Adult Braille Books – Fiction
Fantastic Fiction
BR74001
Wizard and glass by Stephen King.
10 v. of braille.
In a terrifying journey, Roland the gunslinger, with his motley companions, determines to reach his destiny. Threatened with destruction from hidden dangers along the way, the pilgrims desperately bargain for survival. Beyond the terror of Roland's relentless enemy and the temptation of the wizard's glass, the tower awaits. Sequel to "The waste lands" (BR74000). Followed by "Wolves of the calla" (BR74002). 1997. (Dark Tower ; 4)
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General Fiction
BR73913
The shape I gave you by Martha Baillie.
2 v. of braille.
Ulrike Huguenot gets an unexpected and unwelcome letter from Beatrice Mann, a Canadian sculptor who was a friend - and perhaps lover - of her father Gustave. Beatrice is writing after the death of her daughter - unable to speak with her husband Isaac, she turns to Ulrike. As Ulrike reads about Beatrice's life and Gustave's role in it, she reluctantly revisits the world of her own memories. Some descriptions of sex. 2006.
BR74045
Paula Spencer by Roddy Doyle.
3 v. of braille.
Ireland. Now forty-seven, long-widowed Paula Spencer, from "The Woman Who Walked into Doors" (BR68014), counts the days of her sobriety, the key to putting her life back together. Facing a low-paying job, dysfunctional children, and her sister's cancer, Paula takes things one day at a time. Some strong language. 2006.
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BR74280
The reluctant fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid.
2 v. of braille.
A young Pakistani man in the US is about to start a career and has fallen for a young woman when 9/11 occurs. Answering to his own conscience, he returns to Pakistan. From the perspective of a few years later, the young man relates his past experiences to an American man he meets in a cafe, whose visit to Lahore may or may not have to do with the young man's recent anti-American activities. Some strong language and descriptions of sex. 2007.
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Mysteries (Fiction)
BR73951
The vanished man by Jeffery Deaver.
6 v. of braille.
When a killer flees the scene of a homicide at a prestigious Manhattan music school and locks himself in a classroom, the police have him surrounded within minutes. A scream rings out, followed by a gunshot. The police break down the door. The room is empty. The ambitious Sachs, and the quadriplegic Rhyme, must work together to ferret out a master illusionist they've dubbed "the conjurer" and prevent a terrifying act of vengeance that could become the greatest vanishing act of all. Some descriptions of violence and some strong language. Sequel to "Stone monkey". 2003. (Lincoln Rhyme ; 5)
BR73751
The treatment by Mo Hayder.
5 v. of braille.
In a pleasant London neighbourhood, a man and his wife are found tied up in their own home and their young son has disappeared. Jack Caffery is called in to investigate, but a similar tragedy from his own past makes it impossible for him to be scientifically detached. Descriptions of sex, violence and explicit strong language. 2001.
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BR74048
Wash this blood clean from my hand by Fred Vargas.
4 v. of braille.
Adamsberg, the eccentric commissaire of the French national police, faces a serial killer called the Trident who, 30 years previously, framed the commissaire's brother for a murder, successfully avoiding prosecution for that and numerous other slayings. Supposedly dead for more than 15 years, the Trident has risen from the grave - or so Adamsberg believes after encountering a new victim whose corpse bears the tell-tale signs of the Trident's work. Convincing anyone of this fact is impossible, and soon Adamsberg finds himself framed for the murder of a young woman. Strong language and descriptions of violence. 2007, c2004.
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Short Stories
BR73792
The facts behind the Helsinki Roccomatios by Yann Martel.
2 v. of braille.
A Canadian student's life is changed when he hears the Rankin Concerto, written in honour of a Vietnam veteran; a prison warden reports to a mother on her son's last moments before he is executed; a surreal fable is presented in which mirrors are made from memories. In the title novella, Paul, a young man, is dying of AIDS, and his student mentor at college devises a plan to keep him engaged in life. They will invent the story of the Roccamatio family of Helsinki, which will have 100 chapters, each thematically linked to an event of the 20th century. Strong language. 2004, c1993.
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