A deliciously-written debut novel, in which a harried civil servant is assigned to help a Victorian time-traveller adjust to the C21st. By turns a romance, a thriller and an acid critique of... read more
The only woman to reach London from Warsaw during WW2, she was later parachuted back into Poland where she was deeply involved in the Uprising; she then disappeared into the Soviet prison sy... read more
A Japanese man tries to form a relationship with his half-French child, who has grown up on the other side of the world. The other side of the story told in A Single Rose, this nevertheless ... read more
A mother and her daughter navigate their betrayal by a ruthlessly self-regarding poet. Enright is superb at unpicking complex relationships and laying out their strands: we watch, spellbound... read more
A beautifully produced book on an unusual subject: a single street in Hull... Alec Gill spent 15 years photographing the working-class neighbourhood as its fishing trade dwindled and housing... read more
Virginia, Vanessa, Ottoline and Vita at Garsington, Sissinghurst, Charleston, Monk's House... Delightful, small catalogue from the Garden Museum's equally bijou exhibition this summer.