The last edition to be edited by the brilliant Francesca Wade (whose 'Square Haunting' also appears in this catalogue as a recent favourite). Contributors include Lydia Davies, Can Xue, Kris... read more
The friendship of four girls in San Francisco in the 1980s comes adrift. A beguiling story of innocence and its loss, the power and ruthlessness of collective responses, the dawning of the ... read more
A witty historical novel that conjures Dryden, Swift, Pope, Lady Mary Wortley Montagu and their ilk, by the cunning means of an imagined memoir, written by William Congreve's servant and com... read more
Who in the UK now remembers Ransmayr's 'The Last World', about Ovid in exile, which was such a bestseller in 1990? He remains a major European literary figure, and his new novel about Aliste... read more
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