Mikes best books of 2004
Discover Mike's top book picks of 2004! Explore his curated list of must-read titles from 2004, featuring the best in fiction, non-fiction, and hidden gems.
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Line of Beauty
by Alan Hollinghurst
Moving into the attic room in the Notting Hill home of the wealthy, politically connected Fedden family in 1983, twenty-year-old Nick Guest becomes caught up in the rising fortunes of this glamorous family and finds his own life forever altered by his association during the boom years of the 1980s. By the author of The Swimming-Pool Library. 30,000 first printing.
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Heaven Lake
by John Dalton
"Vincent Saunders has graduated from college, left his small hometown in Illinois, and arrived in Taiwan as a Christian volunteer. After opening a ministry house, he meets a wealthy Taiwanese businessman, Mr. Gwa, who tells Vincent that on his far travels to western China he has discovered a beautiful young woman living near the famous landmark Heaven Lake. Elegant, regal, clever, she works a lowly clerk in the local railway station. Gwa wishes to marry her, but is thwarted by the political conflict between China and Taiwan. In exchange for a sum of money, will Vincent travel to China on Gwa's behalf, take part in a counterfeit marriage, and bring her back to Taiwan for Gwa to marry legitimately? Vincent, largely innocent about the ways of the world and believing that marriage is a sacrament, says no. Gwa is furious." "Soon, though, everything Vincent understands about himself and his vocation in Taiwan changes. Supplementing his income from his sparsely attended Bible-study classes, he teaches English to a group of enthusiastic schoolgirls - and it is his tender, complicated friendship with a student that forces Vincent to abandon the ministry house and sends him on a path toward spiritual reckoning. It also causes him to reconsider Gwa's extraordinary proposition."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
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The Trouble Boy
by Tom Dolby
At 22, Toby Griffin wants it all - fame, fortune,and a good-looking boyfriend by his side. For now,he's got a freelance job for an online magazine, a,sublet in the East Village and a group of friends,with a taste for fashion, booze and other men. But,everything changes when Toby suddenly gets the,chance of a lifetime, working as a personal,assistant to a hip film mogul. Now he's swilling,champagne with the best of them, but he still,feels that making it in Manhattan isn't as easy as,he thought - until one tragic night changes his,life and gives him power he had never dreamt of.