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
Simon & Schuster Ltd It Had To Be You
Book SynopsisThe latest thrilling entry in the bestselling Under Suspicion series by Queen of Suspense Mary Higgins Clark and Alafair Burke. Two identical brothers, both handsome, intelligent and popular recent college graduates, seemingly perfect in every way. That is, until the shocking summer night when one of them killed their parents in cold blood. The other has an iron-clad alibi, but which twin was where during the murders? And is it possible the two of them planned the perfect crime together? Years later, the case is still unsolved, and the brothers are long estranged. Each of them claims that the other is responsible for the deaths of their parents, and they turn to television producer Laurie Moran and her team to reinvestigate. But as the Under Suspicion crew gets closer to the truth, the danger that was assumed to be left in the past finds its way into the present . . . Featuring chilling suspense, a cast of characters who
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Amazon Publishing Caribbean Crush
Book SynopsisSet sail with USA Today bestselling author R.S. Grey in this sizzling romance between old rivals who reunite on a cruise ship, only to discover that they want much more than just another competition.Casey Hughes is a struggling travel journalist desperate for a big break when she lands the assignment of a lifetime: hop on board Aurelia for its maiden voyage through paradise. While she’ll bask in the luxury cruise ship’s fine dining and complimentary spa treatments, her real mission is to snag an exclusive interview with Phillip Woodmont.Casey and the elusive shipping heir have history. Once, they were nothing short of brutal enemies. Though the former brace-faced teen is now a suited-up CEO with devastating good looks, he makes it clear to Casey that he has no interest in forgetting their past.The volatile grudge between them is as explosive as ever. More than once Casey is tempted to toss Phillip overboard, but for her work, she
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Little, Brown Book Group Friends of Dorothy
Book SynopsisThe funny, wise and brilliant new novel from the star of QI and the author of Between the Stops ''Warm, witty and wise... the perfect balm for these turbulent times'' GRAHAM NORTONAfter much searching, the happily married young couple, Amber and Stevie think they have found the perfect spot in Grimaldi Square. Despite the rundown pub across the way, the overgrown garden and a decidedly nosy neighbour, number 4 is the house of their dreams. Stevie, a woman who has never left anything to chance, has planned everything so nothing can spoil their happiness. But ... upstairs in their new home, seated on an old red sofa is the woman they bought the place from - eighty-year-old foul-mouthed, straight-talking, wise-cracking Dorothy - who has decided that she''s not going anywhere. It turns out that Dorothy will be only the first in a line of life-changing surprises. Friends of Dorothy is a touching, funny novel about a fam
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Orion Publishing Co Thirty Days in Paris
Book Synopsis''Magical, romantic, fantastique'' MILLY JOHNSON''A perfect Parisian fantasy every woman will love'' KATIE FFORDE''Wow, wow, WOW. Her best and most perfect book yet. I adored every word. Sublime, as always'' JILL MANSELL''The perfect weekend read. I was so captivated I didn''t notice I was turning the pages'' FANNY BLAKEBecause Paris is always a good idea...Years ago, Juliet left a little piece of her heart in Paris - and now, separated from her husband and with her children flying the nest, it''s time to get it back!So she puts on her best red lipstick, books a cosy attic apartment near Notre-Dame and takes the next train out of London.Arriving at the Gare du Nord, the memories come flooding back: bustling street cafés, cheap wine in candlelit bars and a handsome boy with glittering eyes.But Juliet has also been keeping a secret for over two decades - and she beTrade ReviewI was immersed in and inspired by this exquisitely told love story * Heidi Swain *Warm, escapist and utterly uplifting * Lucy Diamond *Irresistibly romantic and bursting with joie de vivre. I adored it * Phillipa Ashley *A sumptuous, joyfully indulgent treat of a book. As sparkling and romantic as the city itself, if Eurostar bookings don't go up after this is released then I will eat my hat! I devoured it * Cressida McLaughlin *Uplifting, inspiring and guaranteed to make you hungry * Sarah Morgan *Wow, wow, WOW. Her best and most perfect book yet. I adored every word. Sublime, as always. From now on, I need Ronnie to set all her books in Paris' * Jill Mansell *The perfect weekend read. Romantic, involving and all the joy of Paris. I was so captivated I didn't notice I was turning the pages' * Fanny Blake *A gloriously escapist read, evoking all the sparkling sights, sensations and style of the most romantic city in the world with the irresistible effervescence of Veronica's writing. A tonic for any romantic soul. I absolutely loved it! * Kate Eberlen *A delicious, dreamy, joy of a book. It will make you want to move to Paris, drink champagne and buy red lipstick, for sure * Libby Page *
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Hodder & Stoughton Mad Honey
Book Synopsis*THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER*''Emotional and enlightening'' WOMAN & HOME''The twist halfway through is a jaw-to-the-floor moment'' GOOD HOUSEKEEPING''A perfect choice for your book clubs'' PRIMAOlivia fled her abusive marriage to return to her hometown and take over the family beekeeping business when her son Asher was six. Now, impossibly, her baby is six feet tall and in his last year of high school, a kind, good-looking, popular ice hockey star with a tiny sprite of a new girlfriend.Lily also knows what it feels like to start over - when she and her mother relocated to New Hampshire it was all about a fresh start. She and Asher couldn''t help falling for each other, and Lily feels happy for the first time. But can she trust him completely?Then Olivia gets a phone call - Lily is dead, and Asher is arrested on a charge of murder. As the case against him unfolds, she realises he has hidden more Trade ReviewAn important read told with compassion and knowledge, a perfect choice for your book clubs * Prima Magazine *This riveting tale reminded me of Picoult's earlier books in the way it tackles some big issues. The twist halfway through is a jaw-to-the-floor moment * Good Housekeeping *The celebrated authors have collaborated to pen this unique novel together... An emotional and enlightening read that won't fail to surprise right to the end * Woman & Home *From the author of The Book of Two Ways comes a characteristically powerful and engaging story of parent-child relationships as the owner of a beekeeping business confronts the brutal murder of her child's lover * Waterstones *Suspense-filled Mad Honey is a thrilling book that you won't be able to put down * CHAT Magazine *This incredibly moving and thought-provoking novel, which looks at identity, authenticity and the bond between a mother and son, is brilliantly written and is a must-read - definitely one of my favourites from 2022 * My Weekly Special *I won't give anything away, but will say this is one massive plot twist I did not see coming. It's wonderful on identity, change, secrets, shame and starting over. I'm still thinking about it long after the final page. Fabulous. * Daily Mail *What begins as a family crime novel with themes of trust, betrayal, abuse and fear becomes a poignant note on what it is to love someone, and the ways we choose to live authentically... Commentary about identity