This new novel is as cool, dry, rich and perfect as many fans of the author of the Outline trilogy have come to expect. A middle-aged woman invites a famous artist to stay at the place in t... read more
An artist joins an island community of impoverished like-minded souls. When the island's owner pushes up the rent, a conflict ensues in which the dispossessed protest against gentrification.
Another in this terrific series that has already included anthologies from Japan and Italy. Stories from the C19th to the present chosen by the greatest living translator of Spanish literatu... read more
A re-issue of this strange tragi-comic tale (1954) in which an English village is flooded first by water, then by suicides. All observed by two sisters whose grandmother wields an enormous ... read more
Colegate's perceptive and brilliant trilogy in one volume. A young man of conservative and eccentric background is on the make in 1930s London: fascism, politics, power, money, and a downfal... read more
Another re-issue after the success of 'Orlando King' last year: Cynthia Weston, married to a cabinet minister and overshadowed by WWI, is falling for her nephew by marriage.
On a Greek island in 1977, Calista finds herself working for Billy Wilder on a film. His career is on the wane, and she's a young woman with a lot to learn...
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 long-awaited new novel from the author of 'Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell' (2004) is a mysterious, labyrinthine story of a man making notes about the house in which he lives: scratchings,... read more