Nature, bereavement, oddness, optimism, philosophy, love, ethics, climate change and extra-planetary experiences... Powers is an outstanding writer and there's nothing gimmicky about his pro... read more
GJ's first novel in over two decades is set in C17th colonial Brazil and its last fugitive-slave settlement. She burst onto the literary scene in 1975 with the publication of Corregidora, a... read more
A woman's past erupts in the present: a novel about courage and love from the great Israeli writer, author of See Under: Love and A Horse Walks Into a Bar among others.
Having addressed Henry James in The Master, CT turns now to Thomas Mann: a tender portrayal of the contradictions of Mann's life - homosexual but father to six children; a staunch German pat... read more
A group of international mercenary pilots in Uganda in the mid-1990s fly weapons across Africa, selling them to the highest bidder. A young Congolese cowherd joins them and finds himself in ... read more
The teenage protagonist hears voices from the inanimate objects around him. Seeking refuge in a library, he finds a book that helps him to narrate his own life.
Friends are hard to find for Jon Swift, an aging journalist whose career is on the ropes. A chance encounter with an old friend from Tiananmen Square days leads to power games in China, with... read more
An ageing surfing legend kills time in Hawaii - and then kills a man while driving drunk. He attempts to redress his culpability and achieve something resembling personal redemption by unrav... read more