and motherhood is cleverly woven throughout, making for an honest tale about gender and violence... The book is flawlessly written, incredibly engaging and a source of vital dialogue * i paper *An emotional, enlightening and contemporary read that won't fail to surprise, right up to its final pages * Woman's Weekly *Magnificent . . . Undoubtedly deserves its place among the most impressive novels of 2022... [Lily and Asher's] relationship is a beautiful thing, described with a weight of understanding that never threatens to trivialise teenage feelings but is alive to all the fumbles of early romance. Asher and Lily are people first, adolescents second... Olivia's chapters [are] beautifully and meticulously written. She, again, is a person first and a mother second, with a complex inner life that extends beyond her child... Wonderfully drawn and heart-breaking... Empathetic and nuanced during a time of viscous division in our culture... It's impossible to look away. The writing is beautiful and seamless, with hardly any evidence that it was written by two separate authors... Lily, Asher, Olivia and their supporting cast shine with all the complications and nuances of real people whom we have the privilege to know. Mad Honey is a fascinating and gripping page turner that asks important questions about who we are and how we treat others. * Irish Sunday Business Post *A challenging, intriguing story * Image Magazine *A thought-provoking book highlighting the difference between secrecy and privacy, and between what people want to be and who they truly are * Heat *Mad Honey tackles a topical controversy head-on . . . Thought-provoking, well-balanced and powerful . . . an ideal book group choice, igniting debate and discussion * Sunday Express S Magazine *As is expected in a Picoult novel, the characterisation is complex and detailed: no one is intrinsically good or bad, which makes the storytelling even more captivating * Belfast Telegraph *What begins as a family crime novel with themes of trust, betrayal, abuse and feat, quickly becomes a poignant note on what it is to love someone, and the beautiful ways individuals choose to live authentically . . . Commentary about identity and motherhood is cleverly woven throughout, making for an honest and interesting talk about gender and violence. Flawlessly written,incredibly engaging and a source ofvital dialogue in a world where transvoices aren't always championed. Ifyou read only one more book this year,make it this one. * York Press *Important, propulsive and gripping * Gillian McAllister *This incredible murder-mystery novel is a feat of literary genius, engaging with themes of love, family and identity, while also weaving together an incredible narrative of LGBTQ+ struggle * Independent, best books to read during Pride month *Full of suspense and explores the risks we take to find ourselves * Stylist, Best books to read this Autumn *
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HarperCollins Publishers Rootless
Book SynopsisIt broke my heart' Louise O'NeillHard-hitting' The TimesPowerful and bittersweet' Daily MailBeat[s] Normal People at its own game' Harper's Bazaar______________________________________________________________Efe and Sam have been best friends since before they were married. To an outside eye, they have a relationship most can only dream of.But behind closed doors, Sam wants to start a family, while Efe longs for a life free of responsibility.When an unplanned pregnancy forces Efe into a stark choice, she has to decide which is more important her love for her family, or the life she wanted for herself.______________________________________________________________An open and honest exploration of the rediscovery of love, motherhood, and the choices we make and sacrifice' GAL-DEMHighly relatable your heart will miss a beat'HUFFPOST UK
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Penguin Books Ltd This Summer Will Be Different
Book SynopsisFrom the million-copy #1 New York Times bestselling author of Every Summer After and Meet Me at the Lake, Carley Fortune returns with a glorious and tantalising new escapeEvery summer forces Felix and Lucy to be together but they shouldn't be. Can they resist temptation?Crackling sexual tension' The TimesThis swoon-worthy romance is one for the beach bag' WOMAN & HOMERadiant' Emily Henry----This summer they'll keep their promise. This summer they won''t give into temptation. This summer will be different.The first time Lucy and Felix met she was on vacation on Prince Edward Island. And a tour of the beaches wasn't the only thing he showed her. But when she discovered his true identity as her best friend, Bridget's brother, their electric night should have become a distant memory
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Amaurea Press The Slow Train To Milan
Book SynopsisA new edition of the best-selling, award-winning second book.To Lizaveta, César remained as much of an enigma after two years of their nomadic exile together as he had that first day in Clapham when he took up his peculiar vigil in her mother's kitchen and showed no signs of shifting out of her life, ever. 'South America,' this total stranger had pronounced unaccountably and then had fallen silent until hours later when Lisaveta decided to introduce herself. in response to her name he replied, 'No'.'What do you mean "No"?' she demanded, but was to remain in the dark on this, as on other vital questions: such as why César's friends Otto and Elías were on the run and from whom, why she was expected to carry guns on a holiday to Paris, and why there was so thick an atmosphere of mystery about everything when she couldn't pinpoint the danger. Through her 16-year-old eyes she saw 35-year-old César as old and slightly debauched but strikingly beautiful. His air of dissipated grandeur seemed to disarm almost everyone and she marvelled how even in London he was treated like some kind of protected species or listed building. 'My friends are waiting for a bullet,' Cesar told her, 'they don't shoot people like me'.From London the now indivisible foursome drift southwards from Paris to Milan and back - stopping in Bologna, Grenoble, and Venice - wherever the slow train takes them. They live like divine fugitives, resplendent in silks and Mercedes one month, warding off starvation the next. The danger for Otto and Elías is constant and palpable. For all of them, tension circumscribes an almost flamboyant kind of lassitude.This new edition accompanies the publication of Lisa's new memoir, Better Broken Than New.Trade Review"The author has an enviable narrative gift, and there is something magical about her deployment of it in this exhilarating odyssey." - Guardian"Could easily become a cult novel. Lisa St Aubin de Terán is a writer of enormous gifts, intelligent, and as sensitive as a cat." -- Daily Telegraph"Lisa St Aubin de Terán seems as gifted in the chronicling of her adventures as she was in the readiness with which she embraced them." - Standard
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Canelo Caracalla
Book SynopsisTwo brothers founded Rome. Will two brothers tear it apart?AD 193. After a year of brutal civil war, Rome is settled under Septimius Severus and his aspirations for a new dynasty of emperors.Severus's sons, Marcus Aurelius Antoninus better known as Caracalla and the younger brother, Geta, promise a stable future; a clear line of succession to steer Rome into the future.A promise that might be hard to deliver upon.With two brothers, there are two possible heirs, and Severus's close friend Plautianus has his own ideas about the succession, favouring Geta over Caracalla. Though the pair are still children, the Praetorian Prefect sows in young Geta's mind seeds of superiority, resentment and bitterness against his older brother.As these seeds take root, the relationship between the pair grows strained, and their parents desperately attempt to reconcile the feuding siblings before it is too late.Are the brothers able to set their differences
