Ten of the Best
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Ten of the Best was a boxed set
of novels published by Penguin Books
with the strapline Ten top novels from ten leading authors, (ISBN 0140954406)
Included in the set:
Boxed set
A box set is a compilation of various musical recordings, films, television programs, or other collection of related items that are contained in a box.-Music box sets:...
of novels published by Penguin Books
Penguin Books
Penguin Books is a publisher founded in 1935 by Sir Allen Lane and V.K. Krishna Menon. Penguin revolutionised publishing in the 1930s through its high quality, inexpensive paperbacks, sold through Woolworths and other high street stores for sixpence. Penguin's success demonstrated that large...
with the strapline Ten top novels from ten leading authors, (ISBN 0140954406)
Included in the set:
- The Best of Rumpole by John MortimerJohn MortimerSir John Clifford Mortimer, CBE, QC was a British barrister, dramatist, screenwriter and author.-Early life:...
- Brazzaville BeachBrazzaville BeachBrazzaville Beach is a novel by William Boyd, for which he was awarded the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for 1990, and the McVitie's Prize for Scottish Writer of the Year. The book tells the story of a woman researching chimpanzees, Hope Clearwater, and the circumstances that brought her to...
by William BoydWilliam Boyd (writer)William Boyd, CBE is a Scottish novelist and screenwriter.-Biography:Of Scottish descent, Boyd spent his early life in Ghana and Nigeria, in Africa... - The Country GirlsThe Country GirlsThe Country Girls was the first novel written by Irish author Edna O'Brien. It was released in 1960, and later made into a movie.-Plot synopsis:Kate and Baba are two young Irish country girl who have spent their childhood together...
by Edna O'BrienEdna O'BrienEdna O'Brien is an Irish novelist and short story writer whose works often revolve around the inner feelings of women, and their problems in relating to men and to society as a whole.-Life and career:... - A Dark-Adapted EyeA Dark-Adapted EyeA Dark-Adapted Eye is a psychological thriller novel by Ruth Rendell, written under the nom-de-plume Barbara Vine. The novel won the American Edgar Award...
by Barbara Vine - HawksmoorHawksmoor (novel)Hawksmoor is a 1985 novel by the English writer Peter Ackroyd. It won Best Novel at the 1985 Whitbread Awards.-Story:Set in the late seventeenth century, architect Nicholas Dyer is progressing work on several churches in London's East End...
by Peter AckroydPeter AckroydPeter Ackroyd CBE is an English biographer, novelist and critic with a particular interest in the history and culture of London. For his novels about English history and culture and his biographies of, among others, Charles Dickens, T. S. Eliot and Sir Thomas More he won the Somerset Maugham Award... - Juggling by Barbara TrapidoBarbara TrapidoBarbara Trapido, born 1941 as Barbara Schuddeboom, is a British novelist. Born in Cape Town and growing up in Durban she studied at the University of Natal gaining a BA in 1963 before emigrating to London. After many years teaching she became a full time writer in 1970.Trapido has published six...
- Kowloon TongKowloon Tong (novel)Kowloon Tong is a novel by Paul Theroux about Bunt, an English mummy's boy born and raised in Hong Kong. He is made an offer for his textile factory by the shady Mr Hung, and has no choice but to accept, when it is made clear that Mr Hung knows all about the part of Bunt's life that he has kept...
by Paul TherouxPaul TherouxPaul Edward Theroux is an American travel writer and novelist, whose best known work of travel writing is perhaps The Great Railway Bazaar . He has also published numerous works of fiction, some of which were made into feature films. He was awarded the 1981 James Tait Black Memorial Prize for his... - Other PeopleOther People-Plot:Mary, an amnesiac young woman, wakes and tries to piece together her previous life while using a new identity.-Style:The book starts as a comedy, slips into a thriller, and ends a horror story....
by Martin AmisMartin AmisMartin Louis Amis is a British novelist, the author of many novels including Money and London Fields . He is currently Professor of Creative Writing at the Centre for New Writing at the University of Manchester, but will step down at the end of the 2010/11 academic year... - RegenerationRegeneration (novel)For the 1997 film adaptation of the novel see Regeneration .Regeneration is a prize-winning novel by Pat Barker, first published in 1991. The novel was a Booker Prize nominee and was described by the New York Times Book Review as one of the four best novels of the year in its year of publication...
by Pat BarkerPat BarkerPat Barker CBE, FRSL is an English writer and novelist. She has won many awards for her fiction, which centres around themes of memory, trauma, survival and recovery. Her work is described as direct, blunt and plainspoken.-Personal life:... - Virtual LightVirtual LightVirtual Light is the first book in William Gibson's Bridge trilogy. Virtual Light is a science-fiction novel set in a postmodern, dystopian, cyberpunk future. The term 'Virtual Light' was coined by scientist Stephen Beck to describe a form of instrumentation that produces optical sensations...
by William GibsonWilliam GibsonWilliam Gibson is an American-Canadian science fiction author.William Gibson may also refer to:-Association football:*Will Gibson , Scottish footballer...
See also
- Essential PenguinsEssential PenguinsEssential Penguins is a series of novels published by Penguin Books in the UK. Included in this series:-See also:*Penguin Red Classics*Great Books of the 20th Century...
- Penguin Red ClassicsPenguin Red ClassicsPenguin Red Classics is a series of novels published by Penguin Books in the UK.Included in this series:*Chinua Achebe - Things Fall Apart*Jane Austen**Emma**Mansfield Park**Northanger Abbey**Persuasion...
- Great Books of the 20th CenturyGreat Books of the 20th CenturyGreat Books of the 20th Century is a series of twenty novels published by Penguin Books.Included in this series:*Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad *Swann's Way by Marcel Proust...