1. HORSE UNDER WATER
Len Deighton
Witty, labyrinthine, detailed spy story — simply the best Deighton.
2. THERE IS A HAPPY LAND
Keith Waterhouse
A wonderfully evocative novel of a northern childhood.
3. DO YOU SINCERELY WANT TO BE RICH?
Charles Raw et al
The story of the 1960s super salesman Bernie Cornfeld. An international financial thriller — and true.
4. HIDDEN WORDS
Spike Milligan
Amusing and insightful poems that rage at the world and its inhabitants.
5. DICTIONARY OF ART AND ARTISTS
L. & P. Murray
A magical mystery tour of art and artists though the ages.
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6. THE WICKED WIT OF WINSTON CHURCHILL
Dominique Enright
Marvel at the sharpness of his repartee.
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