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc The Ride of Her Life
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HarperCollins Publishers The Company of the Wolf
Book SynopsisFull of David Wragg's unique blend of humour, heart, and high stakes, The Company of the Wolf is the epic next instalment in the Tales of the Plains trilogy.Seeking a better life, Ree and Javani have travelled west into the mountains, and left their pasts and their troubles behind. But new places bring new problems, and when they stumble across a lone traveller under bandit attack, they make the mistake of lending a hand.Forced to take refuge in the traveller''s village, they quickly find allies among the lush, wooded hills. But then the true nature of the bandits is revealed.With winter approaching and a vengeful company of mercenaries circling like wolves, Ree and Javani must uncover the secrets of this peaceful valley or risk the ruin of it all.Gritty, sharp, and yet criminally funny! Sunyi Dean, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Book EatersWragg''s brand of fantasy deserves its own name: grassroots fantasy. Small in scale, large in heart, with underdog heroes you can''t hel
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American University in Cairo Press Granada
Book SynopsisA TOP 100 LITERARY WORK OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY (THE ARAB WRITERS UNION)ABOOK RIOTBEST BOOK OF 2024"A feat of profound scholarship, an examination of how history is invented, imagined and instrumentalized in contrast to how it is experienced and lived. "Patricia Storace,Times Literary SupplementA magnum opus of prose fictionMarina Warner, author ofOnce Upon a TimeAmultigenerational epicset at the collapse of Muslim rule in Medieval Spain, available now for the first time in a new, complete translationIt is 1492, and the keys to Granada, the last Muslim state in the Spanish Peninsula, have been handed over to the Christian king and queen: the final vestiges of this Arab kingdom in Europe are swept away. As the triumphant new masters of Granada burn books, Abu Jaafar, a bookseller by trade, quietly moves his rich library out of town, while preparing for the marriage of his granddaughter Saleema to his apprentice Saad. The tangled lives of Abu Jaafar's family, his descendants, and his community bear witness to the vanquishing of Muslim life: confiscations, forced conversions, and expulsions. Radwa Ashour's sweeping trilogy, set over one hundred years against the backdrop of the great historical events of sixteenth-century Europe, tells the story of those who remained in Andalusia, of the individuals who struggled to maintain faith and hope in a possible future. It narrates a community's effort to comprehend what has happened to them, of their valiant but ultimately unsuccessful efforts to resist the destruction of their identity. Named a top literary work of the twentieth century by the Arab Writers' Union,Granadais now available in English in its entirety for the first time. All three novelsGranada, MaryamaandThe Departureare brilliantly retranslated in this outstanding new paperback edition.
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John Murray Press Barrowbeck
Book SynopsisFor centuries, the inhabitants of Barrowbeck, a remote valley on the Yorkshire-Lancashire border, have lived uneasily with forces beyond their reckoning. They raise their families, work the land, and do their best to welcome those who come seeking respite. But there is a darkness that runs through the village as persistently as the river. A father fears that his daughter has become possessed by something unholy.A childless couple must make an agonising decision.A widower awaits the return of his wife. A troubled man is haunted by visions of end times. As one generation gives way to the next and ancient land is carved up in the name of progress, darkness gathers. The people of Barrowbeck have forgotten that they are but guests in the valley. Now there is a price to pay. Two thousand years of history is coming to an end.''Impeccably written . . . tightens like a clammy hand around your throat'' Daily Mail on The Loney''A wor
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HarperCollins Focus The Memory of Lavender and Sage
Book Synopsis“A standout voice in women’s fiction. I was captivated from the very first line.” — Kristy Woodson Harvey, New York Times Bestselling Author of The Summer of SongbirdsPerhaps the secrets of her mother’s past in this tiny French town hold the key to her own future. . . Food critic Tempèsta Luddington has always felt like the odd person out in her family, ever since she lost her beloved mother at the tender age of thirteen. When her workaholic father passes fifteen years later, Tempèsta is not surprised that the majority of the considerable family money will pass to her dutiful younger brother, Wal. Still, she is left a modest remembrance from her mother, and for the first time Tempèsta has a world of choices before her.Lost in grief and hoping to reconnect with her memories and her mother’s past, she uses the money to buy a ramshackle manor house in Sainte-Colombe
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Faber & Faber Brutes
Book SynopsisA coming-of-age story that 'manages to bottle up that chaotic and messy feeling of girlhood' (Stylist), from a fresh and radical new talent
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Tuttle Publishing No Longer Human
Book SynopsisA completely new translation of Osamu Dazai's great masterpiece by award-winning translator Juliet Winters Carpenter. A journey to hell with Osamu Dazai, Japan's ultimate bad boy novelist Damian Flanagan, The Japan TimesNo Longer Human is the story of Yozo Oba, who, from early childhood, finds it impossible to form meaningful relationships with family or friends. As a child he copes by acting the foolmocking himself while entertaining others. As an adult he turns to alcohol, sex and drugs, which lead to his eventual self-destruction. Originally written in 1948 and based closely on Dazai's own life, the timeless and universal themes of social alienation, failure and one man's inner torture at his inability to feel like a normal human still resonate with young people everywhere, making this an enduring international classic. This contemporary translation will be welcomed by all fans of modern Japanese literature as well as by readers familiar with Osamu Dazai. After Soseki Natsume, O
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HarperCollins Publishers Night Wherever We Go
Book SynopsisShortlisted for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize 2023A hugely impressive debut' SARAH WATERS[A] haunting and moving story' SUNDAY TIMESA powerful and inspired achievement. This one is not to be missed' NATHAN HARRIS'A haunting, powerful and utterly unforgettable read' RACHEL HENGTexas, 1852. Six enslaved women slip from their sleeping quarters to gather in the woods under cover of night. Their plantation owners, the Lucys named after Lucifer himself have decided to force the women to bear children. But the women are determined to protect themselves.Nan, a doctoring woman, has a herbal solution. If they all take part in this dangerous rebellion, the Lucys may give up. But if they are discovered, the consequences will be severe.Powerful and poetic, Night Wherever We Go is a visceral meditation on love, resistance and redemption, and takes an intimate look at the bonds of female friendship in the darkest of circumstances.
