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 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 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
We will be very sorry to see Handheld Press go - this, their penultimate publication, celebrates Nesbit's eye for the domestic uncanny in Edwardian England.
Powerful debut novel set in a coastal Irish town, where women must navigate their emotional lives among hard, manipulative men. Fine characterisation and atmosphere.
This glorious tapestry of a novel returns to Taylor's accustomed stomping ground - the university campus - with whisper-close third-person narration and minute observation worthy of his reve... read more
A story handed down through generations of women becomes a tale within tales, accumulating myths and family histories. Translated from the Romanian. The author has won the EU Prize for Liter... read more