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.
A compelling portrait of the writer and her engagement with her own world. Constructed as a series of essays on art, memory, painting, rank, property, appearance, etc., this is immensely rea... read more
With considerable humility, this book is subtitled "In Which Four Russians Give a Masterclass on Writing, Reading and Life". Actually it's the brilliant Saunders' work, distilled from decade... read more
A brutal uprising during the Protestant Reformation has seized the imagination of this historical novelist, cinematically resonant in our extremist times.
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
Another exhilerating Sri Lankan adventure from the author of The Girl Who Stole an Elephant. Packed with shipwrecks, sea-monsters and missing treasure.