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Cassava Republic Press Avenues By Train
Book SynopsisWhen seven-year-old Jedza witnesses a tragic incident involving a train and the death of his close boyhood friend in his hometown Miner’s Drift, he is convinced that his life is haunted. Now in his mid-20s, Jedza is a down-and-out electrician, moving to Harare in the hopes that he will escape the darkness and superstitions of the small town. But living in the shadowy restless atmosphere of the Avenues with its mysterious pools of water rising under musasa trees, he is tormented by the disappearance of his sister and their early encounters with ancestral spirits, the shapeshifting power of the njuzu and a vengeful ngozi. To move forward, he must stop running away and confront the trauma of his past. An eclectic, experimental novel, Avenues By Train is a brash and confident debut by an exciting new voice
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Saqi Books Wild Thorns
Book SynopsisWild Thorns offers a glimpse of social and personal relations under Israeli occupation. Featuring unsentimental portrayals of everyday life, its uncompromising honesty and rich emotional core plead elegantly for the cause of survival in the face of oppression.Trade Review'An impressive narrative of life in the West Bank in which simple profundities are asserted powerfully and poetically.' Morning Star‘Written with astonishing candor and erudition, Sahar Khalifeh’s novel Wild Thorns is a poignant commentary on the psychological impacts of living under occupation ... an exhaustive and embracing meditation on Palestinian society, trauma, and resilience.’ * The Markaz Review *Sahar Khalifeh’s ‘Wild Thorns’ shines a light on the West Bank * Arab News *
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Jacaranda Books Art Music Ltd The Spook Who Sat By The Door The first Black man
Book SynopsisContinuously available in print since 1969, this novel has become embedded in progressive anti-racist culture with wide circulation of the book and hotly debated film. A literary classic, The Spook Who Sat by the Door is a strong comment on entrenched racial inequities in the United States in the late 1960s.Dan Freeman, ''the spook who sat by the door'', is enlisted in the CIA''s elitist espionage program after a white senator decries the lack of Black officers in the agency. The first Black man in the Central Intelligence Agency, Freeman is given a desk job. Despite excelling, promotions are hard to come by as the token black in the CIA. Deciding he''s had enough, Freeman uses the tactics he learns in the CIA to foment violent rebellion in Chicago, in a mirror image of the coups wrought around the world by the Agency itself.With its focus on the militancy that characterised the Black Power movement of the 1960s and 1970s, this is the story of one man''s reaction to ruling-class hypocrisy in ways that make the novel autobiographical and personal. As a tale of a reaction to the forces of oppression, this brilliant and funny satire by Sam Greenlee proves to be just as potent today as it was when it originally was published.
