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Nicola barker was born in ely in 1966 and spent part of her childhood in south africa. Nicola barker is the other end of the literary spectrum from david nicholls, often wacky and innovative. Like us on facebook follow us on twitter free mp3 download. She was the winner of the david higham prize for fiction and joint winner of the macmillan silver pen award for love your enemies, her first collection of stories 1993. As winner of the highly prestigious impac international dublin literary award. Typically she writes about damaged or eccentric people in mundane situations, and has a fondness for bleak, isolated settings. Last night i finished reading nicola barkers monolithic novel behindlings. It is his awful destiny to be hotly pursued secretly stalked, obsessively hunted by a disparate group of oddballs he calls the behindlings. Behindlings thames gateway, book 2 by nicola barker book cover, description, publication history. Buy behindlings first edition by nicola barker isbn. We deliver the joy of reading in 100% recycled packaging with free standard shipping on u. Not the ordinary heehaa comedy sort of book, behindlings leaves you wanting for more after reading every chapter.
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