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  • Location: Russia

Doctor Zhivago

1900s: Even if you have seen the remarkable film with Omar Shariff, this book is the version you should remember.

  • Location: Chile

The Postman

1970s: The book which inspired the film Il Postino – a story of young love inspired by the poetry of Pablo Neruda

  • Location: Italy, Florence, Libya, Sahara Desert, Egypt

The English Patient

2WW: The English patient – a man badly burnt in the Libyan desert recounts his memories of a romantic affair as he starts to succumb…

  • Location: Kaliningrad

Critique of Criminal Reason

Set against the Napoleonic wars, this is a great way of gaining an insight into  period of history and in to the person of Immanuel…

  • Location: Chile, Santiago

The Dancer and the Thief

1970s: A book for all the senses set in Chile’s lively cultural and criminal scene

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Dark Island

2000s: Midwinter in Orkney. Six hours of daylight. A race against time to catch a killer.

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