Edvard Behrends is a senior diplomat, spending time in a hotel in the Tyrol while slowly pushing on with delicate negotiations. A long look at a certain kind of solitude, love and loss.
The 4th in his wonderful series, in which Oliver Cromwell's son, Richard, has slipped back into England from exile: the consequences could be catastrophic.
Dynamic historical thriller set in Japan-occupied China, by the author of 'Decoded', another masterpiece by that Chinese literary sensation and former intelligence officer.
PB, as a parent and a volunteer at his local school, takes on the modern child's startling alienation from nature. Some may remember the controversy a few years ago when OUP deleted from the... read more
A modern Gothic triumph, that blends the lives of three women living, at different times, near the Firth of Forth in Scotland. Powerfully imagined, a deftly handled plot, and devastating.
The idea that our ancestors turned from the hunted to the hunter; Calasso dazzles as ever; a rich evocation of the relationship of humans on the cusp of being and animals that were also bein... read more
The story of a young girl growing up just before WW2: the late Morrison's first novel, published in 1970, still outstanding in its fiftieth anniversary year. In telling the 'how', she makes... read more