The story of a forbidden book that became a symbol of freedom and rebellion in the battle between East and West. 1956. Boris Pasternak presses a manuscript into the hands of an Italian publishing scou
Called 'the book lost and found in time' by its author, Skylight is one of Saramago's earliest novels. The manuscript was lost in the publishers' offices in Lisbon for decades, and is only now being p
George Orwell was a tireless and lively correspondent. He communicated with family members, friends and newspapers, figures such as Henry Miller, Cyril Connolly, Stephen Spender and Arthur Koestler, a
Soon to be a major BBC drama starring Jonathan Rhys-Meyers (The Tudors) and Natalie Dormer (Game of Thrones).It was the divorce that scandalised Georgian England... She was a spirited young heiress. H
It's 1957 and Lewis Aldridge is travelling back to his home in the South of England. He is straight out of jail and nineteen years old. His return will trigger the implosion not just of his family, bu
From the author of the beloved novel The Giant's House - finalist for the National Book Award - comes a beautiful new story collection, her first in twenty years. Laced through with humour, empathy, a
1 novel. 18 people. 18 lives. Infinite combinations: families and friends, colleagues and patients, lovers and mourners...But sometimes a crowd is the loneliest place to be. This is an award-winning e
Gone Girl meets Mean Girls in this sharp and clever thriller from the publishers of The Never List. Hollywood It Girl Janie Jenkins has it all. The looks, the brains, the money, the fame. Oh, and the
An unconventional, will-they-won't-they love story, that takes us from London to Siberia, and from hope to heartbreak, and back again.The beginning of a relationship is usually all about getting to kn
If you could be invisible, what would you do? The chances are that it would have something to do with power, wealth or sex. Perhaps all three. But there's no need to feel guilty. Impulses like these h
When Therese Raquin is forced to marry the sickly Camille, she sees a bare life stretching out before her, leading every evening to the same cold bed and every morning to the same empty day. Escape co
**THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER****SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA BIOGRAPHY AWARD**'A modern masterpiece' GuardianUncovering the mystery of her mother's disappearance as a child: Laura Cumming, prize-winning
Bombay in the 1930s and 1940s reigned as the undisputed cosmopolitan capital of the subcontinent - an exhilarating hub of license and liberty, and a city bursting with both creative energy and helples
** Selected by the Telegraph, FT and Guardian as one of the best crime books of 2019****'A skilfully blended dual narrative: twice the intrigue, twice the fun. Mukherjee is at the top of his game' Mic
Jo Nesbo, author of the number one bestselling Harry Hole series, is back with a tense and atmospheric thriller about two brothers bound together by dark secrets. When Roy and Carl's parents die sud
‘You put together two things that have not been put together before. And the world is changed...’ Julian Barnes's new book is about ballooning, photography, love and grief; about putting two things, a
Watching a rented video, Tertuliano Maximo Afonso is shocked to notice that one of the actors is identical to him in every physical detail. He embarks on a secret quest to find his double and sets in
Harry is on a special missionDetective Harry Hole arrives in a steaming hot Bangkok. The Norwegian ambassador has been found dead in a seedy motel room, and Harry has been sent to investigate. It’s cl
Meili, a young peasant woman born in the remote heart of China, is married to Kongzi, a village school teacher, and a distant descendant of Confucius. They have a daughter, but desperate for a son to
