of the Screw, the acclaimed English novelist John Lanchester published a ghost story in The New Yorker. "Signal," an eerie story of contemporary life and the perils of technology, was a sensation among readers
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Peking Story

The Last Days of Old China

by John Lanchester, David Kidd ...

For two years before and after the 1948 Communist Revolution, David Kidd lived in Peking, where he married the daughter of an aristocratic Chinese family. "I used to hope," he writes, "that some bright young scholar on a research grant would write about us and our Chinese friends before it was too late and we were all dead and gone, folding into the darkness the wonder that had been our lives." ... Read more

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For two years before and after the 1948 Communist Revolution, David Kidd lived in Peking, where he married the daughter of an aristocratic Chinese family. "I used to hope," he writes, "that some bright young scholar on a research grant would write about us and our Chinese friends before it was too late and we were all dead and gone, folding into the darkness the wonder that had been our lives."
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Family Romance

A Love Story

by John Lanchester ...

The author of The Debt to Pleasure digs into his family's extraordinary past in a memoir as enthralling as his finest fictionIt was only when his mother died that John Lanchester realized how little he really knew about his parents. With the cache of letters and papers she left behind, he set out to reconstruct just who his parents had been. In doing so, he did much more than trace the remarkable ... Read more

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The author of The Debt to Pleasure digs into his family's extraordinary past in a memoir as enthralling as his finest fictionIt was only when his mother died that John Lanchester realized how little he really knew about his parents. With the cache of letters and papers she left behind, he set out to reconstruct just who his parents had been. In doing so, he did much more than trace the remarkable
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Best British Short Stories 2019

by Nicholas Royle, Julia Armfield, Elizabeth Baines, Naomi Booth, Ruby Cowling, Kieran Devaney, Vicky Grut, Nigel Humphreys, Sally Jubb, John Lanchester, Sophie Mackintosh, Lucie McKnight Hardy, Karen McCarthy Woolf, Paul McQuade, Vesna Main, Robert Mason, Ann Quin, Stephen Sharp, Sam Thompson, Melissa Wan, Ren Watson, Adam Welch ...

Series series Best British Short Stories
The nation's favourite annual guide to the short story, now in its ninth year.Best British Short Stories invites you to judge a book by its cover – or more accurately, by its title. This new series aims to reprint the best short stories published in the previous calendar year by British writers, whether based in the UK or elsewhere. The editor's brief is wide ranging, covering anthologies, ... Read more

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The nation's favourite annual guide to the short story, now in its ninth year.Best British Short Stories invites you to judge a book by its cover – or more accurately, by its title. This new series aims to reprint the best short stories published in the previous calendar year by British writers, whether based in the UK or elsewhere. The editor's brief is wide ranging, covering anthologies,
... Read more
How to Speak Money

What the Money People Say-And What It Really Means

by John Lanchester ...

"Refreshingly clear, sharp, and funny, How to Speak Money will help you understand not only what the language of finance means but also why it matters." —James Surowiecki, author of The Wisdom of CrowdsTo those who don’t speak it, the language of money can seem impenetrable. Fortunately, John Lanchester—the best-selling novelist and reporter hailed by The Economist for "explain[ing] complex stuff ... Read more

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"Refreshingly clear, sharp, and funny, How to Speak Money will help you understand not only what the language of finance means but also why it matters." —James Surowiecki, author of The Wisdom of CrowdsTo those who don’t speak it, the language of money can seem impenetrable. Fortunately, John Lanchester—the best-selling novelist and reporter hailed by The Economist for "explain[ing] complex stuff
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I.O.U.

Why Everyone Owes Everyone and No One Can Pay

by John Lanchester ...

For most people, the reasons for the sudden collapse of our economy still remain obscure. I.O.U. is the story of how we came to experience such a complete financial disaster, starting with the magical proliferation of credit that led to an explosion of lending on the global and local landscapes of banking and finance. Viewing the crisis through the lens of politics, culture, and contemporary ... Read more

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For most people, the reasons for the sudden collapse of our economy still remain obscure. I.O.U. is the story of how we came to experience such a complete financial disaster, starting with the magical proliferation of credit that led to an explosion of lending on the global and local landscapes of banking and finance. Viewing the crisis through the lens of politics, culture, and contemporary
... Read more

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Who Is Government?

The Untold Story of Public Service

Narrated by Michael Lewis, Sarah Vowell, Geraldine Brooks, Casey Cep, Dave Eggers, John Lanchester, W. Kamau Bell ...

Unabridged

6 hours 43 min

**A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERONE OF PRESIDENT OBAMA’S 2025 SUMMER READSAS SEEN ON CBS MORNINGS, CNN ANDERSON COOPER, ABC NEWS LIVE, MSNBC MORNING JOE, AND MANY MORE"This eye-opening, multifaceted ode to public service. . . feels both urgent and moving." —The Guardian"Terrific." —New York TimesAn all-star team of writers and storytellers go in search of the essential public servant**<... ... Read more

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**A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERONE OF PRESIDENT OBAMA’S 2025 SUMMER READSAS SEEN ON CBS MORNINGS, CNN ANDERSON COOPER, ABC NEWS LIVE, MSNBC MORNING JOE, AND MANY MORE"This eye-opening, multifaceted ode to public service. . . feels both urgent and moving." —The Guardian"Terrific." —New York TimesAn all-star team of writers and storytellers go in search of the essential public servant**<...
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Capital

by John Lanchester ...

Narrated by Colin Mace ...

Unabridged

17 hours 31 min

Hailed by the New York Times as an ''elegant and wonderfully witty writer,'' John Lanchester received the Whitbread First Novel Award and the Betty Trask Prize for his critically acclaimed debut, The Debt to Pleasure. In Capital, it's 2008, the height of the financial crisis, and someone is sending anonymous postcards to the affluent residents of Pepys Road, London. The cards read simply, ''We ... Read more

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Hailed by the New York Times as an ''elegant and wonderfully witty writer,'' John Lanchester received the Whitbread First Novel Award and the Betty Trask Prize for his critically acclaimed debut, The Debt to Pleasure. In Capital, it's 2008, the height of the financial crisis, and someone is sending anonymous postcards to the affluent residents of Pepys Road, London. The cards read simply, ''We
... Read more
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The Wall

A Novel

by John Lanchester ...

Narrated by Will Poulter ...

Unabridged

6 hours 43 min

The bestselling author of The Debt to Pleasure and Capital returns with a chilling fable for our time.Ravaged by the Change, an island nation in a time very like our own has built the Wall—an enormous concrete barrier around its entire coastline. Joseph Kavanagh, a new Defender, has one task: to protect his section of the Wall from the Others, the desperate souls who are trapped amid the rising ... Read more

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The bestselling author of The Debt to Pleasure and Capital returns with a chilling fable for our time.Ravaged by the Change, an island nation in a time very like our own has built the Wall—an enormous concrete barrier around its entire coastline. Joseph Kavanagh, a new Defender, has one task: to protect his section of the Wall from the Others, the desperate souls who are trapped amid the rising
... Read more

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