Satisfyingly creepy crime novel from the acclaimed Icelandic author: a doll caught in a fishing net, dead bodies, cold cases... an atmospheric and well-plotted chiller to read in sunlight!
Moves from art student life in Brussels to Lascaux; trompe l'oeil and the art of deceit. MdeK won the Wellcome Book Prize and was longlisted for the International Man Booker for 'Mend the Li... read more
A feast of counterfactuals by a very clever writer ('HHHH', 'The 7th Function of Language') with a talent for black comedy: it's1531 and the Incas have invaded Europe, armed with a copy of M... read more
Three dark-skinned bodies wash up on the beach of a Mediterranean island. The attempts of the islanders to hush up the implications are upset by the arrival of a detective, who unpicks their... read more
The story of the protagonist is told from several points of view by different generations. Against the backdrop of Germany's imperial ambitions in Africa and Arctic explorations, through the... read more
This fine debut turns about Margot, the natural child of a prominent French politician: adolescence, with all its tender spots and short focus, resentful, impressionable, knowing-it-all but ... read more