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Pan Macmillan Underworld
Book SynopsisUnderworld opens – famously – at the Dodgers-Giants 1951 National League final, where Bobby Thomson hits The Shot Heard Round the World and wins the pennant race for the Giants. But on the other side of the planet, another highly significant shot was fired: the USSR's first atomic detonation. And so begins a masterpiece of gloriously symphonic storytelling.Don DeLillo loosely follows the fate of the winning baseball as the book swells and rolls through time. He offers a panoramic vision of America, defined by the overarching conflict of the cold war.This is an awe-inspiring story, seen in deep, clear detail, of men and women, together and apart, as they search for meaning, survival and connection in the toughest of times.Part of the Picador Collection, a series showcasing the best of modern literature.Trade ReviewA literary colossus, equal to any (and surpassing most) of the vaulting novels which strive for the immensity of the American mythic. -- Geoff Dyer * Sunday Telegraph *A rousingly impressive achievement in almost every novelistic department - dialogue, structure, timing, precise description, heartfelt veracity and the rest. -- William Boyd * Observer *Every decade or so the real thing comes along - a work of literature so overwhelmingly good that you know it is a masterpiece which will endure . . . huge sections sweep you along in a way that only the greatest books can. -- Michael Shelden * Daily Telegraph *His longest, most ambitious, and most complicated novel - and his best . . . Underworld is the black comedy of the Cold War; it is full of sentences that capture, with the choice of the odd word, a moment in American history. * New Yorker *Astonishing . . . an amazing performance . . . Mr DeLillo's most affecting novel yet . . . This bravura master of cerebral pyrotechnics also knows how to seize and rattle our emotions . . . In this remarkable novel, [DeLillo] has taken the effluvia of modern society, all the detritus of our daily and political lives, and turned it into a dazzling, phosphorescent work of art. * New York Times *Don DeLillo's latest epic, Underworld, brilliantly interweaves voices, incidents and telling details into a moving, empowering people's history. If Libra, White Noise and Mao II hadn't already done enough to persuade British readers that DeLillo ranks with the best of contemporary American novelists, Underworld surely will. -- Blake Morrison * Independent on Sunday *DeLillo suddenly fills the sky. Underworld renders DeLillo a great novelist . . . [it] surges with magisterial confidence through time (the last half-century) and through space (Harlem, Phoenix, Vietnam, Kazakhstan, Texas, the Bronx) . . . It isn't every day, or even every decade, that one sees the ascension of a great writer. -- Martin Amis * Esquire *Among other things, the new novel from Don DeLillo is a remarkable feat of engineering . . . he chisels and carves until he has made something that cannot help but lift your heart: a cathedral of prose . . . He has built a towering structure and I recommend you climb to the top. The view is sensational. -- Allison Pearson * Evening Standard *With Underworld, DeLillo confirms himself in the select group of great American writers truly equal to the temper of very strange times. * Times Literary Supplement *Underworld is nothing less than the story of the States in the Cold War; an epic to set alongside Moby Dick or Augie March. -- Tim Adams * Observer *
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Zaffre Outlaw: The incredible new thriller from the
Book SynopsisThe brilliant, explosive new book from the master of the modern espionage thriller and Sunday Times bestseller James Swallow.___________________Gutted by the ruthless power brokers known as the Combine, the Rubicon Group is a shadow of its former self, its founder Ekko Solomon missing presumed dead and the members of its private security and intelligence team in hiding, framed for a terrorist atrocity they did not commit.For ex-MI6 officer Marc Dane, his friend and colleague Lucy Keyes, and the survivors of Rubicon's Special Conditions Division, the future is bleak.With no support and no backup, they are living on the edge, and the walls are closing in - so with nothing left to lose, the team will risk everything in a last ditch gambit to strike back at the Combine and bring them down...once and for all.Rising from the ashes of Rubicon's destruction, Marc and the team undertake a high-stakes undercover mission to stop a catastrophic plan to crash the global financial network, with only their cunning and their skills to carry them through.If they succeed, they might just get their lives back.If they fail, it will be the end of everything they've been fighting for... The epic final book in the Marc Dane series, OUTLAW is Swallow's most explosive thriller to date - perfect for fans of Gregg Hurwitz, Ant Middleton and Terry Hayes.___________________PRAISE FOR JAMES SWALLOW'S ESPIONAGE THRILLERS:'Unputdownable' - WILBUR SMITH'Britain's answer to Jason Bourne' - DAILY MAIL'Explosive' - IRISH EXAMINER
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Transworld Publishers Ltd The Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy: Or the
Book SynopsisFrom the author of the 2 million+ copy, worldwide bestseller, The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, - soon to be a major movie starring Jim Broadbent - an exquisite, funny and heartrending parallel story.When Queenie Hennessy discovers that Harold Fry is walking the length of England to save her, and all she has to do is wait, she is shocked. Her note had explained she was dying. How can she wait? A new volunteer at the hospice suggests that Queenie should write again; only this time she must tell Harold everything. In confessing to secrets she has hidden for twenty years, she will find atonement for the past. As the volunteer points out, 'Even though you've done your travelling, you're starting a new journey too.' Queenie thought her first letter would be the end of the story. She was wrong. It was the beginning.Told in simple, emotionally-honest prose, with a mischievous bite, this is a novel about the journey we all must take to learn who we are; it is about loving and letting go. And most of all it is about finding joy in unexpected places and at times we least expect.-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------'A beautiful story which will grip you, make you laugh and cry, uplift your spirit and leave you feeling profoundly grateful' DAILY MAIL'Will leave you wide-eyed and wanting to read it all again . . . wondrous' THE TIMES........................................................................................................................................................................................................RACHEL JOYCE'S NEW NOVEL MAUREEN FRY AND THE ANGEL OF THE NORTH - THE FINAL PART OF THE HAROLD FRY TRILOGY - IS PUBLISHED IN OCTOBER 2022Trade Review5 stars * The Telegraph *Touching ... a quiet, gentle, moving novel. Joyce's writing has a simplicity that sings and she captures hope best of all. * The Observer *If you loved The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, you'll be thrilled with this sequel. * The Sun *Invest in a box of Kleenex before you start this tear-jerker - [one of] this month's big reads. * Women & Home *A beautiful story which will grip you, make you laugh and cry, uplift your spirit and leave you feeling profoundly grateful and changed by the reading experience ... This is a wonderful book about loss, redemption and joy – and I give it my own prize. -- Bel Mooney * The Daily Mail *
