The May Competition [closed]
This month we have great book bundles for three Bookhugger readers, courtesy of our lovely publishers, Alama Books, Faber and Faber, Headline and Simon & Schuster UK.
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The Hundred-foot Journey, by Richard C. Morais
The Hundred-foot Journey is the story of Hassan Haji, a boy from Mumbai who embarks, along with his boisterous family, on a picaresque journey first to London and then across Europe, before they ultimately open a restaurant opposite a famous chef, Madame Mallory, in the remote French village of Lumiere. A culinary war ensues, pitting Hassan’s Mumbai-toughened father against the imperious Michelin-starred cordon bleu, until Madame Mallory realizes that Hassan is a cook with natural talents far superior to her own.
Full of eccentric characters, hilarious cultural mishaps, vivid settings and delicious meals described in rich, sensuous detail, Hassan’s charming account lays bare the inner workings of the elite world of French haute cuisine, and provides a life-affirming and poignant coming-of-age tale.
- Read the extract
- Read the author interviews here and here
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Reelin’ in the Years, by Mark Radcliffe
When Mark Radcliffe was born in the late 1950s, Britain was trying to find its own version of the dangerously sexy Elvis … we gave the world Cliff Richard but by the time Mark was old enough to recognise pop songs on the radio, the UK was exploding into the world’s most exciting place to be for a young music fan.
As one would expect from this unique and popular broadcaster, the tunes he lists are not the usual suspects. From The Kinks’ ‘See My Friends’, through Slade’s ‘Coz I Luv You’ to Kraftwerk’s ‘Europe Endless’ and Joy Division’s ‘Atmosphere’, Mark’s selections bring forth a diverse collision of styles from eras uniquely defined by their musical genres and fashions.
Bringing his choices right up to the present day, we see the inclusion of artists such as Richard Hawley, Elbow and Fleet Foxes. Mark’s hugely entertaining and affectionate trawl through his favourite music of the past 50 years is guaranteed to surprise and delight his many fans.
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Gillespie and I, by Jane Harris
As she sits in her Bloomsbury home, with her two birds for company, elderly Harriet Baxter sets out to relate the story of her acquaintance, nearly four decades previously, with Ned Gillespie, a talented artist who never achieved the fame that she maintains he deserved.
It would appear that I am to be the first to write a book on Gillespie. Who, if not me, was dealt that hand?
Back in 1888, the young, art-loving Harriet arrives in Glasgow at the time of the International Exhibition. After a chance encounter, she befriends the Gillespie family and soon becomes a fixture in all of their lives. But when tragedy strikes - leading to a notorious criminal trial - the promise and certainties of this world all too rapidly disintegrate into mystery and deception.
Featuring a memorable cast of characters, infused with atmosphere and period detail, and shot through with wicked humour, Gillespie and I is a powerful and haunting second novel from one of today’s most striking new voices.
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Far to Go, by Alison Pick
A powerful and profoundly moving story about one family’s epic journey to flee the Nazi occupation of their homeland in 1939, and above all to save the life of a six-year-old boy.
Pavel and Anneliese Bauer are affluent, secular Jews, whose lives are turned upside down by the arrival of the German forces in Czechoslovakia. Desperate to avoid deportation, the Bauers flee to Prague with their six-year-old son, Pepik, and his beloved nanny, Marta. When the family try to flee without her to Paris, Marta betrays them to her Nazi boyfriend. But it is through Marta’s determination that Pepik secures a place on a Kindertransport, though he never sees his parents or Marta again.
Inspired by Alison Pick’s own grandparents who fled their native Czechoslovakia for Canada during the Second World War, Far To Go is a deeply personal and emotionally harrowing novel.
The Questions:
To win, answer two simple questions, the answers to which can be found in recent Bookhugger articles…
- Question 1: Where did Richard C. Morais have an internship that led to his first book deal?
- Question 2: Which awards did Mark Radcliffe attend the night before his podcast interview?
Terms and conditions
- Closing date for entries: 31st May 2011.
- Open to residents of the United Kingdom only.
- Entry to the competition is by completion of the above form only. Anyone submitting multiple entries will be disqualified.
- The winners will be selected from those correct entries received before the closing date. Our decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into.
- Only the winning entrants will be contacted by Bookhugger.
- The winner’s name(s) may be published on the Bookhugger website after the closing date of the competition.
- The competition is not open to Bookhugger employees and their families, or to employees of Bookhugger publishers and their families.
May 20th, 2011 at 10:07 pm
Far to go sounds brilliant! great prizes and a great variety to get stuck into
May 21st, 2011 at 1:57 pm
Because I’m hard of hearing, I found it difficult to make out what they were saying in the podcast – is there a transcript?
May 21st, 2011 at 3:46 pm
Sorry Sarah, I’m afraid not
May 24th, 2011 at 4:05 am
Very grateful if you could correct typo in my by byline throughout your copy. my last name is MORAIS not Morias. Thanks! R
May 26th, 2011 at 9:02 am
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