Simon Baker

A choice of first novels | 5 November 2008

A Fraction of the Whole, by Steve Toltz <br /> Pollard, by Laura Beatty Chatto & Windus<br /> Inside the Whale, by Jennie Rooney Chatto & Windus<br /> Slaughterhouse Heart, by Afsaneh Knight Doubleday<br type="_moz" />

  • A Fraction of the Whole

    Steve Toltz

    Hamish Hamilton, pp. 720

  • Pollard

    Laura Beatty

    Chatto & Windus, pp. 320

  • Inside the Whale

    Jennie Rooney

    Chatto & Windus, pp. 224

  • Slaughterhouse Heart

    Afsaneh Knight

    Doubleday, pp. 307

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