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Pre-order a signed copy of Driving Jarvis Ham the brilliant new novel by Jim Bob. Published May 10th.

Book a (free) ticket to the launch party at the shop May 10th at 7.30here
This is being boosted in some quarters as the ‘new’ Beach. It’s not. It’s much better than that. Imagine, if you will, a cross between The Long Good Friday and Point Break. A physical novel closer to Tim Winton or Kem Nunn worth the price of admission for the diving scenes alone and a must for anyone who has ever dipped a toe in the water. Signed copies.
Now in stock, the brilliant new collection of stories by Dan Chaon. Published 7th February.
The latest McSweeney's with a poem from Bolano and a piece of Elmore Leonard.
A new collection of short stories from Tessa Hadley. The often unexpected, calmly told. Lovely cover too. Now watch them bork the paperback.
Lovely weed-fueled ramble across Britain in the dark. Fireworks, football, a bit of shagging, It could have been the worst thing I've ever read (not that not fond of all of the above). But it's not, it's good. Buy it for your boyfriend
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Buy a signed copy of Mark's very funny book.
One way or another the end of the world is coming. Beautifully, individually signed by Steven Appleby and Art Lester.
“In his own danceless life he couldn’t imagine anyone laughing on a November dawn but here it was. He tried to dismiss the image of three nude girls in the same bed but it was like trying not to think of a white horse.” Pete Dexter quoting Jim Harrison in his glorious review for the NYT.
Geoff Dyer's book of the year (The Guardian 26th Nov) It has a ramshackle loquacity, a down-home hyper-eloquence and an off-the-wallishness that is almost lapidary...
And now James Wood reviews it in the New Yorker.
And Ann Beattie bought ten copies as Christmas presents.

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This is very funny. Kraftwerk meets Magnus Mills. Sort of. Read The Independent's review here

Americans

New In

Driving on the Rim. Thomas McGuane
The new novel - It is a truth universally ackowledged that a single woman in possession of a trailer has a gun...
Version 43. Philip Palmer
The new novel - Sardonic Vonnegutian satire - The Guardian. Signed copies available now.£8.99.
Tao Lin. Richard Yates
The new novel £10.99.

This is a working farm

Peter Carey. Parrot and Olivier in America
It didn't win the Booker Prize. Hardback. Our copies £6.99.

Classic

Tapping the Source. Kem Nunn
I read this when it first came out in (Good Lord!) 1984. I thought it was great. Robert Stone calls it 'the all time great surfing novel'. You might like it too. £4.99.

Corvusamericana

Books from America here
Although Of Course You End Up Becoming Yourself. David Lipsky
Five days on the road with David Foster Wallace for his Infinite Jest tour. £12.99.

Justine

Mrs Crow at the market
Justine blogs from a market in East Dulwich.
Eddy Currents
Lover with a laptop, goggles and nit-comb.

The Transmitter

The Transmitter
Out now, a new magazine from up on the hill...

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Suggestions

Await Your Reply – Dan Chaon
'Happy is a strong word.' The new, brilliantly written, novel from Dan Chaon.
Inherent Vice – Thomas Pynchon
Back then it was always sandals, bottom half of a flower-print bikini, faded Country Joe and the Fish Tshirt.
Noah's Compass – Anne Tyler
Love and Summer – William Trevor
There are cats in this book – Viviane Schwarz
Wonderfully playful picture book featuring Tiny, Moonpie and Andre. Signed copies available.
Me Cheeta – James Lever
Well aware that no animal has ever been sued for libel, Cheeta, star of Tarzan and Doctor Doolittle, tells it as it really was. Naughty boy.
Love and Obstacles – Aleksandar Hemon
The Rehearsal – Eleanor Catton
How to Paint a Dead Man – Sarah Hall
The Mousehunter – Alex Milway
Learn more about The Mousehunter - read the first chapter, buy a signed copy with exclusive free badge here.
What Was Lost – O'Flynn
Now with added Booker and Costa. This is what I said in February. here
No One Belongs Here More Than You – Miranda July
If you haven't already visited the website for this book, go there now.
In Search of the Missing Eyelash – Karen Mcleod
I woke up in a foreign armpit. Buy a signed copy here
London Pub Reviews – Paul Ewen
The London boozer fully explained. Now smoke free. The funniest fucking book you will read all year. So funny in fact, that Steven Hunt is not allowed to carry a copy on public transport. Buy here