2 Bri and John; Between Extremes (Keenan/McCarthy); Black Swan
3 Gabriel McKenzie; The Nanny and the Iceberg (Dorfman); Sceptre
4 archy the cockroach; archy and mehitabel (Don Marquis); Faber & Faber
5 Captain Jack Aubrey; Blue at the Mizzen (O’Brian); HarperCollins
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6 Alberto Ruiz-Tagle; Distant Star (Bolaño); Harvill
7 Thomas, Lord Cochrane; Sharpe's Devil (Cornwell); HarperCollins