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"Everything is always topsy-turvy here," he said. A small town in the Ural mountains is the backdrop to the heartbreak and joys of a Russian-Jewish family, witnessing romance and illness, funerals and friendships, and the catastrophe of wartime…
A Carnegie Medal winning classic based on a real manor house and the giant tree that towers over the garden; a story that is seeped in history, magic and spirits from the past. 'Are there sometimes other children here?'Mrs Oldknow looked at him as if…
The complete edition of Sylvia Plath's prose including much unpublished and previously uncollected material, edited by Peter K. Steinberg. The Collected Prose stands alongside the Journals (2000) and the two volume Letters (2017 and 2018) to support…
A Lost Great American Master: meet Jack Kerouac's inspiration in these heart-expanding tales of immigrant life in 1930s USA, introduced by superfan Stephen Fry. JACK KEROUAC: 'I loved him ... He just got me' ARTHUR MILLER: 'The first to let it all hang…
In his blue gardens men and girls came and went like moths among the whisperings and the champagne and the stars. Glamour. Opulence.Excess. This is the world Jay Gatsby has created for himself, in hopes that he will one day capture the eye of Daisy Buchanan.…
'Delightfully taut, this unashamedly and gloriously violent novel has a ferocity that belies its tender heart. A slick and brutal tale that delivers a short, sharp shock with wit and ingenuity.' LUCIE MCKNIGHT HARDYFierce, mixed-race fighter Shindo has…
The definitive account of the legendary Francis Ford Coppola's decades-long dream to reinvent American film-making, if not the entire world. 'Supremely entertaining.' New York Times'Mouth-watering . .. Sizzingly vivid and compulsive.' Daily TelegraphAcclaimed…
'Such compulsive reading.' JENNIE GODFREY'I devoured it.' CHRIS WHITAKERShe'll get them in the end. She always does. 'This book was brilliant! .. . Rita is so complex and intriguing.I binged it!' ***** NetGalley review'Powerful . . .a first class thriller.'…
NOW AVAILABLE TO PRE-ORDERNot many first-time novelists get a profile in the New York Times. Then again, few firsttime novelists come with the backstory of Anna Williams-Bonner: recent bride of a wildly successful writer who took his own life even as…
"So funny -- Nabokov meets Spinal Tap." - Stephen Merchant"Brilliant, brilliant, brilliant." - Tim Key"Absolutely miraculous." - Jesse Eisenberg"A brain-swirlingly funny quest." - Robert PopperRichard Ayoade's…
*Gorgeously illustrated with 70 colour images*You wish to teach me what is within myself: learn first what is within you . . .I believe life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the limit of one's will. Paul Gauguin is chiefly…
There was no past, no future, no words, nothing - just the light and the yellow and the scent of dry leaves in the sun. Japan's internationally celebrated storyteller returns with five stories of healing and hope. Effortlessly beautiful, nostalgic and…
Zombies want brains. Vampires want blood. Cannibals want human flesh.All monsters need feeding. Horror has been embraced by mainstream pop culture more than ever before, with horror characters and aesthetics infecting TV, music videos and even TikTok…
Peter Cowie's book chronicles the life and the 60-year film and stage career of Bergman as he wrestles of themes of love, sex and betrayal with the figure of Death hovering overhead.Blending biographical information with critical comment, Cowie presents…
A wonderfully atmospheric story about holistic mysticism, the unexplainable and the power of female friendship. From Carnegie-shortlisted author of On Midnight Beach. Suzy Button is grieving.Grieving for her dead mother, but also for the friends she's…
Introducing the explosive first book in the Torch Trilogy - the hottest release of the decade!They are hunting those who shine . . .Don't be deceived by Northaven's prettiness, by its white-wash houses and sea views. Many of its townsfolk are ruthless…
What will two children risk to steal an island? From Costa-winning author of Voyage of the Sparrowhawk. Skylar's old friends felt sorry for her but they were too afraid to talk to her. Yakov's old friends were far away, blown across continents by war…
Booker Prize winner Thomas Keneally transports us into the life of John Mitchel, one of the most controversial figures of the fight for Irish independence.Bringing us on a vivid, page-turning odyssey from Mitchel's revolutionary origins in the depths…
When Meesh banded together with Fairy Princess Nouna to save the underworld, she never expected she'd have to . . . do it again someday. Though, as Meesh grows into her newly discovered destiny as the Guardian of the world, she figured there would be…
Meet your new favourite superheroes, a the sarcastic penguin and a clever cat with a toolbelt. Join Peng and Spanners as they investigate the craziest pizza mystery ever. A new graphic novel, perfect for fans of Dogman, Barry Loser and Bunny vs Monkey.When…
The silliest penguin and the chattiest cat are back to defeat one very bad pig in this action-packed graphic novel for fans of Dog Man."Very funny." - Jim Smith.Kids love Peng!"I thought the story was very interesting and kept my attention.""I…
A Guardian, New Statesman, Spectator and Observer Book of the Year**Shortlisted for the Goldsmith's Prize**'A work of stunning beauty, deep insight and great originality.' Monica Ali, New York Times'Tremendous from its opening sentence.' Tessa Hadley,…
Aside from the fact that they are brothers, Peter and Ivan Koubek seem to have little in common.Peter is a Dublin lawyer in his thirties - successful, competent and apparently unassailable. But in the wake of their father's death, he's medicating himself…
** Available for pre-order now **From the author of the multimillion-copy bestseller Normal People, an exquisitely moving story about grief, love and family. Aside from the fact that they are brothers, Peter and Ivan Koubek seem to have little in common.…
And then it started, little by little it started, until they were married five years later and his real life began. 'Exquisite ... A super-abundantly gifted, big-hearted novelist.' Ian McEwan'A writer whose work shines with intelligence and originality.'…
THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLEROPRAH DAILY'S #1 Book of 2023A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERGOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICKFINALIST FOR THE NEW AMERICAN VOICES AWARDAMAZON EDITOR'S CHOICE & TOP TWENTY NOVEL OF THE YEAR'A Brilliant, satisfying,…
Asa tries to give her classmate a biscuit. Nami evades her classmates' playground game of acorn-throwing. Happy decides she's not interested in doing anything other than lying down on her sofa.Each of these three stories begins in a reasonable place-but…
'America's first lady of darkness and mirth.' Guardian'The best American writer of her generation.' Nick Hornby 'Unmissable.' Marie ClaireFrom one of the most celebrated imaginations in American literature, Lorrie Moore's new novel is a magic box of…
Sinuously constructed in four interlocking parts, Invisible opens in New York City in the spring of 1967 when twenty-year-old Adam Walker, an aspiring poet and student at Columbia University meets the enigmatic Frenchman Rudolf Born, and his silent and…
'In the beginning, everything was alive. The smallest objects were endowed with beating hearts . ..'Having recalled his life through the story of his physical self in Winter Journal, internationally best-selling novelist Paul Auster now remembers the…