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Chris Cleave

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in London, The United Kingdom

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Chris Cleave was born in London and spent his early years in Cameroon. He studied experimental psychology at Balliol College, Oxford. His debut novel, INCENDIARY, won a 2006 Somerset Maugham Award, was shortlisted for the 2006 Commonwealth Writers' Prize, and is now a feature film. His second novel, LITTLE BEE, is a New York Times #1 bestseller with over 2 million copies in print. GOLD is his third novel. He lives in London with his wife and three children. Chris Cleave enjoys dialogue with his readers and invites all comers to introduce themselves on Twitter; he can be found at twitter.com/chriscleave or on his website at http://www.chriscleave.com

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Primo Levi and Holocaust Memorial Day

Primo Levi

Torture works, said the leader of the free world this week. Perhaps, but it’s also jolly sore. And that is civilisation’s objection to torture: nothing to do with whether it gets the job done.

Deceit also works. Intimidation works. Cocaine, coercion and corruption work: demonstrably so. But you don’t get to use those things and still call yourself human. No: the decoupling of ethics f

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	Little Bee 3.72 avg rating — 246,410 ratings — published 2008 — 139 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Everyone Brave Is Forgiven 3.75 avg rating — 44,975 ratings — published 2016 — 58 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Gold 3.71 avg rating — 16,729 ratings — published 2012 — 60 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Incendiary 3.62 avg rating — 13,816 ratings — published 2005 — 74 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Gold: Sneak Preview with Bonus Essays 3.67 avg rating — 86 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Chris Cleave Ebook Boxed Set: Little Bee, Incendiary, Gold 4.06 avg rating — 64 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Something to Read About: A Book Club Sampler from Simon Schuster by Chris Cleave (Goodreads Author), Philippa Gregory (Goodreads Author), Sarah Pekkanen (Goodreads Author) 3.48 avg rating — 52 ratings — published 2011 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Incendiary: A Novel 4.21 avg rating — 24 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Other Hand 4.60 avg rating — 10 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“On the girl's brown legs there were many small white scars. I was thinking, Do those scars cover the whole of you, like the stars and the moons on your dress? I thought that would be pretty too, and I ask you right here please to agree with me that a scar is never ugly. That is what the scar makers want us to think. But you and I, we must make an agreement to defy them. We must see all scars as beauty. Okay? This will be our secret. Because take it from me, a scar does not form on the dying. A scar means, I survived.”
― Chris Cleave, Little Bee

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“We must see all scars as beauty. Okay? This will be our secret. Because take it from me, a scar does not form on the dying. A scar means, 'I survived'.”
― Chris Cleave, The Other Hand

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“Sad words are just another beauty. A sad story means, this storyteller is alive. The next thing you know something fine will happen to her, something marvelous, and then she will turn around and smile.”
― Chris Cleave, Little Bee

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Polls

August BoTM Nominations ~ Color in Title ~ 1st Poll
Top 5 books move onto final poll

Red at the Bone

by Jacqueline Woodson

9 votes, 26.5%

Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe

by Fannie Flagg

5 votes, 14.7%

Bluebird, Bluebird

by Attica Locke

4 votes, 11.8%

The Blue Tattoo: The Life of Olive Oatman

by Margot Mifflin

4 votes, 11.8%

The Red Tent

by Anita Diamant

4 votes, 11.8%

White Rose, Black Forest

by Eoin Dempsey

3 votes, 8.8%

Gold

by Chris Cleave

2 votes, 5.9%

What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Blacker: A Memoir in Essays

by Damon Young

1 vote, 2.9%

Purple Hibiscus

by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

1 vote, 2.9%

Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line

by Deepa Anappara

1 vote, 2.9%

34 total votes

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