What to Read Where – Summer Book Giveaway
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If we could choose from the What to Read Where List, we think we’d have Nocturnes
At Be Travel Savvy, we think choosing the right book for your holiday is as important as choosing the right destination. Don’t find yourself standing in the airport bookshop, listening to your flight being called and panic-picking something wholly irrelevant – better to do things properly and give it some careful consideration.
Alex Stewart, chief buyer at Stanfords, has come up with this great ‘What to Read Where’ list. Of course, you can read all of the books wherever you want, but we love the idea of tying in your holiday reading with your destination.
Established in 1853, Stanfords is the UK’s leading specialist retailer of maps, travel books and other travel accessories, so it’s the perfect place to buy those all-important A-Zs and guidebooks as well as your holiday fiction. Their flagship store in Covent Garden opened in 1901 and can justly claim to offer the world’s largest stock of maps and travel books under one roof. If you’re not in London, you can order online from the Stanfords website.
One lucky Be Travel Savvy reader will get to choose their two favourite books from the list below (sadly we can’t give you the accompanying trip.) Just answer correctly the question at the bottom of the What to Read Where list by midnight on 11th August. The winner will be picked at random and notified by email.
What to Read Where
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Sweden: The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets Nest by Stieg Larsson (£7.99, Quercus)
Massive cult seller and final part of Scandinavian crime trilogy. - Italy / California: Nocturnes by Kazuo Ishiguro (£7.99, Vintage)Short stories set in Italy, London, The Malvern Hills and Hollywood that explore love,
- music and the passing of time.
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Germany: Alone in Berlin by Hans Fallada (£9.99, Penguin)
Portrait of German family stung into life of protest in Second World War Berlin by the death of their son – powerful, visceral stuff. -
New York: Brooklyn by Colm Toibin (£7.99, Penguin)
Young Irish girl quits home for New York in the early 1950s but ends up with a terrible dilemma – humane, affecting and polished. -
Catalonia: The Angel’s Game by Carlos Ruiz Zafon (£7.99, Orion Publishing)
Gothic, supernatural thriller set in Barcelona with thrills and shocks aplenty. -
Staycation: One Day by David Nicholls (£7.99, Hodder & Stoughton)
Off-kilter rom-com set over 1980s-90s England that pokes fun at the decades – slick, feel-good read. -
USA & Mexico: The Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver (£7.99, Vintage)
Spans Mexico and 1950s McCarthyite America, investigating identity, loyalty and how innocent people can get caught up in things – Orange prizewinner. -
Australia: After the Fire, A Still Small Voice by Evie Wyld (£7.99, Vintage)
Examination of loss, lostness and trauma where Australian landscape mirrors the characters equally, unforgiving emotional terrain. - Turkey: A Fez of the Heart by Jeremy Seal (£7.99 Picador)A wry, lively quest for the heart of a country by way of the history of a hat that symbolises Turkey’s cultural fault line.
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Greece: The Island by Victoria Hislop (£7.99, Hodder Headline)
Set on Crete, the tale of a family rent by tragedy, war and passion.
Please read the terms and conditions below carefully before you enter this competition. By entering the competition, you are agreeing to the terms and conditions.
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Competition is only open to UK and Eire entrants over the age of 18. All entries must be received my midnight on Monday 11th August 2010. The winner will be notified by email after the closing date and must then provide their address for dispatch of their books, along with their choice of two books from the above list. Competition is not open to employees of Hays Travel or Be Travel Savvy.
