Contemporary fiction titles are those which focus on the present or near past. Stories rooted in the current cultural, social, and political landscape which feature characters we can all recognise.
Contemporary Fiction Books
Random House USA Inc Ten Incarnations of Rebellion
Book SynopsisFrom the New York Times bestselling author of Kaikeyi comes an epic and daring novel that imagines an alternate version of 1960s India that was never liberated from the British, and a young woman?s struggle to change the tides of history.Kalki Divekar grows up a daughter of Kingston?a city the British built on the ashes of Bombay. The older generation, including her father, have been lost to the brutal hunt for rebels. Young men are drafted to fight wars they will never return from. And the people of her city are more interested in fighting one another than facing their true oppressors.When tragedy strikes close to home, Kalki begins to play a dangerous game with small acts of resistance, tempered by cautious, level-headed Yashu and fortified by Fauzia, whose dreams of the future awaken Kalki?s heart. Together, they found Kingston?s new independence movement, obtaining jobs working for the British while secretly planning to destroy the empire from the inside out. But one wrong move means certain death, and when facing threats from all quarters, Kalki must decide whether it?s more important to be a hero or to survive.Set over the course of a decade and told as ten moments from Kalki?s life that mirror the Dashavatara, the ten avatars of Vishnu, Ten Incarnations of Rebellion is a sweeping, deeply felt speculative novel of empowerment, friendship, self-determination, and the true meaning of freedom.
£20.40
Random House USA Inc Atomic Hearts
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£20.40
Penguin Random House Group Harlem Rhapsody
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£15.29
Random House USA Inc Definitely Maybe Not A Detective
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£13.49
Random House USA Inc A Twist of Fate
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£15.29
iUniverse The Time Trip
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£19.94
Red Press,South Africa Sean Eddie and Me
Book SynopsisSet in a small South African mining town, against an Eighties backdrop of political and border conflict, Nick Theron fifteen, going on sixteen, is enjoying the freedom of a typical white childhood. Until new boy Michael Dempsey arrives in town. Worldly, charming ... and sociopathic ...
£999.99
My Minimalist Young And On the Run From Apartheid
Book SynopsisYoung and on the run from Apartheid is a novel. The story takes place between 1985 and 2004. The main character, Sandile, is on a search for his humanity through the backdrop of Aparthied, and suddenly has to flee from South Africa to Sweden as a result of his parents’ political activities.
£8.96
Sexy Tales of Paleontology
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£999.99
Michael Walmer Descend Again
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£11.86
Michael Walmer Bird of Paradise
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£14.20
Michael Walmer Valmouth
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£9.45
£14.39
Michael Walmer Barnacles
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£17.05
Michael Walmer The Lover of Things
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£17.05
Michael Walmer When William Came
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£13.25
Mikyla Baggstrom-Wild Storm Child
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£14.24
Michael Walmer Living Alone
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£13.25
Michael Walmer Eve in Egypt
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£14.20
Michael Walmer The Wreck of the Grosvenor
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£12.76
Michael Walmer Money and other stories
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£11.35
Michael Walmer The House in Dormer Forest
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£14.20
Michael Walmer Picnic at Porokorro
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£11.01
Michael Walmer The Yellow Leaf A Study From Life 2 Zephyr Books
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£15.16
Michael Walmer The Story of Keth
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£11.01
Michael Walmer Tang A Shetland Story 1 Northus Shetland Classics
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£17.05
Penguin Random House India China Room
Book SynopsisLonglisted for Booker Prize 2021, China Room by Sunjeev Sahota intertwines the stories of a young bride in 1929 Punjab and a man in 1999 England, exploring themes of love, oppression, and freedom. Sahota's lyrical prose captivates readers in this multigenerational novel set in India.
