Picaresque escapism with Captain Clarke B: cigar-smoking daredevil adventurer, charlatan, Casanova and inventor of the world-famous life-saving inflatable suit.
SM has long seemed just on the edge of breaking into the literary big time. Her last novel (Ghost Wall, pbk £8.99) was a slim masterpiece in 2018, and this builds on the same eerie atmosphe... read more
An electrifying, Gothic thriller from the youngest ever Booker-shortlisted author ('Everything Under', 2018). Sibling love, and sibling envy, in a house full of unexplained noises and flicke... read more
An American academic in Tuscany discovers an intriguing wartime story. The family says she can write about it, but they may regret that when the story turns out to be murkier than they think... read more
A tale about the relationship between a New York financier, his waiter lover, a threatening note and a mysterious disappearance from the deck of a ship.
Hugely successful in France, this autobiographical novel moves from the author's happy childhood in Algeria to Paris, where she navigates her own sexuality and the tensions of existing betwe... read more