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Tom Vowler Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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Word botherer, lecturer, wild swimmer. "I'm writing a novel." "Neither am I."

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Book Cover for: A Horse Walks Into a Bar, David Grossman

A Horse Walks Into a Bar

David Grossman
Tom VowlerTom Vowler

@Wylmenmuir @RupertThomson1 The Great Fire - Shirley Hazzard Waiting for the Barbarians - Coetzee Julius Winsome - Gerard Donovan Goat Mountain - David Vann Being Dead / Harvest - Jim Crace Swimming Home - Deborah Levy A Horse Walks Into a Bar - David Grossman The Sea, the Sea - Iris Murdoch

Paperback, 2018

$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Goat Mountain, David Vann

Goat Mountain

David Vann
Tom VowlerTom Vowler

@Wylmenmuir @RupertThomson1 The Great Fire - Shirley Hazzard Waiting for the Barbarians - Coetzee Julius Winsome - Gerard Donovan Goat Mountain - David Vann Being Dead / Harvest - Jim Crace Swimming Home - Deborah Levy A Horse Walks Into a Bar - David Grossman The Sea, the Sea - Iris Murdoch

Paperback, 2023

$17.99$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Luckenbooth, Jenni Fagan

Luckenbooth

Jenni Fagan
Tom VowlerTom Vowler

@Jenni_Fagan very much enjoying your written words just now #luckenbooth

Hardcover, 2022

$26.00$13.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Harvest: Man Booker Prize Finalist, Jim Crace

Harvest: Man Booker Prize Finalist

Jim Crace
Tom VowlerTom Vowler

@Wylmenmuir @RupertThomson1 The Great Fire - Shirley Hazzard Waiting for the Barbarians - Coetzee Julius Winsome - Gerard Donovan Goat Mountain - David Vann Being Dead / Harvest - Jim Crace Swimming Home - Deborah Levy A Horse Walks Into a Bar - David Grossman The Sea, the Sea - Iris Murdoch

Paperback, 2013

$19.00$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Night Boat to Tangier, Kevin Barry

Night Boat to Tangier

Kevin Barry
Tom VowlerTom Vowler

@Wylmenmuir @RupertThomson1 I must add Elmet (Fiona Mozley) and Night Boat to Tangier (Kevin Barry) - both stunning. None of my list partic Bolano-esque...but you will emerge dazed and changed (as I did with Fox Fires)

Paperback, 2020

$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Great Fire, Shirley Hazzard

The Great Fire

Shirley Hazzard
Tom VowlerTom Vowler

@Wylmenmuir @RupertThomson1 The Great Fire - Shirley Hazzard Waiting for the Barbarians - Coetzee Julius Winsome - Gerard Donovan Goat Mountain - David Vann Being Dead / Harvest - Jim Crace Swimming Home - Deborah Levy A Horse Walks Into a Bar - David Grossman The Sea, the Sea - Iris Murdoch

Paperback, 2004

$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Elmet, Fiona Mozley

Elmet

Fiona Mozley
Tom VowlerTom Vowler

@Wylmenmuir @RupertThomson1 I must add Elmet (Fiona Mozley) and Night Boat to Tangier (Kevin Barry) - both stunning. None of my list partic Bolano-esque...but you will emerge dazed and changed (as I did with Fox Fires)

Hardcover, 2017

$37.00$18.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Being Dead, Jim Crace

Being Dead

Jim Crace
Tom VowlerTom Vowler

@Wylmenmuir @RupertThomson1 The Great Fire - Shirley Hazzard Waiting for the Barbarians - Coetzee Julius Winsome - Gerard Donovan Goat Mountain - David Vann Being Dead / Harvest - Jim Crace Swimming Home - Deborah Levy A Horse Walks Into a Bar - David Grossman The Sea, the Sea - Iris Murdoch

Paperback, 2001

$19.00$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Swimming Home, Deborah Levy

Swimming Home

Deborah Levy
Tom VowlerTom Vowler

@Wylmenmuir @RupertThomson1 The Great Fire - Shirley Hazzard Waiting for the Barbarians - Coetzee Julius Winsome - Gerard Donovan Goat Mountain - David Vann Being Dead / Harvest - Jim Crace Swimming Home - Deborah Levy A Horse Walks Into a Bar - David Grossman The Sea, the Sea - Iris Murdoch

Paperback, 2012

$16.00$8.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Sea, the Sea: Booker Prize Winner, Iris Murdoch

The Sea, the Sea: Booker Prize Winner

Iris Murdoch
Tom VowlerTom Vowler

@JDaviesPhD To borrow from Iris Murdoch, the sea, the sea...and cold-water exposure generally.

Paperback, 2001

$21.00$10.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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