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+ | |author=Andrew Miller | ||
+ | |title=Pure | ||
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+ | |genre=Literary Fiction | ||
+ | |summary=I've read Miller's Oxygen and The Optimists so I was looking forward to reading this novel. The story opens in the opulence of the Palace of Versailles. We are given vivid descriptions of both the scale of the palace and its grandeur. Jean-Baptiste Baratte, the young engineer, seems completely over-awed by the whole occasion. Even although he's not entirely sure what is expected of him in Paris, he accepts. He needs to eat, after all. | ||
+ | |amazonuk=<amazonuk>1444724258</amazonuk> | ||
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'''Winner''' | '''Winner''' | ||
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'''Costa Biography Award''' | '''Costa Biography Award''' |
Revision as of 11:24, 8 November 2014
WINNER
The Shortlists
Costa First Novel Award
Winner
The rest of the shortlist
Costa Novel Award
Winner
The rest of the shortlist
Costa Poetry Award
We don't review poetry, but here's a list of the runners and riders:
Winner
'The Bees by Carol Ann Duffy
The rest of the shortlist
Night by David Harsent
Fiere by Jackie Kay
November by Sean O'Brien
Costa Biography Award
Winner
The rest of the shortlist
Costa Children's Book Award
Winner
The rest of the shortlist
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