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HarperCollins Publishers Sunset In Central Park (From Manhattan with Love,
Book SynopsisPre-order your copy of Sarah Morgan’s new novel Beach House Summer now – coming May 2022! Praise for Sarah Morgan: ‘I laughed, I cried, I held my breath. I absolutely adored it’ Cathy Bramley ‘The perfect book to curl up with’ Heat * * * True love can be hard to find. Even when it’s been right under your nose all along… After witnessing the fallout of her parent’s divorce, love has never been a priority for garden designer Frankie Cole. The only man in her life is her friend Matt–but that’s strictly platonic. If only she found it easier to ignore the way he makes her heart race… Matt Walker has loved Frankie for years but, has always played it cool. Until he uncovers new depths to the girl he’s known forever, and doesn’t want to wait a moment longer. Matt knows Frankie has secrets and has buried them deep, but can he persuade her to kiss him under the Manhattan sunset? * * * Readers have fallen in love with SUNSET IN CENTRAL PARK ‘Sarah Morgan is my go-to author when I want a read that will make me smile. I love her books and this one didn't disappoint’ Reader review, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘This second book in the series is as equally delicious as the first’ Reader review, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Absolutely brilliant read. Couldn't put book down once I started it’ Reader review, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Once again we are treated to a great story that is wonderfully romantic, gives you smiles and warm fuzzy feelings’ Reader review, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Trade Review‘Morgan’s novel delivers the classic sweep-you-off-your-feet romantic experience.’ – Publisher’s Weekly ‘Perfect chick-lit’ – BEST magazine ‘Her dynamic prose like narrative is eloquent, the laugh-out-loud humor lightens the load and both her big-city and small-town settings are perfect’ – RT Book Reviews ‘Another winner from Sarah’ – Annie Cooper’s Book Corner ‘I am fairly certain there will never be a Sarah Morgan book that I won’t love. This was no exception. My very favourite book of hers to date!’ – Erin’s Book Choice ‘A fun loving story with the sprinkling of magic I love in Sarah Morgan’s books.’ – Sarah Mackins ‘Simply gold! A spectacular storyline.’ – A page of Fictional Love ‘Fresh, romantic, complexity and heart! Sleepless in Manhattan is everything you want in romance!’ – Chicks that Read ‘Sleepless in Manhattan is Sarah Morgan at her best.’ – Rachel’s Random Reads
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Canongate Books The Gargoyle
Book SynopsisA young man is fighting for his life.Into his room walks a bewitching woman who believes she can save him.Their journey will have you believing in the impossible.The nameless and beautiful narrator of The Gargoyle is driving along a dark road when he is distracted by what seems to be a flight of arrows. He crashes into a ravine and wakes up in a burns ward, undergoing the tortures of the damned. His life is over - he is now a monster.But in fact it is only just beginning. One day, Marianne Engel, a wild and compelling sculptress of gargoyles, enters his life and tells him that they were once lovers in medieval Germany. In her telling, he was a badly burned mercenary and she was a nun and a scribe who nursed him back to health in the famed monastery of Engelthal. As she spins her tale, Scheherazade fashion, and relates equally mesmerising stories of deathless love in Japan, Greenland, Italy and England, he finds himself drawn back to life - and, finally, to love.Trade ReviewExtraordinary . . . The Gargoyle has a big personality . . . An exotic adventure. * * Daily Telegraph * *Wildly imaginative . . . Bound to be an international bestseller. * * Observer * *Reads like a thriller * * Guardian * *Compulsively readable . . . the pages almost turn themselves. * * Metro * *Horrifying and fantastical, this exploration of deathless love shocks and mesmerizes. * * Good Book Guide * *Mixing romance, classic allusion and reality, Davidson's debut is a bravura performance. * * **** Marie Claire * *Totally absorbing, it is the most amazing debut novel. -- John Bishop * * Daily Express * *
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Random House Publishing Group Westward the Tide
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Granta Books The Tea Lords
Book SynopsisBorn into wealth and privilege, Rudolf Kerkhoven is destined to follow his father's footsteps into the Dutch colonies, with its uncleared jungle foothills and potential for riches. When he arrives in Java he is immediately smitten by the landscape and the life, and over the seasons, Rudolf's dedication and diligence gradually transform the land into a productive estate for tea, coffee and quinine. When he meets the independent-minded Jenny and their two sons are born, Rudolf is happier than he thought possible. But for Jenny, the damp austerity of their home, her fertility, her father's secret, and the native spirits of the land grow to overshadow their marriage and the life they've strived for together. Lusciously atmospheric and masterfully drawn, this is an unforgettable story of aspiration, determination, rivalry and romance on a tropical plantation.Trade ReviewA graceful, marvellously achieved improvisation that only a novelist of the greatest imagination and sympathy could have written -- Julian Evans * Guardian *Put it at the top of your reading list * Stylist *Haasse has created a compelling piece of innovative historical fiction ... [She] effortlessly combines an evocation of the plantation's heady, lush vegetation with her articulation of the growing distance between man and wife. And her aptly chosen metaphors are all skillfully conveyed in Ina Rilke's translation * Sunday Times *Displays a knowledgeable and intimate empathy for plantation life, sucking you into the steaming Indonesian jungles and cut-glass propriety of Dutch colonial society without suspending judgement on colonialism itself -- Claire Allfree * Metro *The large cast of characters is convincingly displayed and deftly manipulated. The evocation of Java is vivid and full of feeling -- Allan Massie * Scotsman *Haasse's atmospheric historical novel receives an elegantly idiomatic translation from Ina Rilke ... an affecting portrait of a life devoted to duty, which asks whether the sacrifice was worth the emotional costs. -- Adrian Turpin * Financial Times *Translated into graceful prose, this morally challenging work, constructed from documents and letters, has already become a novel by which others, inside and outside its tradition, can be judged. -- Paul Binding * Independent *
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Orphans of the Storm
