A few strange hours in the troubled life of a teenage boy: another short, mysterious novel from the author of Lanny and Grief Is the Thing with Feathers.
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
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.