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7 6 y separately published work icon Two Brothers Ben Elton , ( trans. Aleksandr Safronova with title Два брата ) Moscow : Phantom Press , 2015 Z1901289 2012 single work novel 'Berlin 1920 Two babies are born. Two brothers. United and indivisible, sharing everything. Twins in all but blood. As Germany marches into its Nazi Armageddon, the ties of family, friendship and love are tested to the very limits of endurance. And the brothers are faced with an unimaginable choice.... Which one of them will survive? Ben Elton's most personal novel to date,Two Brothers transports the reader to the time of history's darkest hour.' Source: www.randomhouse.com.au/ (Sighted 16/11/2012).
4 8 y separately published work icon The Boy Who Fell to Earth Kathy Lette , ( trans. Shashi Martynova with title Мальчик, который упал на Землю ) Moscow : Phantom Press , 2012 Z1849665 2012 single work novel humour

'Meet Merlin. He's Lucy's bright, beautiful son - who just happens to be autistic. Since Merlin's father, the reserved, cerebral workaholic Jeremy, left them in the lurch shortly after Merlin's diagnosis, Lucy has made Merlin the centre of her world. Struggling with the joys and tribulations of raising her adorable yet challenging son, Lucy doesn't have room for any other man in her life... so why bother trying to find one?

'When Lucy realises she's becoming increasingly cynical about life in general, she finally resolves to dip a toe back into the world of dating. Things don't go quite to plan, yet just as Lucy is resolved to a life of singledom once more, the most imperfectly perfect man for her and her son lands on her doorstep. But then, so does Jeremy, begging for forgiveness and a second chance...' (From the publisher's website.)
13 1 y separately published work icon The Terrible Privacy of Maxwell Sim Jonathan Coe , ( trans. Elena Polet︠s︡kai︠a︡ with title Невероятная Частная Жизнь Максвелла Сима ) Moscow : Phantom Press , 2012 Z1714821 2010 single work novel

'Maxwell Sim seems to have hit rock bottom. Estranged from his father, newly divorced, unable to communicate with his only daughter, he realizes that while he may have seventy-four friends on Facebook, there is nobody in the world with whom he can actually share his problems.

'Then a business proposition comes his way - a strange exercise in corporate PR that will require him to spend a week driving from London to a remote retail outlet on the Shetland Isles. Setting out with an open mind, good intentions and a friendly voice on his SatNav for company, Maxwell finds that this journey soon takes a more serious turn, and carries him not only to the furthest point of the United Kingdom, but into some of the deepest and darkest corners of his own past.

'In his sparkling and hugely enjoyable new book Jonathan Coe reinvents the picaresque novel for our time.' (From the publisher's website.)
43 36 y separately published work icon The White Tiger Aravind Adiga , ( trans. S. Sokolova with title Белый Тигр ) Moscow : Phantom Press , 2010 Z1521556 2008 single work novel (taught in 2 units) 'Balram Halwai is a complicated man. Servant. Philosopher. Entrepreneur. Murderer. Over the course of seven nights, by the scattered light of a preposterous chandelier, Balram tells the terrible and transfixing story of how he came to be a success in life -- having nothing but his own wits to help him along.' (Publisher's blurb)
10 5 y separately published work icon A Guide to the Birds of East Africa : A Novel Nicholas Drayson , ( trans. Мария Спивак with title Книга Птиц Восточной Африки ) Moscow : Phantom Press , 2009 Z1519696 2008 single work novel 'For the past three years, Mr. Malik has been secretly in love with Rose Mbikwa, a woman who leads the weekly bird walks sponsored by the East African Ornithological Society. Just as Malik is getting up the nerve to invite Rose to the Nairobi Hunt Club Ball (the premier social occasion of the Kenyan calendar), Harry Khan, a nemesis from his school days, arrives in town.
Khan has also become enraptured with Rose and announces his intent to invite her to the Ball. Rather than force Rose to choose between the two men, a clever solution is proposed. Whoever can identify the most species of birds in one week’s time gets the privilege of asking Ms. Mbikwa to the ball.' (Publication summary)
4 11 y separately published work icon How to Kill Your Husband (and Other Handy Household Hints) Kathy Lette , ( trans. Alexander Rahuby with title Как убить своего мужа и другие полезные советы по домоводству ) Moscow : Phantom Press , 2007 Z1255814 2006 single work novel humour All women want to kill their husbands some of the time. 'Where there's a will, I intend to be in it,' wives half-joke to each other. Marriage, it would appear, is a fun-packed frivolous hobby, only occasionally resulting in death. But when Jazz Jardine is arrested for her husband's murder, the joke falls flat. Life should begin at forty - not with life imprisonment for killing your spouse. Jazz, stay-at-home mum and domestic goddess; Hannah, childless career woman; and Cassie, demented working mother of two are three ordinary women. Their record collections are classical, not criminal. Cassie and Hannah set out immediately to prove their best friend's innocence, uncovering betrayal, adultery, plot twists, thinner thighs and toy boys aplenty en route but will their friendship survive these ever darker revelations? (Source: Trove)
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