Modern Fiction

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See also: General Fiction

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  Unhappy-Go-Lucky
  Ian Pattison - Paperback - Tindal Street
  Ivan sets aside his heartlessness and his weakness for Merlot to give time to his mother and her final hospital appointments. But her account of a wild marriage and divorce with his father, an ex-merchant sailor grocer, brings Ivan to confront his own childhood in Govan and an even worse adolescence in an outlying estate.
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  Unusual Uses For Olive Oil
  Alexander McCall Smith - Paperback - Abacus
  Professor Dr Von Igelfeld is still pursuing his research into Portuguese verbs at the Institute of Romance Philology in Regensburg. His colleagues, Florianus Prinzel & Detlev-Amadeus Unterholzer, are also still in office. But in whose office? This is one of the fears haunting von Igelfeld, who is very protective of his space.
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  Unusual Uses For Olive Oil
  Alexander McCall Smith - Book with sound disc - Hachette Digital
  Professor Dr Von Igelfeld is still pursuing his research into Portuguese verbs at the Institute of Romance Philology in Regensburg. His colleagues, Florianus Prinzel & Detlev-Amadeus Unterholzer, are also still in office. But in whose office? This is one of the fears haunting Von Igelfeld, who is very protective of his space.
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  Under The Skin
  Michel Faber - Paperback - Canongate
  The novel centres around a female character, Isserly, who seems to be obsessed with picking up male hitch-hikers, as long as they are muscular and fit. As the story unfolds, the reader comes to realise that Isserly's motives are rather unusual.
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  Under An Emerald Sky
  Olukemi Amala - Paperback - Linen
  In a small town in the UK, two black, baby girls are born five minutes apart in the same hospital. Yewande grows up able to hear her ancestors' voices which heightens her awareness and sensibilities. Mary is rejected by her mother at birth but somehow survives hardship and suffering.
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  The Unholy Trinity Of Monstrous Madonnas
  John Fraser - Paperback - Matador
  'The Unholy Trinity of Monstrous Madonnas' is a witty novel about three glamorous and ruthlessly ambitious women who converge on the medieval town of Cappone. Each woman has a dream of converting a ruin into a luxury hotel and making sacks of money. But will their ruthlessness ruin their dreams?
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  Unwritten Secrets
  Ronald Frame - Paperback - Telegram
  'Unwritten Secrets' explores the duplicitous world of classical music in 20th century Vienna and the perilous consequences of prizing art above all else.
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  Under The Skin
  Michel Faber - Paperback - Canongate
  The novel centres around a female character, Isserly, who seems to be obsessed with picking up male hitch-hikers, as long as they are muscular and fit. As the story unfolds, the reader comes to realise that Isserly's motives are rather unusual.
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  The Unbearable Lightness Of Scones
  Alexander McCall Smith - Book with sound disc - Hachette Digital
  The story of Bertie and his dysfunctional family continues in this fifth installment alongside the familiar cast of favourites - Big Lou, Domenica, Angus Lordie, Cyril and others - in their daily pursuit of a little happiness.
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  The Unbearable Lightness Of Scones
  Alexander McCall Smith - Paperback - Abacus
  To the casual observer, the city of Edinburgh, home of no-nonsense philosophers and cream teas, might appear immune to the rollercoaster of strong emotions. But at 44 Scotland Street, as Matthew and Elspeth embark on the risky enterprise of married love, the raffish portrait painter Angus Lordie has a premonition of disaster.