Some locals have formed an impromptu reading group to read the Man Booker shortlist
http://www.themanbookerprize.com/news/stories/1533
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/gall...11-in-pictures
rather ambitiously they've set two books for next week (I'm unlikely to have time to read both) but I've just sent these two to my kindle.
'Pigeon English' by Stephen Kelman
and
'Snowdrops' by A.D. Miller