Autor Sebastian Faulks
The epic and profound new historical novel set in post-World War Two Britain, from the Sunday Times bestselling author of BIRDSONG, Sebastian Faulks.'A fascinating, timely and densely pleasurable novel, written with measured and impressive intelligence…
'A wise and heartfelt piece of writing' THE TIMES'Witty' INDEPENDENT'Wry and reflective . . . a soulful look at a life in words' i PAPER‘A wonderful portrait of an age, and of a writer’ RORY STEWART, author of Politics on the Edge‘Utterly fascinating’…
‘A wonderful portrait of an age, and of a writer’ RORY STEWART‘Utterly fascinating’ DAVID KYNASTON‘As charming and funny in schoolboy episodes as he is thought-provoking in the darker environs of mental health, Sebastian Faulks is always resonant, civilised…
THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'A genuinely thought-provoking piece of fiction' THE TIMES'Extraordinary' WILLIAM BOYD'Profoundly moving . . . a wonderful and life-affirming love story' JAMES HOLLAND'His greatest novel yet' ANTONY BEEVOR'Original…
Pistache (pis-tash): a friendly spoof or parody of another's work. [Deriv uncertain. Possibly a cross between pastiche and p**stake.] From the writer of such brilliant parodies as `Thomas Hardy's football report and Dan Brown's visit to the cash dispenser…
Covers love, death, sex and survival. This story is about a young Englishman who arrives in Amiens in northern France to stay with the Azaire family, and falls in love with unhappily married Isabelle, but with the world on the brink of war, the relationship…
The epic new novel from the bestselling author of Birdsong'Wistful, yearning and wise' Elizabeth Day1914: Aspiring journalist Anton arrives in Vienna where he meets Delphine, a woman of deep secrets. Anton is entranced by the light of first love, until…
1914: Young Anton Heideck has arrived in Vienna, eager to make his name as a journalist. While working part-time as a private tutor, he encounters Delphine, a woman who mixes startling candour with deep reserve. Entranced by the light of first love,…
Bertie Wooster is staying at the stately home of Sir Henry Hackwood in Dorset. He is more than familiar with the country-house set-up: he is a veteran of the cocktail hour and, thanks to Jeeves, his gentleman's personal gentleman, is never less than…
Here is Paris as you have never seen it before - a city in which every building seems to hold the echo of an unacknowledged past, the shadows of Vichy and Algeria. American postdoctoral researcher Hannah and runaway Moroccan teenager Tariq have little…
Sebastian Faulks, jeden z nejuznávanějších britských spisovatelů, přichází s novým příběhem neohroženého Jamese Bonda u příležitosti stého výročí narození Iana Fleminga, autora všech předešlých bondovek. Dlouho očekávaný roman, napsaný zcela ve Flemingově…
Mike Engleby je trochu podivín, rád se napije a zkouší drogy: na první pohled obyčejný student anglické univerzity sedmdesátých let. Když jednoho dne beze stopy zmizí jeho tajná láska Jennifer, Mikův život jde dál. Prostřednictvím Mikova deníku sledujeme…
LITTLE BOOKS. A series of short books by the world's greatest writers on the experiences that make us humanAlso in the Vintage Minis series:Home by Salman RushdieFatherhood by Karl Ove KnausgaardWork by Joseph HellerDreams by Sigmund Freud
A haunting tale of war, love and loss from the author of Birdsong and A Week in December. The Sunday Times bestseller. On a small island off the south coast of France, Robert Hendricks - an English doctor who has seen the best and the worst the twentieth…