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Dream of Perfect Sleep

Dream of Perfect Sleep

by Kevin Kautzman

Bloomsbury Publishing

Dream of Perfect Sleep is the story of an ageing couple, Mary and Gene, and their adult children - recovering-addict Robert and new-ager Melissa. Mary suffers from severe vertigo and just wants to wat…

Dream of the Dog

Dream of the Dog

by Craig Higginson

Bloomsbury Publishing

KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, shortly after the millennium. Patricia and Richard Wiley, an elderly white couple, are packing up to leave the farm they’ve sold to developers. Their preparations are inte…

Dubailand

Dubailand

by Carmen Nasr

Samuel French Ltd

An oasis of free enterprise, no income taxes, no unions, no opposition parties. A paradise of consumption. A skyline on crack. Urban planning on steroids – Dubai. On the 88th floor of an unfinished sk…

Dusa, Fish, Stas and Vi

Dusa, Fish, Stas and Vi

by Pam Gems

Bloomsbury Publishing

'My loves, what are we to do? We don't do as they want any more, and they hate it. What are we to do?' Four determinedly 'liberated' – and very different – women ricochet around a tiny shared flat, w…

Eden's Empire

Eden's Empire

by James Graham

Bloomsbury Publishing

Fifty years ago, Britain propelled itself into a disastrous war in the Middle East. Condemned by the UN and accused of falsifying intelligence, the Prime Minister was left fighting for his political l…

Emily Dickinson & I

Emily Dickinson & I

by Edie Campbell and Jack Lynch

Black Spring Press Ltd

An actress decides to write a one-woman play about her favourite poet, Emily Dickinson, and finds herself on an unexpected journey: when is a biographical portrayal not autobiographical? Emily Dickins…