A Sharp Touch

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Here you will find books that use style, language and humour in a cutting way. Things that are sharp can cut or sting - they aren't always comfortable. Sharp things cut through to the bare bone, to the truth. These are books designed to get to the heart of things, to expose the reality of life and to leave off the comfortable padding writers so often used to coddle their readers.

Although all the samplers take the same theme, titles on the lists may vary according to what is available in each format.

A Sharp Touch - Braille list

Martin Amis - The Information
Kate Atkinson - Behind the Scenes at the Museum
Beryl Bainbridge - The Birthday Boys
Alan Bennett - Talking Heads
J M Coetzee - Disgrace
Patricia Cornwell - From Potter's Field
Michael Dobbs - House of Cards
Ben Elton - Popcorn
Fay Weldon - Affliction
Jeanette Winterson - Oranges are not the only Fruit

A Sharp Touch - Calibre cassette list

Martin Amis - The Information
Jane Austen - Emma
Julian Barnes - England, England
Alan Bennett - Talking Heads One
J M Coetzee - Disgrace
Patricia Cornwell - From Potter's Field
Michael Dobbs - House of Cards
David Lodge - Therapy
Fay Weldon - The Life and Loves of a She-Devil
Jeanette Winterson - Oranges are not the only Fruit

A Sharp Touch - RNIB Talking Book CD list

Michael Dobbs - House of Cards
Fay Weldon - Affliction
Julian Barnes - England, England
Alan Bennett - Writing Home
Shena Mackay - The Orchard on Fire
Martin Amis - The Information
Patricia Cornwell - Postmortem
Jeanette Winterson - Oranges are not the only Fruit
Ben Elton - Popcorn
Rebecca Wells - Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood

A Sharp Touch - Large Print Book list

U = Ulverscroft I = Isis C = Chivers M = Magna

Simon Armitage - All Points North (I)
Julian Barnes - England, England (I)
JM Coetzee - Disgrace (C)
Ben Elton - A Blast from the Past (I)
Lucy Fitzgerald - Liar Birds (M)
Wendy Holden - Pastures Nouveau (C)
Stephen Kuuisto - Planet of the Blind (U)
Shena MacKay - The Orchard on Fire (I)
Joanna Trollope - Marrying the Mistress (U)
Fay Weldon - Worst Fears (U)

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