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Fantastic easts and here to find them, J.K. Rowling - 978-1408708989 (Little Brown) BD8.300 for Gulf Weekly Book Club members
When magizoologist Newt Scamander arrives in New York, he intends his stay to be just a brief stopover. However, when his magical case is misplaced and some of Newt’s fantastic beasts escape, it spells trouble for everyone.
The screenplay, inspired by the original Hogwart’s ‘textbook’ by Scamander, is a feat of imagination and features a cast of remarkable characters and magical creatures - epic adventure-packed storytelling at its very best.
Whether an existing fan or new to the wizarding world, this is a perfect addition for any filmlover or readers ookshel.
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The Muse, Jessie Burton, ISBN 978-1447250974 (Picador) BD4.400 for Gulf Weekly Book Club members.
ON A hot July day in 1967, Odelle Bastien climbs the stone steps of the Skelton gallery in London, knowing that her life is about to change forever. aving strggled to find her place in the city since she arrived from rinidad five ears ago, she has een offered a job as a typist under the tutelage of the glamorous and enigmatic Marjorie Quick.
But though Quick takes Odelle into her confidence and unlocks a potential she didn’t know she had, she remains a mystery - no more so than when a lost masterpiece with a secret history is delivered to the gallery.
The truth about the painting lies in 1936 and a large house in rural Spain, where Olive Schloss, the daughter of a renowned art dealer, is harbouring ambitions of her own. Into this fragile paradise come artist and revolutionary Isaac Robles and his half-sister Teresa, who immediately insinuate themselves into the Schloss family, with explosive and devastating consequences.
Seductive, exhilarating and suspenseful, The Muse is an unforgettable novel about aspiration and identity, love and obsession, authenticity and deception - a masterpiece from Jessie Burton, the million-copy bestselling author of The Miniaturist.
MY FAVOURITE READ OF THE WEEK
The Princess Diarist, Carrie Fisher, ISBN 978-0593077566 (Bantam Press) BD8.300 for Gulf Weekly Book Club members
WHEN the late Carrie Fisher discovered the journals she kept during the filming o the first Star Wars movie, she was astonished to see what they had preserved, plaintive love poems, unbridled musings with youthful naiveté, and a vulnerability that she barely recognised.
Up until her recent untimely death, her fame as an author, actress and popculture icon was indisputable, but in 1977, she was just a (sort-of) regular teenager. With these excerpts from her handwritten notebooks, The Princess Diarist was her intimate and revealing recollection of what happened on one o the most amos film sets o all time, and what developed behind the scenes.
She pondered the joys and insanity of celebrity, and the absurdity of a life spawned by Hollywood royalty, only to be surpassed by her own outerspace royalty. Laugh-out-loud hilarious and endlessly quotable, The Princess Diarist brims with the candour and introspection of a diary while offering shrewd insight into the type of stardom that few will ever experience.
