Richard Ford and the Ends of Realism examines the work of award-winning American novelist and short story writer Richard Ford, and places it firmly in the context of contemporary debates about the rol
"The North Water is the rare novel capable of making a past time and place palpable. Ian McGuire writes with a poet's attentiveness to detail, which infuses this dark and violent novel with a
**2016 Man Booker Prize Longlist ‘A tour de force’ Hilary Mantel‘Riveting and darkly brilliant’ Colm ToibinA ship sets sail with a killer on-board . . .1859. A man joins a whaling ship bound for the A
'Fast-paced, gripping. A tour de force of narrative tension and a masterful reconstruction of a lost world' Hilary Mantel'Utterly convincing and compelling, remorselessly vivid and insidiously witty.
From the widely acclaimed author of The North Water comes an epic story of revenge and obsession set in 19th century Manchester 'The Abstainer is truly terrific - a can't-put-down book. It's no less
From the widely acclaimed author of The North Water comes an epic story of revenge and obsession set in 19th century Manchester 'The Abstainer is truly terrific - a can't-put-down book. It's no less
'The Abstainer is truly terrific - a can't-put-down book. It's no less than a tight 'n spare 'n suspense-filled noir novel, masterfully set in 1860s Britain and America. And like all superb historical
"A fast-paced, gripping story set in a world of gruesome violence and perversity, where 'why?' is not a question and murder happens on a whim: but where a very faint ray of grace and hope lights up th
