A scratched and splintered portrait (with echoes of MP's first book) of the artist's last days in Madrid, body and language failing him. He had travelled there, against doctor's advice, to v... read more
1940s rocket-science sci-fi: a Nazi politician is lured into collaborating with the American space programme... what follows is a clever, satirical exploration of morality and technological ... read more
A stylish and murderous mystery in which G, a mathematics student, is drawn into the investigation of events and crimes in the shadow of the Lewis Carroll Brotherhood and Oxonian sensibiliti... read more
Twenty years after he cracked a murder case, Detective Rosenburg is approached by Stephanie Mailer, a journalist who is convinced of his mistakes in the original investigation. But before sh... read more
A creepy whodunnit set in Victorian Bath, in which a silhouette artist enlists the help of a child spirit medium to investigate the murders of her clients.
A clever and playful reworking of Wagner's 'Ring' that brings in the financial crisis of 2008; originally conceived as a libretto for the Berlin Opera.
Cambridge, 1912: a twilight bicycle crash entwines Fred, a young Fellow in the all-male college of St Angelicus, with Daisy, harpooned by a good heart and a poor background. Reason collide... read more
A sparkling, intelligent novel, first published in 1964 and just re-issued by Faber & Faber. It is set over the course of a decadent fancy dress party on a snowy New Year's Eve, with all the... read more
In the early 20th century an easily overlooked square in Bloomsbury was the home, at one time or another, of the modernist poet H.D., Dorothy L Sayers, the classicist Jane Harrison, the hist... read more