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Books by A. L. Barker

A. L. Barker (1918-2002) was a short story writer and novelist. Born in St Paul's Cray, Kent, she lived in the same milieu where London borders on Kent and Surrey, for the rest of her life. As her Oxford DNB entry says it was 'the chief setting for her work, which often seemed to partake of the quotidian mysteriousness and even abandonment of these areas.' Her first selection of short stories, Innocents, won the Somerset Maugham award in 1947. Of her short stories, Robert Nye has written, 'stories as carefully composed as poems, quiet and delicate and reserved perhaps, but oddly lingering in the mind.' Although a stranger to commercial success, she never wanted for admirers, Jane Gardam, Francis King, Auberon Waugh, Evelyn Waugh, Rebecca West, John Sutherland, Deborah Moggach, Ronald Blythe, Susan Hill, A. S. Byatt, Adam Mars-Jones, Nina Bawden and Victoria Glendinning being just some of them. A. L. Barker deserves to be better known. Faber Finds is proud to be reissuing her entire oeuvre, six volumes of short stories - Innocents, Novelette with Other Stories, Femina Real, Life Stories, No Words of Love and Element of Doubt - and thirteen novels - Apology for a Hero, A Case Examined, The Joy-Ride and After, Lost Upon the Roundabouts, The Middling, John Brown's Body, Source of Embarrassment, A Heavy Feather, Relative Successes, The Gooseboy, The Woman Who Talked to Herself, Zeph and The Haunt.
Submerged By A.L. Barker
Submergedby A.L. Barker
Very Good
$22.49
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A.L.Barker Omnibus By A. L. Barker
A.L.Barker Omnibusby A. L. Barker
Very Good
$50.99
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Element of Doubt By a L Barker
Element of Doubtby a L Barker
New
$50.29
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The Haunt, The By A. L. Barker
The Haunt, Theby A. L. Barker
Well Read
$15.49
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Lost Journey By A.L. Barker
Lost Journeyby A.L. Barker
Very Good
$11.99
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Any Excuse for a Party By A. L. Barker
Any Excuse for a Partyby A. L. Barker
Very Good
$11.99
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Chemistry By A. L. Barker
Chemistryby A. L. Barker
Very Good
$20.99
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Work Out Chemistry GCSE By A.L. Barker
Work Out Chemistry GCSEby A.L. Barker
Well Read
$22.49
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Work Out Chemistry GCSE By A.L. Barker
Work Out Chemistry GCSEby A.L. Barker
Very Good
$25.49
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The Woman Who Talked to Herself By A. L. Barker
The Woman Who Talked to Herselfby A. L. Barker
Very Good
$15.49
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John Brown's Body By A.L. Barker
John Brown's Bodyby A.L. Barker
Very Good
$20.49
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Chemistry By A. L. Barker
Chemistryby A. L. Barker
Very Good
$26.99
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Submerged By A.L. Barker
Submergedby A.L. Barker
Very Good
$40.99
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The Gooseboy By A. L. Barker
The Gooseboyby A. L. Barker
Very Good
$15.49
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John Brown's Body By A. L. Barker
John Brown's Bodyby A. L. Barker
Very Good
$23.99
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Jamie and The Lion's Gate By A L Barker
Jamie and The Lion's Gateby A L Barker
New
$53.89
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A Sloth-Tastic Party By A L Barker
A Sloth-Tastic Partyby A L Barker
New
$29.39
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An Unexpected Storm By A L Barker
An Unexpected Stormby A L Barker
New
$29.59
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