The Shadow of the Object - Chloe Aridjis Paperback / softback or adding a decorative touch

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warm and charming' Marian Keyes`Like butter on toast: perfect' Caitlin MoranA love letter to all those who come alive when they pull a new treasure off the shelf

Whether they're conjuring up new recipes or cooking for themselves at home

Picky is as much a hymn to the gleam of the golden arches and the soft shine of worn formica as it is to opulent marble and tweezered micro herbs

The Shadow of the Object - Chloe Aridjis Paperback / softback or adding a decorative touchOne of our boldest writers' Deborah LevyA magnificent work of shadow play and a meditation on desire, metamorphosis and mortality. Flora is visiting home in Mexico when the family dog leaps up and bites her hand. She winds up in hospital where she undergoes several surgeries under anaesthesia and meets Wilhelmina, an elderly German woman with pneumonia, who collects pre cinema toys and instruments. The two of them embark on a series of dream like