Book SynopsisTHE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER The story of a mother's quest to find her children against all odds, set against the epic backdrop of the sinking of the legendary Titanic. ‘Smashing . . . I was hooked on page one and literally could not put it down. I loved all that she wrote about the true story behind this thrilling tale’ JOANNA LUMLEY Nice, France, 1911: After three years of marriage, young seamstress Marcela Caretto has finally had enough. Her husband, Michael, an ambitious tailor, has become cruel and controlling and she determines to get a divorce. But while awaiting the judges’ decision on the custody of their two small boys, Michael receives news that changes everything. Meanwhile fun-loving New York socialite Margaret Hays is touring Europe with some friends. Restless, she resolves to head home aboard the most celebrated steamer in the world – RMS Titanic. As the ship sets sail for America, carrying two infants bearing false names, the paths of Marcela, Michael and Margaret cross - and nothing will ever be the same again. From the Sunday Times-bestselling author, Celia Imrie, Orphans of the Storm dives into the waters of the past to unearth a sweeping, epic tale of the sinking of the Titanic that radiates with humanity and hums with life. _____________________ 'Gripping . . . An epic adventure' ROSIE GOODWIN 'A gripping read' DAILY MIRROR, Summer readsTrade ReviewGripping ... An epic adventure -- ROSIE GOODWINSmashing ... It would be fair to say that I was hooked on page one and literally could not put it down. I loved all that she wrote about the true story behind this thrilling tale -- JOANNA LUMLEYGripping … A moving tale of courage, survival and maternal love * Sunday Express *A heart-wrenching journey that breathes new life and humanity into the tragic sinking of the Titanic * Woman's Own *Atmospheric and utterly addictive * My Weekly *Praise for Celia Imrie: Utterly delicious in every way -- Joanna LumleyA very witty novel by a very witty woman. Hugely entertaining -- Julian FellowesA keenly observed, rollicking tale * Mail on Sunday *Wonderful and very amusing -- Helen LedererA hugely enjoyable romp of a novel with eccentric characters, a delightful background and a savoury tang of crime -- Katie FfordeAnything written by Celia Imrie is guaranteed to put a smile on our faces * Good Housekeeping *Forget the cruise. Grab Imrie's novel and have twice as much fun -- Hilary BoydCelia Imrie reveals a whole new talent in this irresistible murder mystery caper, packed with wonderful characters that will grip you to the last glorious page -- Maeve Haran
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HarperCollins Publishers We Just Clicked
Book Synopsis A fabulously funny, feel-good novel that will make you laugh until you cry, for anyone who's ever presented a perfectly-filtered life online to hide the unglamorous reality. Trade Review Praise for We Just Clicked: ‘Such a fun read!’ Carrie Hope Fletcher, Sunday Times bestselling author of On the Other Side ‘Warm-hearted and hilarious. It will make you giggle and want to hug the book when you finish it.’ Miranda Dickinson, author of Our Story ‘A brilliantly funny, uplifting yet emotional rom-com that I just lost myself in.’ Elle Spellman, author of Running Into Trouble ‘This is the fun breath of fresh air we need right now!’ Fabulous ‘Funny and touching’ My Weekly Praise for Anna Bell: 'The perfect laugh-out-loud love story' Louise Pentland, Sunday Times bestselling author of Wilde Like Me 'Smart, witty and completely fresh' Cathy Bramley, Sunday Times bestselling author 'Romantic and refreshing' Mhairi McFarlane, Sunday Times bestselling author 'Perfect for fans of Sophie Kinsella' Take a Break 'A fun, bouncy, brilliant tale' Heat 'Funny, relatable and fabulously written' Daily Express 'Funny, romantic and uplifting' Cressida McLaughlin, author of The Cornish Cream Tea Summer
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Cornerstone Point Of Impact
Book SynopsisStephen Hunter is the author of eleven novels, including Hot Springs, Time to Hunt, Black Light and Dirty White Boys. He lives in Baltimore, Maryland.Trade ReviewUp there with the likes of James Lee Burke and Michael Connelly at the forefront of hard-boiled American crime fiction * Glasgow Herald *
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Pan Macmillan Banquet for the Damned
Book SynopsisAdam Nevill was born in Birmingham, England, in 1969 and grew up in England and New Zealand. A graduate of the University of St Andrews Masters programme, he is the author of Banquet for the Damned, Apartment 16, The Ritual, Last Days and House of Small Shadows. He has twice won the August Derleth award for best horror novel. Banquet for the Damned was his first novel.Trade ReviewFrom the half-glimpsed manifestations that haunt the entire book to the pure visceral horror of the climax, from the understated menace that lurks under passages of dialogue to the lyrical terror we experience elsewhere, Nevill the novelist displays an impressive range of skills and effects -- Ramsey CampbellIncredibly accomplished and with a really neat and original monster at the heart of the story. It’s a feast worth savouring * Shivers *
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John Murray Press Gun Island
Book SynopsisBundook. Gun. A common word, but one which turns Deen Datta''s world upside down.A dealer of rare books, Deen is used to a quiet life spent indoors, but as his once-solid beliefs begin to shift, he is forced to set out on an extraordinary journey; one that takes him from India to Los Angeles and Venice via a tangled route through the memories and experiences of those he meets along the way. There is Piya, a fellow Bengali-American who sets his journey in motion; Tipu, an entrepreneurial young man who opens Deen''s eyes to the realities of growing up in today''s world; Rafi, with his desperate attempt to help someone in need; and Cinta, an old friend who provides the missing link in the story they are all a part of. It is a journey which will upend everything he thought he knew about himself, about the Bengali legends of his childhood and about the world around him.Gun Island is a beautifully realised novel which effortlessly spans space and time. It is Trade ReviewWith sweeping exuberant style and extraordinary linguistic facility Ghosh takes us into a world where desperate refugees trickle through borders like water from melting ice, but where massing animals find no escapes. Old legends and ancient myths take on new meaning. This important novel is an account of our current world, the one few writers have had the courage to face * Annie Proulx *A rich and rewarding novel that reaffirms the transformative power of topographical and human connection, and registers the rhythms of the quiet and the unquiet life * The Spectator *Amitav Ghosh's Gun Island is an extraordinary reading experience from one of our greatest living storytellers. Ghosh masterfully collocates disparate worlds to create a story of family, self, history, and destiny * Neel Mukherjee *A book of reckless and persuasive scope, a huge, rambunctious reckoning with our environmental declension * Sunday Times *In its blend of science, history, myth and contemporary relevance, Gun Island offers a rich mix of ideas * i *It demonstrates how the particular genius of the novel can be deployed to examine the subject of climate change in ways beyond the scope of journalism, history or documentary. Gun Island shows us how the psychological compulsions for order and security that drive our unwillingness to confront climate change are about to be first unsettled and then destroyed * Literary Review *A compelling book - a sinuous and often gripping piece of storytelling, satisfyingly shaped and beautifully written * Prospect *
