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Allah Is Not Obliged

After the death of his mother, ten-year-old Birahima leaves his Ivory Coast village to search for his for his aunt, Mahan, journeying across the border into Liberia, where he and his companions are captured by rebels and forced into military service, in a compelling novel of the rivalries, power structures, and customs that fuel Africa's bitter wars. Original.

By Ahmadou Kourouma and Frank Wynne (trans)

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9780307279576 | Anchor Books, May 8, 2007, cover price $15.00 | About this edition: After the death of his mother, ten-year-old Birahima leaves his Ivory Coast village to search for his aunt, Mahan, journeying across the border into Liberia, where he and his companions are captured by rebels and forced into military service.

I Was Vermeer: The Rise and Fall of the Twentieth Century's Greatest Forger

A fascinating portrait of the career of master forger Han van Meegeren describes how this troubled, second-rate painter became a secret star of the art world, thanks to his superlative Vermeer forgeries, whose victims included Hermann Gring, after trading the Nazi leader one of his forgeries for hundreds of looted Dutch paintings.

By Frank Wynne

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9781582345932 | Bloomsbury Pub Plc USA, October 3, 2006, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: A fascinating portrait of the career of master forger Han van Meegeren describes how this troubled, second-rate painter became a secret star of the art world, thanks to his superlative Vermeer forgeries, whose victims included Hermann Gring, after trading the Nazi leader one of his forgeries for hundreds of looted Dutch paintings.

I Was Vermeer: The Legend of the Forger Who Swindled the Nazis

Tells the story of Han van Meegeren, a second-rate painter who became the world's greatest art forger. His canvases would almost certainly be prized among the catalogue of Vermeers if he had not confessed. His handiwork is suspected in at least four Vermeers in major galleries.

By Frank Wynne

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9780747566809 | Bloomsbury Pub Ltd, August 7, 2006, cover price $25.00 | About this edition: Tells the story of Han van Meegeren, a second-rate painter who became the world's greatest art forger.

Mammals

Tells the story of Uncle, one of life's most accomplished under-achievers. A morose bachelor squashed between the legacy of a dozen futile jobs and his mother's endless disapproval, Uncle remains alive to the possibility that - with a little help from booze, sex and writing - life might offer something more meaningful.

By Frank Wynne (trans)

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9781841955834 | Canongate Books Ltd, July 6, 2006, cover price $16.00 | About this edition: Tells the story of Uncle, one of life's most accomplished under-achievers.

9780802170194 | Pgw, April 30, 2006, cover price $13.00

Windows On The World: A Novel

A provocative and poignant novel captures the individual voices of a group of diverse and doomed people who come together in one historical moment in the Windows on the World restaurant on September 11, 2001. 50,000 first printing.

By Frederic Beigbeder and Frank Wynne

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9781401352233 | Miramax, April 15, 2005, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: Captures the individual voices of a group of diverse and doomed people who come together in one historic moment in the Windows on the World restaurant on September 11, 2001.

His Brother

Product Description: Lucasâs brother Thomas is dying. At their childhood holiday home, the two brothers wait for Lucas to die. Bessonâs dispassionate observation of disease and death is haunting, as he portrays the inability of others to cope with Thomasâ illness and the petty cruelties of the medical system...read more

By Philippe Besson and Frank Wynne

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9780434012114 | Random House Uk Ltd, March 30, 2005, cover price $24.00 | About this edition: Lucasâs brother Thomas is dying.

Platform

A bureaucrat with a taste for pre-packaged goods, Michel Renault travels to Thailand where he begins to gain a taste for the exotic and sensual, an interest that draws him into an intense love affair with Valerie. Reader's Guide available. Reprint. 17,500 first printing.

By Michel Houellebecq and Frank Wynne (trans)

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9781400030262 | Reprint edition (Vintage Books, July 1, 2004), cover price $15.95 | About this edition: A bureaucrat with a taste for pre-packaged goods, Michel Renault travels to Thailand where he begins to gain a taste for the exotic and sensual, an interest that draws him into an intense love affair with Valerie.

Platform: A Novel

By Michel Houellebecq and Frank Wynne (trans)

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9780375414626 | Alfred a Knopf Inc, July 1, 2003, cover price $25.00 | About this edition: A bureaucrat with a preference for pre-packaged goods, Michel Renault travels to Thailand where he begins to gain a taste for the exotic and sensual, an interest that draws him into an intense love affair with Valâerie.

In the Absence of Men

A powerful debut novel chronicles the wartime coming-of-age of young Vincent, a lover of Proust whose story is told by the great French writer himself.

By Philippe Besson and Frank Wynne (trans)

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9780786711611 | Carroll & Graf Pub, April 1, 2003, cover price $21.00 | About this edition: Chronicles the wartime coming-of-age of young Vincent, a lover of Proust whose story is told by the great French writer himself.

The Parrot's Theorem

After inheriting a large library of math books, Mr. Ruche, a reclusive Parisian bookseller, encounters a young boy named Max who owns a math-obsessed parrot, and enlists the help of the parrot to help teach Max and his siblings the wonders of mathematics, but soon the group is hurled into a world of danger and must race against time to keep the books safe. Reprint. 10,000 first printing.

By Frank Wynne

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9780312303020 | Reprint edition (Griffin, October 1, 2002), cover price $21.99 | About this edition: After inheriting a large library of math books, Mr.

The Parrot's Theorem: A Novel

By Denis Guedj and Frank Wynne

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9780312280550 | Thomas Dunne Books, September 1, 2001, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: After inheriting a large library of math books, Mr.

9780297645788 | Weidenfeld & Nicolson Ltd, August 1, 2001, cover price $55.01 | About this edition: After inheriting a large library of math books, Mr.

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