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Book sale

Tuesday, January 22, 2008
The great clearout continues here at Penguin HQ! Why not while away those rainy January evenings with a fine selection of high-brow literature in English from the Penguin's personal library? Buyer collects, can deliver to Stammtisch and / or vicinity of Penguin HQ. Place your reservations in the comments or by email to mountpenguin [squiggly mark] gmail.com.

Currently on offer at the bargain price of €2 per volume are:

Terry Pratchett:
# Going Postal
# Carpe Jugulum
# Interesting Times
# The Last Continent
# Jingo
# Soul Music

(or all 6 for €10). Reserved by Ed

Also available: "Wachen! Wachen!" (German translation of "Guards! Guards!").

Stephen King:
# Lisey's Story
# Black House
# From a Buick 8

(or all 3 for €5).

Also available for free: "Das Mädchen" ("The Girl who loved Tom Gordon"). Improve your German with this scary story of a young girl lost in the woods of the NE USA. (Note: was "preisred. Mängelexemplar").

Tom Wolfe
# Bonfire of the Vanities (note: published 1990, condition good but a bit on the well-read side)
# I am Charlotte Simmons

(or both for €3).

Other Authors:
# Ian McEwan: "Atonement" (now a major motion picture! Read the book and save yourself the price of a cinema ticket!)
# JG Ballard: Empire of the Sun
# Tom Sharpe: Wilt
# Neil Gaiman: "American Gods"
# Kim Stanley Robinson: "Red Mars"

All books are in good condition, most were bought new by myself....
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