Flip through the latest issue of Gulf Weekly.
BAD DAD, DAVID WALLIAMS, 9780008164652 (HARPER COLLINS), BD5.400 for Gulf Weekly Book Club members
Racing into the book-selling charts at Number One is the new heart-warming and hilariously brilliant story author David Walliams, beautifully illustrated by artistic genius, Tony Ross.
‘Dads come in all sorts of shapes and sizes.
There are fat ones and thin ones, tall ones and short ones.
There are young ones and old ones, clever ones and stupid ones.
There are silly ones and serious ones, loud ones and quiet ones.
Of course, there are good dads, and bad dads . . .’
This is a high-speed cops and robbers adventure with heart and soul about a father and son taking on the villainous Mr Big. A riches-to-rags story will have you on the edge of your seat and howling with laughter!
Bad Dad is a fast and furious, heart-warming story involving a thrilling mission to break an innocent man into prison.
LA BELLE SAUVAGE: THE BOOK OF DUST (VOL 1), PHILIP PULLMAN
9780385604413 (PENGUIN)
BD7.300 for Gulf Weekly Book Club members
Is it a prequel? Is it a sequel? Philip Pullman assures his avid band of followers that, La Belle Sauvage is in fact neither - it is an ‘equel’. It doesn’t stand before or after His Dark Materials it stands beside it.
Lyra is at the centre of the story. Events involving her open the first chapter, and will close the last. It is the story of how Lyra came to be living at Jordan College and, together with the next two volumes will cover two parts of her life - starting at the beginning of her story and returning to her 20 years later.
So, in this book 11-year-old Malcolm Polstead and his dæmon, Asta, live with his parents at the Trout Inn near Oxford. Across the River Thames (which Malcolm navigates often using his beloved canoe, a boat by the name of La Belle Sauvage) is the Godstow Priory where the nuns live.
Malcolm learns they have a guest with them, a baby by the name of Lyra Belacqua …and the story begins.
TOM GATES EPIC ADVENTURE (KIND OF), LIZ PICHON
9781407168050 (SCHOLASTIC)
BD6.400 for Gulf Weekly Book Club members
Family frolics with Tom, the master doodler. Families can be super-annoying (think Delia). But families can also be amazing. For example, right now having two sets of grandparents is working out pretty nice for Tom. The Wrinklies are really keen on giving presents. Plus, they’re planning a family outing which is going to be epic (OK, Delia’s coming too, but Tom can always ignore her).
So don’t get left behind. Join Tom and his family on a super-funny journey into laughter with this latest blockbuster from the best-selling series which has won several top awards and sold more than four million books in the UK alone!
