The Outlandish Companion - Diana Gabaldon [318]
Rankin is sometimes hard to find in the United States, though getting more popular; some of these titles may be UK editions. Available through specialist mystery bookstores and online book services. The books listed above are a series of police procedurals, set in Edinburgh and featuring Detective John Rebus. Tough stories, but beautiful writing and good characterization.
ROMANCE
For those who most enjoy love stories, these are several fine writers of “straight” romance (that is, romance unmixed with any other genre elements).
Laura Kinsale Susan Elizabeth Phillips Judith McNaught Nora Roberts
I haven’t listed individual titles, because all of these writers are quite prolific.
STRANGE BOOKS
I couldn’t come close to describing these books. All I can say is that they’re unique, and I thought they were very interesting.
Jeanette Winterson
Sexing the Cherry
John Berendt Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
Manuel Puig Kiss of the Spider Woman
Tom Wolfe A Man in Full
Until the next book—Happy Reading!
1My editor has been known to say on occasion, “These have to be word-of-mouth books, because they’re too weird to describe to anybody.”
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Delacorte Press
Random House, Inc.
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Copyright © 1999 by Diana Gabaldon
Custom Illustrations: Running Changes, Inc. Photographs: Barbara Schnell
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Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Gabaldon, Diana.
The outlandish companion: in which much is revealed regarding Claire and Jamie Fraser, their lives and times, antecedents, adventures, companions, and progeny, with learned commentary (and many footnotes) by their humble creator / by Diana Gabaldon.
p. cm.
eISBN: 978-0-307-56804-5
1. Gabaldon, Diana—Authorship. 2. Gabaldon, Diana—Books and reading. 3. Randall, Claire (Fictitious character) 4. Fraser, Jamie (Fictitious character) 5. Historical fiction—Authorship. 6. Fantasy fiction—Authorship. 7. Time travel in literature. 8. Love stories—Authorship. 9. Scotland—In literature. I. Title.
PS3557.A22Z468 1999 99-22969 813′ .54—dc21 CIP
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