In this ground-breaking book, Walker breaks down both the benefits and harms caused by sleep. You’ll never look at it the same way again.
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When a class war erupts inside a luxurious apartment block, modern elevators become battlegrounds and cocktail parties degenerate into marauding attacks on ‘enemy’ floors.
After five people die in an unexplained house fire, club manager Frank pleads guilty; but nobody believes him. When his brother Charles arrives, intent on unravelling the mystery, he uncovers the secret world behind the resort’s civilized image.
The novel tells the story of Klara, an Artificial Friend with outstanding observational qualities. She remains hopeful that a customer will soon choose her.
The novel opens with the thoughts of a sex doll as she comes to consciousness inside her crate, about to be delivered to the apartment of her owner, J.
Within the grounds of Hailsham, Kathy grows from schoolgirl to young woman, but it’s only when she and her friends leave that they realise the full truth of what Hailsham is.
The story of two North London families – one headed by Archie, the other by Archie’s best friend, a Muslim Bengali named Samad Iqbal.
In the relentless summer heat, four abruptly orphaned children retreat into a shadowy, isolated world, and find their own strange and unsettling ways of fending for themselves.