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- Saturday by Ian McEwan
Henry Perowne, a successful and happily married neurosurgeon, is looking forward
to a normal Saturday. But random when Henry is involved in a minor traffic accident it sends events spiraling toward an explosive
conclusion.
- Acts of Faith by Philip Caputo
Set amid the warfare of Sudan, Philip Caputo's ambitious novel weaves a story
of aid workers, missionaries and mercenaries of conscience, men and women whose high ideals sometimes coexist with treacherous
moral blindness. From an American pilot who goes from flying food and medicine to smuggling arms, to the missionary who falls
in love with a rebel leader, Acts of Faith raises important questions about idealism and compassion in the modern world.
- Cast of Shadows by Kevin Guilfoile
Davis Moore's teenaged daughter has been brutally murdered by
an unknown killer. And when his work as a fertility doctor presents an irresistible opportunity, Moore risks everything for
the chance to look into the face of his daughter's murderer.
- Maps for Lost Lovers by Nadeem Aslam
At the center of Maps for Lost Lovers is the disappearance of Jugnu
and Chanda, unmarried lovers whose liaison provoked and disgraced Chanda's family--perhaps enough to warrant murder. As events
are recounted through the eyes of Jugnu's older brother and his devout wife, an intimate and affecting portrait emerges of
people whose sustaining traditions threaten to bury them alive.
Small Crimes in an Age of Abundance
Written by Matthew Kneale Fiction - Literary | Anchor | Trade Paperback | March 2006 | $13.95 | 978-1-4000-7957-5 (1-4000-7957-8)
 ABOUT THIS BOOK
A well-intentioned English family unwittingly
becomes complicit in state violence while traveling through China. A ploddingly respectable London lawyer chances upon a stash
of cocaine and realizes it offers the wealth and status he's always hungered for. A salesman in Africa gets caught up in a
riot, and a Palestinian suicide bomber has a moment of self-doubt. Kneale transports readers across continents in a nanosecond,
reaching to the heart of faraway societies with rare perceptiveness. With wry humor and razor-sharp satire, these twelve thought-provoking
stories illuminate the moral uncertainty of our time.
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