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1	The Northern Clemency more books like this by Philip Hensher add to wishlist The award-winning author of "The Mulberry Empire" presents a sweeping chronicle of ordinary lives that are profoundly shaped by both the subtleties of everyday experience and the larger forces of history. see all copies from $4.79! new only from $12.53! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	Kitchen Venom more books like this by Philip Hensher add to wishlist A novel of politics, manners and resulting violence. This tale of daily life within the Palace of Westminster has allegedly brought the Commons into disrepute. see all copies from $2.53! new only from $12.96! \| signed copies \| first editions
3	The Mulberry Empire more books like this by Philip Hensher add to wishlist A historical novel set primarily in England and Kabul during the Afghan War of 1839. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.20! \| first editions \| SVS
4	The Northern Clemency. by Philip Hensher more books like this by Philip Hensher add to wishlist An epic chronicle of the last 20 years of British life from the Booker longlisted and Granta Best of Young British novelist, Philip Hensher. Beginning in 1974 and ending with the fading of Thatcher's government in 1996, 'The Northern Clemency' is Philip Hensher's epic portrait of an entire era, a novel concerned with the lives of ordinary people ... see all copies from $2.53! new only from $16.59! \| signed copies \| first editions
5	Mrs Lirriper more books like this by Charles Dickens, Philip Hensher (Foreword by) add to wishlist Published for the first time in 1863-64 in a Xmas Special to the magazine All the Year Round, Mrs Lirriper's Lodgings and Mrs Lirriper's Legacy are published here in their entirety for the first over a century Mrs Lirriper is an involving story of people thrown together by chance, that moves from the squalors of Victorian London to the sunnier ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.79!
6	Pleasured more books like this by Philip Hensher add to wishlist Set in Berlin in the late 80s, this novel tells the story of Heinrich Himmler, a restless young man working part-time as a waiter, who takes on a mysterious errand for the shady Mr Picker. But Picker is a spy for an unspecified government, yet his plan goes humorously awry. see all copies from $2.92! new only from $14.84! \| signed copies \| first editions
7	The Bedroom of the Mister's Wife more books like this by Philip Hensher add to wishlist Like the room from which it takes its title, "The Bedroom Of The Mister's Wife" is a book full of secrets, partly revealed, partly concealed. We are allowed only glimpses into the hidden passions of people's lives, their loves and their aspirations. see all copies from $3.38! new only from $10.89! \| signed copies \| first editions
8	The Fit by Philip Hensher add to wishlist From the author of The Mulberry Empire comes a short, delicious, rather disorienting novel about an indexer who wakes up one morning to find out that he has just been left by his wife! 'My wife had gone and I didn't know where she had gone. It would have been terrible if I had liked her but I only loved her.' John is an indexer, and a bloody good ... see all copies from $2.53! new only from $14.91!
9	The Mulberry Empire, Or, the Two Virtuous Journeys of the Amir Dost Mohammed Khan more books like this by Philip Hensher add to wishlist Recounting an episode in the the courtship, betrayal and invasion of Afghanistan in the 1830s by Her Majesty's Empire, this novel has at its heart the relationship between Alexander Burnes, leader of the British expeditionary party, and the Afghani ruler, the Amir Dost Mohammed Khan. see all copies from $2.53! new only from $18.96! \| first editions
10	BP Portrait Award 2005 more books like this by National Portrait Gallery London (Creator), Philip Hensher add to wishlist As well as featuring all the entries from this year's competition, this arresting book includes a fascinating essay by Philip Hensher and portraits of people in the old Persian bazaar in Tehran by Darvish Fakhr, the BP travel award winner 2004. see all copies from $12.95! new only from $12.95!
11 view cover	Other Lulus more books like this by Philip Hensher add to wishlist This is a novel that explores music, lying, marriage and cooking against the backdrop of contemporary Vienna. Fledgling singer Friederike marries English music-tender Archy who claims to have discovered the lost last act of Alban Berg's opera Lulu. see all copies from $2.53! new only from $10.76! \| signed copies \| first editions
12	Indicios de Hipo by Philip Hensher add to wishlist La publicacion de esta novela causo una autentica conmocion en el mundo literario britanico, que lo ultimo que esperaba de Hensher tras "El imperio de las zarzas" era una novela tan impregnada de humor fresco y disparatado. Hensher nos presenta a John Carrington, un joven dedicado a la elaboracion de indices onomasticos que ve, a un tiempo, como ... see all copies from $30.40! new only from $30.41!
13	El Imperio de Las Zarzas more books like this by Philip Hensher add to wishlist see all copies from $43.71! new only from $43.72!
14 view cover	Pen I Waered by Philip Hensher add to wishlist SHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2008. An epic chronicle of the last twenty years of British life from the Booker shortlisted and Granta Best of Young British novelist, Philip Hensher. Beginning in 1974 and ending with the fading of Thatcher's government in 1996, 'The Northern Clemency' is Philip Hensher's epic portrait of an entire era, a ... see all copies from $20.99! new only from $20.99!

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