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Faber Remembers

Tom Stoppard

By Dinah Wood

A mighty dramatist, a champion of free speech and a towering figure in the literary world at large, Tom Stoppard has sat at the heart of Faber publishing for six decades.

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Solvej Balle

On the Calculation of Volume

Tara Selter is searching for a way back into time. Every morning, she wakes up to the 18th of November. Books I to III in Solvej Balle's remarkable heptalogy are available now.

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Evan Dando

Rumours of My Demise

A special signed and numbered, cloth-bound edition of the memoir of the Lemonheads frontman Evan Dando, featuring an exclusive signed print and flexidisk.

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