Lloyd Jones

• Sep-1993
• / General Fiction
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Peter Shapello is a village dentist in Albania until one day he recieves a visit that changes his life - and an offer he can't refuse. He will become the double for Albania's Great Leader, Enver Hoxha, the man who stands in for him on official engage...

• Aug-2000
• / General Fiction
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This novel is based on the 1905 New Zealand rugby tour of Britain, when the All Blacks achieved unheard of success in thirty-three of their matches, losing only one against Wales. In the country they call 'Home', these unassuming Kiwi men achieve mas...

• Jan-2004
• / General Fiction
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Long ago, when the men were away at the war, Alma began painting the women of the town. They sat for him in lieu of payment for his work catching rats. Alice, his favourite, returned his attentions, and when her husband, George, came home from the wa...

• May-2005
• / General Fiction
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The quirky exploits of Mr. Vogel, a strange, solitary man who leaves his car lights on so that people will knock on his door, is documented in this warm-hearted novel about a man's dreams for love, friendship, and freedom. Mr. Vogel's life unexpected...

• Apr-2007
• / Historical
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WINNER OF WALES BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2007 "Lloyd Jones's psychogeographic epic about, among other things, Wales, football, water-divining, madness, vampires, Merlin, legends, policemen, birds, mannequins and picnics, is full of ideas but ...

• Aug-2007
• / General Fiction
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In a novel that is at once intense, beautiful, and fablelike, Lloyd Jones weaves a transcendent story that celebrates the resilience of the human spirit and the power of narrative to transform our lives. On a copper-rich tropical island shattered ...

• Jul-2008
• / General Fiction
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The two intertwined love stories in this brilliant novel take the reader from New Zealand to Buenos Aires to Sydney, from the final days of WWI, to the present moment, and back again. Drawing on the intimate rhythms of the tango to find its shape, Jo...

• Apr-2009
• / General Fiction
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Alternating between serious and absurd, these 25 very short stories are written in a variety of styles and often from an unexpected viewpoint, such as that of an old woman, a young man with a missing wife, and a surgeon who becomes a shepherd. A wry,...

• Jun-2009
• / General Fiction
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• May-2010
• / Epic Fantasy
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A young man is trying to find a mystical sword to turn back time. His family and village were slaughtered leaving him to survive on the land. If he can find this blade of time he can go back and save everyone from the horrible fate they where given. ...

• May-2010
• / General Fiction
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A boy watches his mother hooked and reeled ashore by a fisherman. A couple give up their seats on a bus for lovers soon to be parted. A husband enters a world imagined by his wife and pretends to be the man she loves. The Man in the Shed is a...

• Oct-2010
• / General Fiction
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• Nov-2010
• / Literary
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This is the story of a young African mother's journey to reclaim the infant son heartlessly stolen from her. Beginning in Tunisia, where she is employed as a hotel maid, the novel follows her as she makes an illegal, near-death crossing of the Medite...

• Oct-2012
• / Fantasy
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Small-minded, malicious academic Dr. Llwyd McNamara has a grant to research the rugby player known as Big M, one of Wales’ biggest heroes. However, as he does research in his office, McNamara quickly discovers a link between rugby star Dylan Manawy...

• Oct-2014
• / Literary
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Water follows the trials and tribulations of a family living in extreme poverty on a remote lake-side farm in Wales, following a worldwide crisis. Food is scarce, the chickens are dying one by one, and the farm sleeps in the winter sun. Elin, the mot...

• Jun-2015
• / General Fiction
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Bronze Medal Winner in the Picture Books, Early Reader category of the 2015 Foreword Reviews' INDIEFAB Book of the Year Awards

Once upon a time there was a Princess. She had everything a little girl could ever want, and she was happy. That i...

• Dec-2016
• / Literary
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Winner of the McKitterick First Novel Award. Shortlisted for the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Fiction. "One of the most remarkable books ever written on the subject of Wales" â€" Jan Morris on Lloyd Jones' extraordinar...

• Jun-2020
• / Literary
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High Wire brings together Booker finalist writer Lloyd Jones and artist Euan Macleod. It is the first of a series of picture books written and made for grownups and designed to showcase leading New Zealand writers and artists working together in a co...

• Oct-2020
• / Fantasy
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Order and Structure: Izanagi and Izanami continue their mission to maintain order structure in the shapeless chaos that is the world. While chasing Yokai a rift grows between the two. Can they focus on the mission and mend their relationship?...

• Jan-2021
• / General Fiction
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Once upon a time, in a peaceful kingdom far away, there lived a knight (in training). This knight was never ever seen without their armour. In fact, nobody even knew what they looked like under their helmet. Why would they remove their armour? You ne...

• Sep-2021
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• Nov-2023
• / General Fiction
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Once upon a time, in a kingdom far away, there lived an elf. The elf was a shoemaker, and her shoes were admired around the kingdom. The elf was confident at her job, until one day the Princess ordered a pair of shoes for the Royal Ball. Putting pres...

• Feb-2024
• / General Fiction
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The Adventures of Milli and Max: An ABC Journey Under the Sea is both a unique alphabet learning book and a treasury of fun facts about each sea creature that will delight children and their parents alike.Welcome to the enchanting world of Milli and ...

• / General Fiction
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Two mysterious strangers appear at a hotel in a small country town.  Where have they come from? Who are they? What catastrophe are they fleeing?  The townspeople want answers, but the strangers are unable to speak of their trauma. And befor...