£11.07
Penguin Books Ltd Between Shades Of Gray
Book SynopsisThe New York Times bestseller Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys is a harrowing story of a Lithuanian family who suffer unimaginable hardship and deportation during World War II, pitched perfectly for children and adults alike.That morning, my brother''s life was worth a pocket watch . . .One night fifteen-year-old Lina, her mother and young brother are hauled from their home by Soviet guards, thrown into cattle cars and sent away. They are being deported to Siberia. An unimaginable and harrowing journey has begun. Lina doesn''t know if she''ll ever see her father or her friends again. But she refuses to give up hope.Lina hopes for her family.For her country.For her future.For love - first love, with the boy she barely knows but knows she does not want to lose . . .Will hope keep Lina alive?Set in 1941, Between Shades of Gray is an extraordinary and haunting story based on first
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Penguin Books Ltd Beautiful Ruins
Book SynopsisThe No. 1 New York Times BestsellerJess Walter''s Beautiful Ruins is a gorgeous, glamorous novel set in 1960s Italy and a modern Hollywood studio.The story begins in 1962. Somewhere on a rocky patch of the sun-drenched Italian coastline a young innkeeper, chest-deep in daydreams, looks out over the incandescent waters of the Ligurian Sea and views an apparition: a beautiful woman, a vision in white, approaching him on a boat. She is an American starlet, he soon learns, and she is dying.And the story begins again today, half a world away in Hollywood, when an elderly Italian man shows up on a movie studio''s back lot searching for the woman he last saw at his hotel fifty years before.Gloriously inventive, funny, tender and constantly surprising, Beautiful Ruins is a novel full of fabulous and yet very flawed people, all of them striving towards another sort of life, a future that is both delightful and yet, tantalizingly, seTrade ReviewJust about the perfect summer read. It is intelligent and thought-provoking, but also a lot of fun. Reading hours fly by and reaching the final page feels like a genuine wrench * Sunday Times *Ambitious, large-hearted, exhilarating novel that leaves you wanting more . . . Very, very funny * The Times *Beautiful Ruins is a novel unlike any other you're likely to read this year -- Nick HornbyRomantic, very funny...Turbo-charged satire meets a Garcia Marquezesque love story. What's not to like? * Daily Mail *Walter creates an epic here - one that took him 15 years to write. The end result, however, is well worth the wait * Observer *A sparkling summer read * Telegraph *Thoroughly enjoyable, a tender, funny, ridiculous tale which has love at its core and a keen satirical edge to cut through the lovely, lush romanticism * Sunday Express *You're going to love this book * New York Times Book Review *A brilliant, madcap meditation on fate * Kirkus Reviews *A novel shot in sparkly Technicolor * Booklist *The beach read of the summer * Vogue *Hilarious and compelling * Esquire *Magic. Walter is a believer in capricious destiny with a fine, freewheeling sense of humour . . . A monument to crazy love with a deeply romantic heart * New York Times *Poignant, comical and marvellous * San Francisco Chronicle *Larger-than-life characters, billowy romance and crafty satire ... Any book that includes Richard Burton as a character is fine by us * Esquire *Cinematic and utterly romantic . . . the big beach read for summer * Sunday Times *My absolute favourite read this year -- Nick Curtis * Evening Standard 'Books of the Year' *A bravura feat -- Peter Kemp * Sunday Times 'Books of the Year' *The beach read of 2013 * Grazia 'Books of the Year' *Think Il Postino with a walk-on part for a comically drunk Richard Burton -- Peter Brookes * The Times 'Books of the Year' *Walter's account of the filming of the Burton/Taylor classic Cleopatra is a playful imagining of emotional history and hidden lives just out of view. Be warned, this is a novel that may make any festive guests somewhat anti-social as I read it in two days flat -- Olivia Cole * GQ 'Books of the Year' *
£9.49
Harvard University Press Peripheries A Journal of Word Image and Sound No.
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£16.10
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group Woman in the Dunes Vintage International
Book SynopsisThe Woman in the Dunes, by celebrated writer and thinker Kobo Abe, combines the essence of myth, suspense and the existential novel. After missing the last bus home following a day trip to the seashore, an amateur entomologist is offered lodging for the night at the bottom of a vast sand pit. But when he attempts to leave the next morning, he quickly discovers that the locals have other plans. Held captive with seemingly no chance of escape, he is tasked with shoveling back the ever-advancing sand dunes that threaten to destroy the village. His only companion is an odd young woman. Together their fates become intertwined as they work side by side at this Sisyphean task.
