Love & Louis XIV
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Olive Oil, Sauces, Starters and Mains
Sponsored by Griffin Bookshop features@algarveresident.com Olive Oil, Sauces, Starters and Mains, published by Ryland Peters and Small Olive oil is everyone’s favourite cooking ingredient – it’s delicious, versatile and healthy.
Skullduggery Pleasant
Sponsored by: GRIFFIN BOOKSHOP features@algarveresident.com Skulduggery Pleasant by Derek Landy in paperback at 11 euros should hold fascinating appeal for ages nine to 12. Skulduggery Pleasant is a wise-cracking sharply-dressed
Temptation
Sponsored by Griffin Bookshop features@algarveresident.com Douglas Kennedy’s book, Temptation, is set in Hollywood, which is a world he knows well. David Armitage is a middle-aged screenwriter, who spends years toiling
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
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Through a Glass Darkly
Sponsored by Griffin Bookshop features@algarveresident.com Through a Glass Darkly by Donna Leon Donna Leon’s millions of fans will appreciate this new crime novel in her series featuring Commissario Brunetti and
Bitter Sweets
Sponsored by Griffin Bookshop features@algarveresident.com Bitter Sweets by Roopa Farooki Finally, Bitter Sweets by Roopa Farooki is set in 1950s Bengal. Henna Rub, a precocious, wayward teenager, brings off a
Friend of the Devil
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Master Pip
Sponsored by: GRIFFIN BOOKSHOP features@algarveresident.com Master Pip by Lloyd Jones is out in hardcover at 20 euros. English bookies unexpectedly put this novel as favourite to win the Booker Prize.
On a Hoof and a Prayer
Sponsored by Griffin Bookshop features@algarveresident.com On a Hoof and a Prayer by Polly Evans Subtitled, Around Argentina at a Gallop, this is Polly Evans’ account of achieving her dream of

