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Martin 'One of those rare writers who appeals to everyone’ Daily Express ‘One of the most consistently funny writers around’ Ben Aaronovitch ‘Masterful and brilliant’ Fantasy & Science Fiction ‘Pratchett uses his other world to hold up a distorting mirror to our own… he is a satirist of enormous talent

Thirst healthy eating She switches it on to'Every new novel by Giles Foden is something to celebrate my hand leaps to the shelf' PAUL THEROUX 'The most original and interesting novelist of his generation' ALLAN MASSIE, SCOTSMAN 2039, the Skeleton Coast of Namibia. 160,000 kilometres square of ocean crashed desert, littered with bones, shipwrecks and shattered dreams. Cat Brosnan, a young scientist, has just arrived, aiming to track down a much needed water source believed to lie hidden within