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Danny King's real life romance
19 June 2009
Lad lit author Danny King is not known for his softer side, but those who have met him can vouch that Danny's a real sweetie.
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We Need To Talk About Tilda
19 June 2009
Academy Award winning actor Tilda Swinton has joined the cast of We Need To Talk About Kevin.
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WAR DAMAGE garners great reviews
11 May 2009
Elizabeth Wilson's second novel WAR DAMAGE has been impressing the critics across the press in the UK. An atmospheric post-War thriller set in bomb-damaged London, its cast of characters and heightened suspense are winning acclaim.
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Serpent's Tail publishes OPEN VEINS OF LATIN AMERICA
8 May 2009
The political firecracker that has shaped the political beliefs of left leaning Latin Americans since its publication in 1971 is to be published in the UK by Serpent's Tail.
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THE LAST SUPPER wins the Found in Translation Prize 2009
8 May 2009
THE LAST SUPPER by Polish author Pawel Huelle, along with its translator, Antonia Lloyd-Jones, has been awarded the Found in Translation Prize.
The award ceremony takes place on Wednesday 13th May.
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We're all a-TWITTER
8 April 2009
Like your news in 140 characters or less? Want to hear the latest inside gossip, win exclusive competitions and generally hob-knob in bytes?
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Alain Mabanckou rocks the Guardian Unlimited podcast
8 April 2009
Mr out-till-4am-the-only-holes-in-my-shoes-are-from-dancing-Alain Mabanckou was in town recently - and charmed the birds from the trees.
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Amanda Smyth reads from BLACK ROCK
27 February 2009
‘Amanda Smyth writes like a descendant of Jean Rhys. BLACK ROCK is a powerful cocktail of heat and beautiful coolness, written in a heady, mesmerising yet translucent prose which marks Smyth out as a born novelist’ Ali Smith
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Lionel Shriver's WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN wins Coventry Inspiration Book Award 2009
27 February 2009
The 2009 winner of the Word of Mouth category (recommended by readers) is WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN by Lionel Shriver.
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Amanda Smyth is one of Waterstone's New Voices 2009
27 February 2009
2009 sees the second year of Waterstone's New Voices - a highly visible public campaign where they highlight their new writers to watch.
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Join the Friends of Serpent's Tail on FACEBOOK
14 August 2008
Yes, it's happened. We're on there.
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Events
Serpent's Tail at Harrogate Crime Fest
23 July 2009 - 25 July 2009
Are you brave enough to hang out at Harrogate with some of the UK's deadliest crime writers?
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WHITE BICYCLES - Live Music Events
18 July 2009 - 19 July 2009
The following events in the coming months will celebrate the legacy of Joe Boyd's 1960s Witchseason Productions:
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Alex Wheatle - THE DIRTY SOUTH - summer events 09
17 July 2009
Alex Wheatle will be reading from THE DIRTY SOUTH during the summer...
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Launch for THE MISTRESS OF NOTHING by Kate Pullinger
16 July 2009
A lovely new little independent deli and cafe in Shepherd's Bush is the location for the launch of Kate Pullinger's THE MISTRESS OF NOTHING.
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David Peace at Ashbourne Festival
This event has now taken place
Derbyshire's great literary festival plays host to David Peace this summer.
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Hot Deals/Free Stuff
3 for 2 on all books
27th Feb 2009
From now until the end of March - add any three books to your shopping cart, the cheapest will be free.
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New books
The Good Plain Cook
It’s summer 1936, and the world is on the cusp of change, but there’s little sign of this in rural Sussex. So when Kitty Allen answers an advert looking for ‘a good plain cook’, she has no ide... read more
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Fifty Grand
Cuban cop Hernandez has a score to settle, on behalf of a deadbeat dad, a ‘traitor’ who skipped free from Castro’s control to set up a new life working illegally in Colorado. He settled in a ski... read more
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Black Rock
Stunning literary debut set in Trinidad & Tobago, from a new writer to watch, Black Rock was chosen as one of Waterstone’s New Voices 2009. read more
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Dead I Well May Be
An illegal immigrant escaping the troubles in Belfast, young Michael Forsythe is strong and clever and fearless – just the fellow to be tapped by crime boss Darkey White to lead a gang of Irish thug... read more
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Altered State (Brand New Material)
From its first publication in 1997, Altered State established itself as the definitive text on Ecstasy and dance culture. This new edition sees Matthew Collin cast a fresh eye on the heady events of t... read more
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The Mistress of Nothing
Lady Duff Gordon is the toast of Victorian London. But when her debilitating tuberculosis means exile, she and her devoted lady’s maid, Sally, set sail for Egypt. It is Sally who describes, with a m... read more
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Nights Beneath the Nation
Dublin, 1950s. Leaving his country home behind, Daniel Ryan is seduced by the bright lights of the big city, by the wild parties of a bohemian theatre group, and by a young man called Anthony. Until o... read more
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Paint a Vulgar Picture
Third in a series of short story collections inspired by seminal bands read more
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Happiness
French erotic bestseller, published in English for the first time. read more
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The Dead Yard
It's been five years since Michael Forsythe slaughtered Darkey White and his crew of thugs in Harlem. Five years spent in the Witness Protection Program with a price on his head and not much to do wit... read more
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Venice is a Fish
Built on an inverted forest, paved with a tortoiseshell of boulders, Venice is a maze of tiny alleys, bridges and squares. Tiziano Scarpa wanders through the city, recounting the customs and secrets ... read more
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The Isle of Dogs
Dogging, surveillance, migration and celebrity in this state-of-the-nation, sharp and caustic debut novel read more
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Open Veins of Latin America
The book Chavez gave Obama... the ensuing media frenzy... the hottest book written about the coolest continent read more
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War Damage
From the author of The Twilight Hour comes another excellent period thriller. read more
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Nineteen Seventy Four (1974)
Christmas bombs and Lord Lucan on the run, Leeds United and the Bay City Rollers, The Exorcist and It Ain’t Half Hot Mum.
It’s winter ,1974, Yorkshire, and Eddie Dunford’s got the job h...
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Blue Collar
Charley’s great. She’s everything Terry has ever dreamed of in a woman and more. She’s sophisticated, intelligent, funny and beautiful. She enjoys dinner parties and hanging out in the West Endâ... read more
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The Bloomsday Dead
Michael Forsythe might be, as one of his assailants puts it, ‘un-fucking-killable’, but that doesn’t seem to deter people from trying. He’s living in Lima, reasonably well-hidden by the FBI’... read more
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The Sexual Life of Catherine M.
Written in spare, elegant prose, The Sexual Life of Catherine M. is the autobiography of a well-known Parisian art critic who likes to spend nights in the singles clubs of Paris and in the Bois de Bou... read more
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| Online Price | £12.00 |