The most popular of Szabo's books in her native Hungary, published for the first time in English. It forms a loose trilogy with 'The Door' and 'Katalin Street'.
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
Exuberant, foul, clever novel in which 'Villalobos' is kidnapped by a thug who wants him to persuade the daughter of a corrupt politician to fall in love with him.
A fifteen-year-old girl has a love affair with her teacher - it was love, wasn't it? So the protagonist thinks, looking back, when allegations surface. A compelling investigation of consent ... read more
A Chinese woman comes to make a new life for herself in London. This is a love story told by fragments of conversation. Guo is a superb writer.
NB Publication of this book has been dela... read more
This new novel from the author of The Neapolitan Quartet is also set in Naples, and was superbly reviewed in Italy.
NB Publication of this book has been delayed until 1st September. Pub... read more
Absorbing first novel about a group of female friends turning forty - their marriages, children, relationships... Mary McCarthy reconfigured for MeToo?
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In PL's beguiling masterpiece, a dying historian unravels the story of her life. The result is a kaleidoscopic account of the 20th Century, centring on the horror and splendour of Cairo duri... read more
Baldwin’s ground-breaking first novel draws on his own upbringing in 1930s Harlem. One day in the life of John Grimes, son of a fierce Pentecostal preacher, wrestling with desire and lonel... read more
Baldwin’s ground-breaking first novel draws on his own upbringing in 1930s Harlem. One day in the life of John Grimes, son of a fierce Pentecostal preacher, wrestling with desire and lonel... read more
A haunting and complex novel in which a British man discovers that his German grandfather fought on the Eastern Front, from a letter that he leaves on his death.
Global interests circle around the discoveries of an Iranian nuclear scientist at Oxford. A charming, divorced ex-journo is the man who unravels the mystery.