This Week's Acquisitions
- Jim Crace, Genesis: A Novel (FSG, 2003). Popular actor proves over-fertile. (Amazon [secondhand])
- Iris Murdoch, The Unicorn (Penguin, 1987). A hired "companion" tries to unravel the mystery of her employer. (eBay)
- ---, Nuns and Soldiers (Penguin, 2002). Two women face emotional and spiritual crises. (Lift Bridge)
- Rosalind Belben, Our Horses in Egypt (Chatto & Windus, 2007). Woman tries to discover the fate of her horse, shipped to Egypt as part of the WWI effort. Sequel of sorts to Hound Music. (Amazon [secondhand])
- Banner of Faith (1897). One volume of a periodical published by the Church Extension Association, now the Community of the Sisters of the Church. (eBay)