£11.39
Vintage Publishing Knellers Happy Campers
Book SynopsisKneller's Happy Campers is a strange, dark but funny tale set in a world very much like our own but it's an afterlife populated by people who have killed themselves - many of them are young, and most of them bear the marks of their death...Trade ReviewEtgar Keret's writing hits like a bullet. Kneller's Happy Campers is fast and bizarre and full of a fearless street-punk surrealism, as though Charles Bukowski is channelling the imagination of Lewis Carroll. The darkest fun I've read in ages -- Matt HaigKeret mixes the laconic style of Raymond Carver and the insane wit of Quentin Tarantino into his own particular, melancholy combination of themes... It's not just a story about people who have taken their lives, but rather a metaphor on how the post-ideological generation is trying to live and survive in this world * Spiegel *There is a subtle mix of innocence and awareness, of caustic irony and tender humour that emerges from this text, as well as from its brilliant author * Le Monde *I think he is a brilliant writer, entirely different from any other I know. He is the voice of the next generation -- Salman Rushdie
£8.54
Vintage Publishing World Cup Wishes
Book SynopsisFour friends get together to watch the 1998 World Cup final. One of them has an idea: let''s write down our wishes for the next few years, put them away, and during the next final - four years from now - we''ll get them out and see how many we''ve achieved. This is how World Cup Wishes opens, and from here we watch what happens to their wishes and their friendships as life marches on.The four men''s bond is deep and solid, but tested by betrayal, death,and distance their alliance comes under pressure. Each friend offers a different perspective, though not necessarily a reliable one... and as they and the world around them change, so do their ideas of friendship and happiness. By the end they are forced to ask whether wishes can really be fulfilled. Or will their story turn out to be a requiem - for a generation, for friendship, or even for one of the four young men?Once again, Eshkol Nevo has produced a novel suffused with charm, warmth and an astonishing wiTrade ReviewIt's hard not to be completely swept away by World Cup Wishes... very readable and eloquent, but above all it is moving -- Liran Danash * Maxim *[Nevo] has an astute sense of drama and an ability to shape well-rounded characters...He has all the skills needed to fill a significant role in Israeli literature -- Omri Herzog * Haaretz *It brings tender emotional savvy to bear on the question of whether friendships - particularly those tight, testy bonds between groups of men - help people to grow as individuals or, in fact, hold us back * Daily Mail *What started as a realistic novel about everyday life in Israel evolves into a story about storytelling. In doing so, it confirms Nevo as one of the best young Israeli writers today * Jewish Chronicle *
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Scholastic The Taylor Versions Love Stories
Book SynopsisFour girls ... all names Taylor after Taylor Swift; all startinghigh school which means crushes are in the air. With all the romanticand school drama the Taylors can handle, will their friendshipsurvive?
£8.54
Scholastic The Taylors Version Cruel Summer
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£8.54
Little, Brown Book Group The Intuitionist
Book SynopsisVerticality, architectural and social, is at the heart of Colson Whitehead''s first novel that takes place in an unnamed high-rise city that combines twenty-first-century engineering feats with nineteenth-century pork-barrel politics. Elevators are the technological expression of the vertical ideal, and Lila Mae Watson, the city''s first black female elevator inspector, is its embattled token of upward mobility.When Number Eleven of the newly completed Fanny Briggs Memorial Building goes into deadly free-fall just hours after Lila Mae has signed off on it, using the controversial ''Intuitionist'' method of ascertaining elevator safety, both Intuitionists and Empiricists recognize the set-up, but may be willing to let Lila Mae take the fall in an election year.As Lila Mae strives to exonerate herself in this urgent adventure full of government spies, underworld hit men, and seductive double agents, behind the action, always, is the Idea. Lila Mae''s quest is mysteriously entwinedTrade ReviewThe freshest racial allegory since Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man and Toni Morrison's The Bluest Eye -- Walter Kirn * Time *Ingenious and starkly original . . . Literary reputations may not always rise and fall as predictably as elevators, bit if there's any justice in the world of fiction, Colson Whitehead's should be heading toward the upper floors * New York Times Book Review *Magical . . . The Intuitionist ranks alongside Catch-22, V, The Bluest Eye and other groundbreaking first novels . . . Whitehead shares Heller's sense of the absurd, Pynchon's operatic expansiveness and Morrison's deconstruction of race and racism * San Francisco Chronicle *Whitehead's prose is graceful and often lyrical, and his elevator underworld is a complex, lovingly realized creation * New Yorker *
