The Essence of the Thing

6 best books like The Essence of the Thing (Madeleine St. John): Boy Swallows Universe, Girl, Woman, Other, The Erratics, Utz, Fake: A startling true story of love in a world of liars, cheats, narcissists, fantasists and phonies, La giostra degli scambi

Boy Swallows Universe

Author	Trent Dalton
ISBN	1460753895

A novel of love, crime, magic, fate and coming of age, set in Brisbane's violent working class suburban fringe - from one of Australia's most exciting new writers.

Brisbane, 1983: A lost father, a mute brother, a mum in jail, a heroin dealer for a stepfather and a notorious crim for a babysitter....

Girl, Woman, Other

Author	Bernardine Evaristo
ISBN	0241364906

Joint Winner of the Man Booker Prize 2019

Teeming with life and crackling with energy - a love song to modern Britain and black womanhood

Girl, Woman, Other follows the lives and struggles of twelve very different characters. Mostly women, black and British, they tell the stories...

The Erratics

Author	Vicki Laveau-Harvie
ISBN	0648100855

When her elderly mother is hospitalised after an accident, Vicki is summoned to her parents' isolated and run-down ranch home in Alberta, Canada, to care for her father. She has been estranged from her parents for many years (the reasons for which become quickly clear) and is horrified by what she discovers...

Utz

Author	Bruce Chatwin
ISBN	0140115765

Utz collects Meissen porcelain with a passion. His collection, which he has protected and enlarged through both World War II and Czechoslovakia's years of Stalinism, numbers more than 1,000 pieces, all crammed into his two-room Prague flat. Utz is allowed to leave the country each year, and although...

Fake: A startling true story of love in a world of liars, cheats, narcissists, fantasists and phonies

Author

Stephanie Wood

Women the world over are brought up to hope, even expect, to find the man of their dreams, marry and live happily ever after. When Stephanie Wood meets a sweet man who owns a farm and property, she embarks on an exhilarating romance with him. He seems compassionate, truthful and loving. He talks about the...

La giostra degli scambi

Author	Andrea Camilleri
ISBN	8838933448

La giornata comincia storta per Montalbano: intervenuto per sedare una rissa sulla spiaggia di Marinella ha colpito l’uomo sbagliato e poi, scambiato per uno degli aggressori, viene fermato dai carabinieri. Infine scopre che Adelina ha scambiato un galantuomo per ladro e gli ha sbattuto in testa...