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STAFF PICKS PARADAIS Fernanda Melchor, Sophie Hughes( trans.)
$ 29.99
Inside a luxury housing complex, two misfit teenagers sneak around and get drunk. Franco, lonely, overweight, and addicted to porn, obsessively fantasises about seducing his neighbour – an attractive married woman and mother – while Polo dreams about quitting his gruelling job and fleeing his overbearing mother and their narco-controlled village. Franco and Polo hatch a mindless and macabre scheme.
STAFF PICK BY FINLEY FROM MELBOURNE
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WUTHERING HEIGHTS
Emily Brontë
$ 14.99
CLASSICS
Emily Brontë’ s classic novel begins in a snowstorm, when Lockwood, the new tenant of Thrushcross Grange on the bleak Yorkshire moors, is forced to seek shelter at Wuthering Heights. There he discovers the history of the tempestuous events that took place years before – the intense passion between the foundling Heathcliff and Catherine Earnshaw, her betrayal of him and the bitter vengeance he now wreaks.
STAFF PICK BY LILLIA FROM MELBOURNE
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EAST OF EDEN
John Steinbeck
$ 24.99
CLASSICS
Set in the rich farmland of the Salinas Valley, California, this powerful, often brutal novel, follows the intertwined destinies of two families – the Trasks and the Hamiltons – whose generations hopelessly re-enact the fall of Adam and Eve and the poisonous rivalry of Cain and Abel. Here Steinbeck created some of his most memorable characters and explored his most enduring themes.
STAFF PICK BY HANNAH FROM MELBOURNE
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THREE REASONS FOR REVENGE
Dervla McTiernan
$ 34.99
CRIME
Alexis Turner walks into the police station to report an assault. By the end of the day, she is nowhere to be found. Soon after she disappears, three identical packages arrive at three very different doors. Inside, each gift is perfectly tailored to its recipient – and each will tear apart the life of its intended victim. Detective Sergeant Judith Lee believes it connects to Alexis Turner. As she races to uncover the connection between three seemingly unrelated people, Judith discovers she’ s no longer just investigating the game – she’ s being forced to play.
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THE RED WINTER
Cameron Sullivan
$ 34.99
FANTASY
In 1785, Professor
Sebastian Grave receives the news he fears most: the Beast of Gévaudan has returned. 20 years ago, it nearly cost him his life to bring the monster down. Now, he has been recalled to the hunt by Antoine Avenel d’ Ocerne, an estranged lover who shares a dark history with the Beast and a terrible secret with Sebastian. Sebastian must return to Gévaudan for a final reckoning.
STAFF PICK BY LEWIS FROM BALMAIN
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ON THE CALCUL- ATION OF VOLUME( BOOK IV)
Solvej Balle, Sophia Hersi Smith( trans.), Jennifer
Russell( trans.)
$ 29.99
Tara Selter is one of many. In a sprawling villa on the outskirts of Bremen, Tara Selter is starting to settle into a new kind of eighteenth of November. As their community grows, their search for answers becomes more urgent.
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THE RUINERS
Ellena Savage
$ 34.99
Pip’ s life is going nowhere. She’ s a university dropout stuck in a dead-end job at a Melbourne lobster shack. But when her long-absent father dies, she’ s left an orphan and $ 50,000 richer. She doesn’ t know what to do until she meets Sasha, a dashing young scholar of Balkan literature. Together, they hatch a plan to buy a decrepit house on a Greek island, but find themselves ensnared in an environmental struggle that brings the past into sharp relief.
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THE GRADUATE
Rebecca Lim
$ 34.99
CRIME
New graduate Fei Fei Chou is an outlier at her prestigious law firm. But Fei isn’ t here to climb the corporate ladder – she’ s here for revenge. 30 years ago, three schoolgirls were kidnapped and abused by a man who’ s never been identified. The information Fei needs to find him is buried somewhere in the firm’ s records. Deliberately placing herself in harm’ s way, Fei will uncover a secret history of power and privilege that haunts not only her firm, but the nation itself. The Graduate is a mesmerising legal thriller from a beloved Australian writer.
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