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Little, Brown Book Group Apex Hides the Hurt Colson Whitehead
Book SynopsisThis New York Times Notable Book from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Underground Railroad is a brisk, comic tour de force about identity, history, and the adhesive bandage industry.The town of Winthrop has decided it needs a new name. The resident software millionaire wants to call it New Prospera; the mayor wants to return to the original choice of the founding black settlers; and the town''s aristocracy sees no reason to change the name at all. What they need, they realize, is a nomenclature consultant. And, it turns out, the consultant needs them. But in a culture overwhelmed by marketing, the name is everything and our hero''s efforts may result in not just a new name for the town but a new and subtler truth about it as well.Trade ReviewA brilliant, witty, and subtle novel, written in a most engaging style, with tremendous aptness of language and command of plot * New York Review of Books *Brilliant. . . . Exhilarating. . . . What keeps you reading this critique of language is its language, and our perverse delight in the ingenious abuse of words -- New York Times
£8.99
Little, Brown Book Group The Bus on Thursday
Book Synopsis''Intoxicating'' Jeff VanderMeer, author of Annihilation''Barrett''s brilliant second novel plummets headlong into a darkly funny tale'' Mail on SundayBridget Jones meets Twin Peaks in this black comedy about a woman''s retreat to a remote Australian town and the horrors awaiting her.It wasn''t just the bad breakup that turned Eleanor Mellett''s life upside down. It was the cancer. And all the demons that came with it.One day she felt a bit of a bump when she was scratching her armpit at work. The next thing she knew, her breast was being removed by an inappropriately attractive doctor, and she was subsequently inundated with cupcakes, besieged by judgy support groups, and the ungrateful recipient of hand-knitted sweaters from her mum.Luckily, Eleanor finds that Talbingo, a remote little town, needs a primary-school teacher. Their Miss Barker upped and vanished in the night, despite being the most cariTrade ReviewBursting with raucous energy, while anchored in seriousness, The Bus on Thursday is an intoxicating horror-humor romp -- Jeff VanderMeer, author of AnnihilationBarrett's brilliant second novel plummets headlong into a darkly funny tale * Mail on Sunday *Funny, angry, feminist . . . [Barrett is] a masterly world-builder * New York Times Book Review *[Eleanor] is an entertainingly sardonic companion on this blackly humorous journey into horror * Observer *This quirky tale is thrillingly original and wildly funny. A slippery narrative keeps you guessing what's really going on with a sharply witty narration * Sunday Mirror *[A] bonkers, rather brilliant comedy . . . Savagely funny, The Bus On Thursday takes the nineteenth-century literary conceit of a woman going mad in the face of repressive social expectations and updates it with brio for the twenty-first century * Metro *Shirley Barrett has crafted a quirky, one-of-kind, wild ride of a novel with demons, kangaroos, a missing school teacher, a remote town where things are strangely off-kilter, and wonderfully bizarre cast of characters. The Bus on Thursday is a darkly funny and deeply unsettling novel you'll devour in one sitting -- Jennifer McMahonFast, funny and downright weird, but a great read * Woman & Home *A darkly funny story in the company of a riotous, jinxed heroine * Psychologies *Barrett's narrative rushes headlong forward in a crazy and exhilarating rush of emotion and plot . . . I fell head over heels for The Bus On Thursday for its plain bonkers plot * Stylist *This quirky tale is thrillingly original and wildly funny * Sunday People *Hilarious . . . This witty, wise and rather demented novel occupies a strange, and possibly unique, space between screwball comedy, murder mystery and magical realism -- Wendy Holden * Daily Mail *It's a hilarious tale, and Eleanor is the perfect anti-heroine. One to brighten gloomy afternoons * Image magazine *Who would have thought horror-humour would be so fun? It's chilling, but so camp and perfectly paced that it works * Elle *It defies convention. I was hooked from the opening pages . . . it's laugh-out-loud horrible andperfectly nuts - you'll never find anything like it again * Guardian *This is a sharp, twisted, hilarious treasure of a book. Sort of Twin Peaks meets Bad Teacher that had me laughing, wincing and falling in love with the flawed and flawless narrator -- Jess Kidd
