Success looks an awful lot like failure in Martin Amis’s novel. Half-brothers Gregory and Terry trade places in this sharp-edged tale of class warfare.
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Don’t look now, by Daphne du Maurier
Readers who come to du Maurier’s short story collection ‘Don’t Look Now’ may be disappointed – not because the writing is bad, but because it’s too good.
The Breakthrough, by Daphne du Maurier
Du Maurier’s short story puts the ghost in the machine. Don’t look now …
The Chimp Paradox, by Prof Steve Peters
Is crazy-eyed rage your party trick? Do you dabble in passive aggressive Post-its? That’ll be your ‘inner chimp’.
Good Morning, Midnight, by Jean Rhys
Sasha is, to borrow half a title, ‘down and out in Paris’. Not a cheery read by any stretch of the imagination, Good Morning, Midnight is the story of a woman who just doesn’t fit.
The Martian, by Andy Weir
“In space, no one can hear you scream … like a little girl.” Yup, the Martian is so upbeat, it makes Ghostbusters look like The Exorcist.
