Calloo callay - another slim and gripping novel from la Moss, who is much admired at Sandoe's... A woman breaks quarantine for a breath of air but things don't go according to plan. A novel ... read more
The Nobel Prize winner's new novel is set against the backdrop of the 1954 CIA-backed military coup against the putatively pro-communist Guatemalan government: a story of high politics, corr... read more
Two sisters buy a rambling house in the Welsh Marches. One decides to bring the neglected garden back to life with the help of an Albanian migrant living in the nearby village. The work allo... read more
The first translation by a woman, using Arabic and French sources, with detailed notes and commentary. Beautifully illustrated with Arab and Persian works of art as well as many drawn from p... read more
Garner’s tenth novel is a slim, strange and wonderful creature: mercurial, funny, frightening, enigmatic. It weaves autobiographical threads with folklore, symbol and archaeology – and w... read more
The Witchfinder General Matthew Hopkins descends on seventeen-century Essex, where he finds himself oddly fascinated by a 'peculiar' young woman. A historical novel with real bite, which rec... read more
Set in the Gaeltacht, these stories by Ireland's greatest C20th Irish-language writer delve into the customs and hardships of Western Ireland's rural communities with empathy and quiet illum... read more
Mary Jocelyn, who leads a quiet but happy life with her widowed father at Dedmayne Rectory, is thrown into emotional disarray by an unexpected love affair. First published in 1924, it was pi... read more
The tale of a gloomy childhood in mid-west America, a miraculously happy marriage and a move to France to help the war effort: this provides a beautifully written and unforgettable descripti... read more
It's the shortest, coldest day of the year and Bill Furlong, a coal and timber merchant in a small Irish town, busies himself with the last few deliveries. An elegant and carefully distilled... read more