£8.54
Little, Brown Book Group Age of Vice
Book SynopsisHIGHLY ANTICIPATED OPRAH DAILY PICK FOR 2023''Ill-fated love and toxic family power struggles provide emotional drive for this big dynastic saga'' JAKE ARNOTT, GUARDIAN ''Huge, epic, immersive and absorbing . . . certain to be a book of the year'' LEE CHILD, NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR ''Kapoor''s violent and bitter story is deeply addictive'' PUBLISHERS WEEKLY (STARRED REVIEW)This is the age of vice, where pleasure and power are everything, and the family ties that bind can also killNew Delhi, 3 a.m. A speeding Mercedes jumps the kerb, and in the blink of an eye five people are dead. It''s a rich man''s car, but when the dust settles there is no rich man at all, just a shell-shocked servant who cannot explain the strange series of events that led to this crime. Nor can he foresee the dark drama that is about to unfold.Deftly shifting through time and perspective in contemporaryTrade ReviewThe book has all the energy of a high-concept crime thriller . . . Ill-fated love and toxic family power struggles provide emotional drive for this big dynastic saga of organised crime that could be India's answer to The Godfather . . . Not so much a slow burn as a constantly sparking fuse . . . Age of Vice certainly does not disappoint as a commercial crime thriller . . . but it deserves literary plaudits as well, for its depth and relevance, and for proving once more that the novel remains the supreme medium of long-form narrative drama for us to binge upon -- Jake Arnott * Guardian *A devilishly engrossing crime drama . . . Age of Vice is populated by a host of other characters - cops, goons, politicians, undercover agents, snitches, petty thieves, reporters, spiritual advisers, assassins and human traffickers - who collude and collide explosively. One can only hope that Kapoor is working fast on the second and third instalments * Times Literary Supplement *Kapoor's sprawling yet propulsive blockbuster of a novel is an addictive and socially conscious thriller portraying contemporary India in mesmerizing complexity * Oprah Daily *The most dazzling explosions to herald 2023 come from Deepti Kapoor's novel Age of Vice . . . For days, I was torn between gorging or rationing out the chapters to make them last. Finally free from the book's grip, now all I want to do is get others hooked . . . I have only one word of advice: Hurry' -- Washington Post * Ron Charles *Cinematic...A luxe thriller...As a storyteller, Kapoor is a natural * New York Times *If you could conjure up a literary lovechild of Succession and The Godfather with a sprinkling of Slumdog Millionaire, Age Of Vice by Deepti Kapoor (Fleet) would fit the bill perfectly . . . one of the most gripping books I've read in a long time * Stylist *Age of Vice is truly epic . . . it paints a picture of greed, crime, violence and corruption in India, building to a towering crescendo * i paper *Kapoor's prose is electric and her characterisation subline . . . Complex, thought-provoking and cinematic in pace and scope * Woman&Home *Aspiring novelists should read this. The narrative is clean and lean, the story unputdownable. Every word counts. This is how it's done when it's done exactly right -- Stephen KingAge of Vice is a good old-fashioned gangster story, impossible to put down. It's a novel garlanded with Shakespearean flourishes-star-crossed lovers, secret identities, complicated conspiracies-exploring timeless questions of family, loyalty, and fate -- Rumaan Alam, National Book Award finalist and New York Times bestselling author of LEAVE THE WORLD BEHINDSensationally good - huge, epic, immersive and absorbing ... certain to be a book of the year -- Lee Child, New York Times bestselling author of the JACK REACHER seriesThis book. This epic, crazy, shocking, mind-blowing, brutal, tender, heartbreaking book is one of the best I've read -- Marlon James, Booker Prize winner and New York Times bestselling author of MOON WITCH, SPIDER KINGKapoor's violent and bitter story is deeply addictive; this spellbinder would be easy to devour in one big gulp, but it's worth savoring for Neda's uncompromising take on what she terms India's "losing age, the age of vice." The author possesses a talent great enough to match the massive scope of her subject. * Publishers Weekly (starred review) *This is a masterpiece. Age of Vice is epic but intimate, its glittering, sharp scenes building into an astonishing geometry. It is an unforgettable story of corruption and excess, of ruthless power and the will to fight back -- Flynn Berry, New York Times bestselling author of NORTHERN SPYOpening in medias res from this tragedy, Kapoor spins a dizzying ride, painting an India where money is the only religion . . . Weaving the backstories of Ajay, Neda, and Sunny together, Kapoor's frenetic and