Absorbing first novel about a group of female friends turning forty - their marriages, children, relationships... Mary McCarthy reconfigured for MeToo?
NB Publication of thi... read more
Picaresque escapism with Captain Clarke B: cigar-smoking daredevil adventurer, charlatan, Casanova and inventor of the world-famous life-saving inflatable suit.
A gorgeous, rich, magnificent imagining of a 1960s pop group, which even nods at Sandoe's in its plethora of walk-on parts (Bowie, Zappa...). Sex, drugs & rock 'n' roll, wit, linguistic jinx... read more
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.
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.
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
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