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Download a chapter from American Rust
Posted On: March 10, 2010
Posted In: Extracts
Publisher: Simon & Schuster UK
Download a chapter from <i>American Rust</i>

Set in a beautiful but dying Pennsylvania steel town, American Rust is a novel of the lost American dream and the desperation that arises from its loss.

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Watch the trailer for Willy Vlautin’s Lean On Pete
Posted On: February 24, 2010
Posted In: Video
Publisher: Faber
Watch the trailer for Willy Vlautin’s <i>Lean On Pete</i>

From the acclaimed author ofThe Motel Life and Northline and frontman for the band Richmond Fontaine, comes a hugely moving slice of Americana.

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The February Competition [closed]
Posted On: February 19, 2010
Posted In: Competitions
Publisher: The Bookhugger Crew
The February Competition [closed]

Win great new titles from Faber, Simon & Schuster, Canongate and Sceptre in February’s fabulous Bookhugger competition!

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Peter Carey Q&A
Posted On: February 15, 2010
Posted In: Articles
Publisher: Faber
Peter Carey Q&A

Peter Carey discusses Parrot and Olivier in America, the dazzling, complex and highly enjoyable eleventh novel from the twice-winner of the Booker Prize.

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Barbara Kingsolver on The Lacuna
Posted On: November 16, 2009
Posted In: Interviews
Publisher: Faber
Barbara Kingsolver on <i>The Lacuna</i>

Barbara Kingsolver wasn’t able to come to the UK for publication of her spellbinding new novel The Lacuna (though she hope to visit in 2010), so Faber did the next best thing – went to her with their questions.

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America meets Pakistan in The Duel
Posted On: October 22, 2009
Posted In: Extracts
Publisher: Simon & Schuster UK
America meets Pakistan in <i>The Duel</i>

Pakistan stands on the front line of the war against terror. Yet this long-time ally of the West is in deepening crisis. A range of forces threaten to tip the country into a full-blown civil war.

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Read an extract from Half Broke Horses by Jeannette Walls
Posted On: October 19, 2009
Posted In: Extracts
Publisher: Simon & Schuster UK
Read an extract from <i>Half Broke Horses</i> by Jeannette Walls

A debut novel based on the extraordinary life of Jeannette Walls’ maternal grandmother – a sassy, straight-talking heroine for whom saving lives, taming wild horses and beating ranch hands at poker are all in a day’s work.

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Andrew Sean Greer on The Story of a Marriage
Posted On: June 3, 2009
Posted In: Audio, Interviews
Publisher: Faber
Andrew Sean Greer on <i>The Story of a Marriage</i>

Set in 1950s San Francisco, The Story of a Marriage is Andrew Sean Greer’s sensual, heartbreaking love story about how you can never truly know the ones you love.

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