colourful novel highlights the new global pecking order, one forged by capitalism, in which the rich always win. In the age of vice, as Neha says, "the wheel will keep turning toward the dissolution that will swallow us all." But as this gripping tale shows, even the weakest deserve one last gasp of dignity' -- Poornima Apte * Booklist, starred review *Impossible to put down; Kapoor is the real thing -- Library Journal (starred review) * David Keymer *Fascinating . . . a compelling and immersive thriller -- Myles McWeeney * Irish Independent *[Age of Vice] paints a picture of greed, crime, violence and corruption in India, building to a towering crescendo . . . a captivating crime caper with believable characters -- Prudence Wade * Scotsman *Kapoor's prose is electric and her characterisation sublime; you'll find yourself sympathising with all the damaged protagonists right until the end. Complex, thought-provoking and cinematic in pace and scope * Woman *Sensationally good - huge, epic, immersive and absorbing . . . certain to be a book of the year * Lee Child *
£17.00
Little, Brown Book Group Age of Vice
Book SynopsisAN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER''Ill-fated love and toxic family power struggles provide emotional drive for this big dynastic saga'' JAKE ARNOTT, GUARDIAN ''Huge, epic, immersive and absorbing . . . certain to be a book of the year'' LEE CHILD, NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHORThis is the age of vice, where pleasure and power are everything, and the family ties that bind can also killNew Delhi, 3 a.m. A speeding Mercedes jumps the kerb, and in the blink of an eye five people are dead. It''s a rich man''s car, but when the dust settles there is no rich man at all, just a shell-shocked servant who cannot explain the strange series of events that led to this crime. Nor can he foresee the dark drama that is about to unfold.Deftly shifting through time and perspective in contemporary India, Age of Vice is an epic, action-packed story propelled by the seductive wealth, startling corruption, and bloodthirsty violence of the Wadia family-loved by some, loathed by others, feared by all.In the shadow of lavish estates, extravagant parties, predatory business deals, and calculated political influence, three lives become dangerously intertwined: Ajay is the watchful servant, born into poverty, who rises through the family''s ranks. Sunny is the playboy heir who dreams of outshining his father, whatever the cost. And Neda is the curious journalist caught between morality and desire. Against a sweeping plot fueled by loss, pleasure, greed, yearning, violence, and revenge, will these characters'' connections become a path to escape, or a trigger of further destruction?Equal parts crime thriller and family saga, transporting readers from the dusty villages of Uttar Pradesh to the urban energy of New Delhi, Age of Vice is an intoxicating novel of gangsters and lovers, false friendships, forbidden romance, and the consequences of corruption. It is binge-worthy entertainment at its literary best.Trade ReviewThe book has all the energy of a high-concept crime thriller . . . Ill-fated love and toxic family power struggles provide emotional drive for this big dynastic saga of organised crime that could be India's answer to The Godfather . . . Not so much a slow burn as a constantly sparking fuse . . . Age of Vice certainly does not disappoint as a commercial crime thriller . . . but it deserves literary plaudits as well, for its depth and relevance, and for proving once more that the novel remains the supreme medium of long-form narrative drama for us to binge upon -- Jake Arnott * Guardian *A devilishly engrossing crime drama . . . Age of Vice is populated by a host of other characters - cops, goons, politicians, undercover agents, snitches, petty thieves, reporters, spiritual advisers, assassins and human traffickers - who collude and collide explosively. One can only hope that Kapoor is working fast on the second and third instalments * Times Literary Supplement *Kapoor's sprawling yet propulsive blockbuster of a novel is an addictive and socially conscious thriller portraying contemporary India in mesmerizing complexity * Oprah Daily *The most dazzling explosions to herald 2023 come from Deepti Kapoor's novel Age of Vice . . . For days, I was torn between gorging or rationing out the chapters to make them last. Finally free from the book's grip, now all I want to do is get others hooked . . . I have only one word of advice: Hurry' -- Washington Post * Ron Charles *Cinematic...A luxe thriller...As a storyteller, Kapoor is a natural * New York Times *If you could conjure up a literary lovechild of Succession and The Godfather with a sprinkling of Slumdog Millionaire, Age Of Vice by Deepti Kapoor (Fleet) would fit the bill perfectly . . . one of the most gripping books I've read in a long time * Stylist *Age of Vice is truly epic . . . it paints a picture of greed, crime, violence and corruption in India, building to a towering crescendo * i paper *Kapoor's prose is electric and her characterisation subline . . . Complex, thought-provoking and cinematic in pace and scope * Woman&Home *Aspiring novelists should read this. The narrative is clean and lean, the story unputdownable. Every word counts. This is how it's done when it's done exactly right -- Stephen KingAge of Vice is a good old-fashioned gangster story, impossible to put down. It's a novel garlanded with Shakespearean flourishes-star-crossed lovers, secret identities, complicated conspiracies-exploring timeless questions of family, loyalty, and fate -- Rumaan Alam, National Book Award finalist and New York Times bestselling author of LEAVE THE WORLD BEHINDSensationally good - huge, epic, immersive and absorbing ... certain to be a book of the year -- Lee Child, New York Times bestselling author of the JACK REACHER seriesThis book. This epic, crazy, shocking, mind-blowing, brutal, tender, heartbreaking book is one of the best I've read -- Marlon James, Booker Prize winner and New York Times bestselling author of MOON WITCH, SPIDER KINGKapoor's violent and bitter story is deeply addictive; this spellbinder would be easy to devour in one big gulp, but it's worth savoring for Neda's uncompromising take on what she terms India's "losing age, the age of vice." The author possesses a talent great enough to match the massive scope of her subject. * Publishers Weekly (starred review) *This is a masterpiece. Age of Vice is epic but intimate, its glittering, sharp scenes building into an astonishing geometry. It is an unforgettable story of corruption and excess, of ruthless power and the will to fight back -- Flynn Berry, New York Times bestselling author of NORTHERN SPYOpening in medias res from this tragedy, Kapoor spins a dizzying ride, painting an India where money is the only religion . . . Weaving the backstories of Ajay, Neda, and Sunny together, Kapoor's frenetic and colourful novel highlights the new global pecking order, one forged by capitalism, in which the rich always win. In the age of vice, as Neha says, "the wheel will keep turning toward the dissolution that will swallow us all." But as this gripping tale shows, even the weakest deserve one last gasp of dignity' -- Poornima Apte * Booklist, starred review *Impossible to put down; Kapoor is the real thing -- Library Journal (starred review) * David Keymer *Fascinating . . . a compelling and immersive thriller -- Myles McWeeney * Irish Independent *[Age of Vice] paints a picture of greed, crime, violence and corruption in India, building to a towering crescendo . . . a captivating crime caper with believable characters -- Prudence Wade * Scotsman *Kapoor's prose is electric and her characterisation sublime; you'll find yourself sympathising with all the damaged protagonists right until the end. Complex, thought-provoking and cinematic in pace and scope * Woman *
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Little, Brown Book Group Love and Ruin
Book SynopsisIn 1937, courageous and independent Martha Gellhorn travels to Madrid to report on the atrocities of the Spanish Civil War, and finds herself drawn to the stories of ordinary people caught in devastating conflict. She also finds herself unexpectedly - and uncontrollably - falling in love with Ernest Hemingway, a man already on his way to being a legend. In the shadow of the impending Second World War, and set against the tumultuous backdrops of Madrid, Finland, China, and especially Cuba, where Martha and Hemingway made their home, their relationship and professional careers ignite. But when Hemingway publishes the biggest literary success of his career, they are no longer equals, and Martha must make a choice: surrender to the suffocating demands of a domestic lifestyle, or risk losing her husband by forging her way as her own woman and writer. It is a dilemma that will force her to break his heart, and her own.Based on a true storyMartha Gellhorn was onTrade ReviewBeautifully written and, if you want to get a sense of this extraordinary woman, then it is a perfect introduction * Daily Mail *Love and Ruin makes for captivating reading, and Gellhorn's a most worthy subject for McLain's skilful portraiture -- Lucy Scholes * Independent *Fast paced and compelling, this is a novel that screams out to be filmed, the bantering insolent dialogue and the sparring partner protagonists reminiscent of Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall in the film of To Have And Have Not. A complex heartbreaker of a love story that makes for an enthralling read -- Charlotte Heathcote * Sunday Express *Romance, infidelity, war - Paula McLain's powerhouse novel has it all * Glamour *Engrossing . . . [Love and Ruin] spotlights a woman ahead of her time-a fearless reporter who