A first edition, first printing of Mount's first book: a wry and witty novel about an unspectacular Tory minister, his brigadier father, his daydreaming wife and merchant banker son. As the ... read more
From the library of Marguerite Littman.
Her second novel, about an unnerved woman living in the Hollywood hills. First edition, first printing, published in New York in 1970. Book in fine... read more
An acclaimed novel by a Georgian who writes in German... at 900 pages it promises loves, lives, and losses through a hundred years on the fringes of the Russian and Soviet empires. We have ... read more
Those who read 'Look Who's Back' will know that Vermes does white-knuckle satire. In this, he imagines a column of refugees walking to Europe in front of TV cameras.
The conflict between rights and responsibilities: a Sri Lankan immigrant in Australia must choose whether to tell the police what he has seen in relation to a murder, thereby risking deporta... read more
A lauded debut novel by a graduate - like her father - of the UEA writing course. She also describes herself as a 'bibliotherapist' because she once was a bookseller in Bath, which raises th... read more
Dynamic historical thriller set in Japan-occupied China, by the author of 'Decoded', another masterpiece by that Chinese literary sensation and former intelligence officer.
A modern Gothic triumph, that blends the lives of three women living, at different times, near the Firth of Forth in Scotland. Powerfully imagined, a deftly handled plot, and devastating.
A betrayal undoes a settled and apparently happy existence; the consequences are unknown to one but carefully considered by another. Unsettling, fierce, lyrical, delivered in clear, spare pr... read more
Edvard Behrends is a senior diplomat, spending time in a hotel in the Tyrol while slowly pushing on with delicate negotiations. A long look at a certain kind of solitude, love and loss.
The 4th in his wonderful series, in which Oliver Cromwell's son, Richard, has slipped back into England from exile: the consequences could be catastrophic.
A powerful novel about an idealistic couple who travel along motorways in a post-disaster era, with a child who questions their values as he grows older.