Sentence examples for odd novel from inspiring English sources

Trollope's odd novel proved, in one respect, uncannily prophetic of his own demise.

But as the rest of this odd novel shows, a lack of imagination is hardly his main problem.

For writers and readers of historical fiction the Napoleonic wars have been a godsend, inspiring not just the odd novel but battalions and flotillas of books.

Remainder by Tom McCarthy 286pp, Alma Books, £10.99 Tom McCarthy's splendidly odd novel has finally reached bookshop shelves via an unnecessarily protracted route.

At the end he feels betrayed but also secretly relieved at being removed from his invidious position, and concedes that "the Fixed Period, with all its advantages, was of such a nature that it must necessarily be postponed to an age prepared for it". Trollope's odd novel proved, in one respect, uncannily prophetic of his own demise.

Yet because a magazine is a discrete package, a reader will welcome the odd, novel addition to the usual fare, provided it is aligned with the magazine's editorial mission and (for a publication like Technology Review, at any rate) is knowledgeable, well written, intelligent, and civilized.

These, like most of her 40-odd novels, stress sentimental, romantic themes.

(Most of the twenty-odd novels Bantam has published since 1991 have made the Times hardcover- or paperback-best-seller list).

In his 40-odd novels, his examinations of the way people manipulate language and stories have both recorded and created an aspect of human behaviour.

At 89, he is still one of the most prolific writer of all time, having written some 70-odd novels, over 300 short stories, & about 500 sprightly articles & essays.

Words like "shock" and "surprise" have been banded around to describe the decisions reached by five worried-looking women in their 40s, of which I am one, determined to do their very best by the 150-odd novels entered for the competition, which is open to any woman writing in English.