covered the major conflicts of the twentieth century * Real Simple *McLain brings forth the deepest, most ringing elements of both 'love and ruin', the two poles of Marty and Ernest's tempestuous relationship, a ferocious contest between two brilliant, wilful, and intrepid writers. McLain's fast-moving, richly insightful, heartwrenching, and sumptuously written tale pays exhilarating homage to its truly exceptional and significant inspiration * Booklist, starred review *McLain's ability to base a work of fiction on real people is nothing short of superb. Readers may pick up Love and Ruin because of their obsession with Ernest Hemingway, but they'll fall in love with it because of Marty Gellhorn * BookPage *Engrossing and beautifully crafted * Daily Express *A beautifully written novel * Mirror *
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Little, Brown Book Group Stubborn Archivist Shortlisted for the Sunday
Book Synopsis''Compelling . . . it should delight anyone looking for a thoughtful, witty successor to Sally Rooney'' Observer''Stunning'' Olivia Laing''This novel is a triumph'' Musa Okwonga''I liked Stubborn Archivist very very much'' Claire-Louise Bennett''A talent to watch'' Nikesh ShuklaWhen your mother considers another country home, it''s hard to know where you belong. When the people you live among can''t pronounce your name, it''s hard to know exactly who you are. And when your body no longer feels like your own, it''s hard to understand your place in the world. This is a novel of growing up between cultures, of finding your space within them and of learning to live in a traumatized body. Our stubborn archivist tells her story through history, through family conversations, through the eyes of her mother, her grandmother and her aunt and slowly she begins to emerge into the world, defining heTrade ReviewWith an exceptionally light touch, the debut novelist Yara Rodrigues Fowler uses dialogue to sketch out a young woman's awkward attempts to articulate and reconcile different aspects of who she is . . . The novel ends with a tiny movement, a moment of discovery all the more tantalizing for remaining largely unexpressed, and this is undoubtedly the novel's strength: its ability to show something momentous - about cultural identity, sexual violence, racial prejudice - without seeming to say anything at all - TLSStrikingly original - Sunday ExpressRodrigues Fowler's debut novel is a timely exploration of what it means to understand past and present and the delicate balance of embracing two cultures simultaneously...Original and thought-provoking, this is a book that's well worth your time - StylistYara Rodrigues Fowler has written something extraordinary, playing with structure to create an insightful, lyrical and visceral novel - Emerald StreetCompelling . . . it should delight anyone looking for a thoughtful, witty successor to Sally Rooney - ObserverStubborn Archivist is an intimate and wonderfully resourceful exploration of origins. In its quest to uncover what a person is made of it digs deeply into the living body, as well as tracing back through its tangled roots. Visceral and elegant, circumspect and vivid, Yara Rodrigues Fowler has a distinctly unhampered way of telling a story; I liked Stubborn Archivist very very much.I read Stubborn Archivist in a ravenous gulp. It's stunning: so articulate about what it means to live between two languages and countries, tenderly unravelling the knots of unbelonging.My goodness. Yara Rodrigues-Fowler has conjured a work of rare power, startlingly original form, and devastating beauty. This novel is a triumph
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British Library Publishing Due to a Death
Book SynopsisA masterpiece of suspense, Mary Kelly’s 1962 novel follows Agnes as she casts her mind back through the past few days to find the links between her husband, his friends, a mysterious stranger new to the village and a case of unexplained death.
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British Library Publishing Tea is So Intoxicating
Book SynopsisDavid thinks it is a splendid idea to open a tea garden at his Kentish cottage. His wife, Germayne, is not so sure. With rumour rife that the couple are - whisper it - not actually married, the lady of the local manor makes it her mission to shut the enterprise down in this well-crafted comedy.
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British Library Publishing The Haunted Library
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Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd Count DOrgel
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Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd A Sense of Measure Signature
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Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd Cronopios and Famas
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