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Little, Brown Book Group The Broken Earth Trilogy Box set edition
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Headline Publishing Group Innocent
Book SynopsisA MURDER TEARS A SMALL TOWN APART. BUT WHO DID IT? A page-turning and heart-breaking new thriller from the author of BBC RADIO 2 Book Club pick and smash hit FOUND.''Brilliant, compelling, heart-wrenching writing.'' PETER JAMES''Full of twists and turns to keep you guessing, this is a gripping and compelling read you won''t want to put down'' HEAT The pretty market town of Sterndale is a close-knit community where everyone thinks they know everyone else. But at a lavish summer wedding a local celebrity is discovered slumped in the gardens, the victim of a violent assault that leads to a murder investigation. As the police search for answers, suspicion and paranoia build - and the lives of the locals are turned upside down. Secrets that lurk beneath the pristine fa?ade of Sterndale come to light as detectives close in on the truth... A gripping and moving thriller with the emotional drama of series like BTrade ReviewA one sitting emotional thriller - we loved it. * Woman's Own *Full of twists and turns to keep you guessing, this is a gripping and compelling read you won't want to put down * Heat *Emotional and gripping * Crime Monthly *
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Orion Publishing Co Orfeia
Book SynopsisWhen you can find me an acre of land,Every sage grows merry in time,Between the ocean and the sandThen will you be united again.(Inspired by The Child Ballads 2 & 19)So begins a beautiful and tragic quest as a heartbroken mother sets out to save her lost daughter, through the realms of the real, of dream, and even into the underworld itself.But determination alone is not enough. For to save something precious, she must give up something precious, be it a song, a memory, or herfreedom itself . . .Beautifully illustrated by Bonnie Helen Hawkins, this is a stunning and original modern fairytale.Trade ReviewOrfeia is tragic, emotional, beautiful, thought-provoking, moving and poignant * Bookmarks and Stages *This dreamy, melancholy novella is saturated with sacrifice, richness and a sense of layered worlds. * Metro *
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HarperCollins Publishers Blood Metal Bone
Book SynopsisBlood Metal Bone surprises you in the very best ways. Unique world-building, a bold heroine with a heartbreaking past, and awe-inspiring magic that simply cannot be caged.' Andrea Stewart, author of The Bone Shard DaughterA DEADLY OUTCASTA DANGEROUS SECRETONE EPIC QUEST FOR THE TRUTHWrongly accused of her brother's murder, Sonara's destiny was to die, sentenced to execution by her own mother. Punished and left for dead, the shadows have cursed her with a second life as a Shadowblood, cast out and hunted by society for her demon-like powers.Now known as the Devil of the Deadlands, Sonara survives as a thief on the edge of society, fighting for survival on a quest to uncover what really happened to her brother and whether he is even dead at allBlood Metal Bone is the gripping new novel from New York Times bestselling author Lindsay Cummings. This is the perfect adrenaline-packed read for fans of Leigh Bardugo's Six of Crows, The Mandalorian and Sarah J Maas' Throne of Glass series.A skilTrade Review‘Blood Metal Bone surprises you in the very best ways. Unique world-building, a bold heroine with a heartbreaking past, and awe-inspiring magic that simply cannot be caged.’Andrea Stewart, author of The Bone Shard Daughter ‘A skilful blend of fantasy and science fiction, full of twists and turns, and sure to thrill fans of both.’Jay Posey, author of Every Sky A Grave Praise for Lindsay Cummings ‘A whirlwind, out-of-this-galaxy adventure! The dynamic cast of characters, edge-of-your-seat action, and sprawling universe had me hooked from the very first pages.’Sarah J. Maas, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the COURT OF THORNS AND ROSES series on Zenith ‘Epic, mesmerizing and heart-stopping, you'll be left breathless and wanting more’Danielle Paige, New York Times bestselling author of the DOROTHY MUST DIE series on Zenith ‘ZENITH is a spectacularly stunning, whirlwind adventure with a race-against-the-clock plot and strong as hell female characters.’ Buzzfeed
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Viz Communications,U.S. YuYu Hakusho, Vol. 4
Book SynopsisA delinquent’s gotta do what he’s gotta do…in the afterlife.Yusuke Urameshi was a tough teen delinquent until one selfless act changed his life...by ending it. When he died saving a little kid from a speeding car, the afterlife didn''t know what to do with him, so it gave him a second chance at life. Now, Yusuke is a ghost with a mission, performing good deeds at the behest of Botan, the ferrywoman of the River Styx, and Koenma, the pacifier-sucking judge of the dead.The legendary exorcist Genkai is about to pass on her explosive demon-smiting techniques to one student--and only one. Trouble is, one of the people battling for the honor is a demon in disguise: the sadistic Rando, who''d just love to turn Genkai''s power against innocent humans... unless Yusuke can defeat him! Then, Yusuke and Kuwabara must stop a quartet of demonic criminals from plotting a supremely sinister attack on the mortal world. At the gates of a labyrinthine fortress swarming with monsters, demons, and supernatural fugitives, these two teenage punks don''t stand a chance in Hell--unless they can call for backup...
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Little, Brown Book Group A Boy and his Dog at the End of the World
Book SynopsisTHE MOST POWERFUL STORY YOU''LL READ THIS YEAR. ''Fletcher''s suspenseful, atmospheric tale imagines a near future in which our world is in ruins . . . an adventure saga punctured by a gut-punch twist''Entertainment Weekly''You''ll remember A Boy and His Dog at the End of the World long after you finish reading''Peng Shepherd, author of The Book Of M ''Truly engrossing . . . brings hope and humanity to a cold and scary world''Keith Stuart, author of A Boy Made of Blocks ''I promise you''re going to love it''Louisa Morgan, author of A Secret History of Witches''Epic in scope, enthralling, and full of human warmth''M. R. Carey, author of The Girl with all the Gifts THE WORLD HAS ENDED. AT LEAST WE STILL HAVE DOGS.My name''s Griz. I''ve never been to school, I''ve never had friends, in my whole life I''ve not met enough people to play a game of football. My parents told me how crowded the world used to be, before all the people went away, but we were never lonely on our remote island. We had each other, and our dogs.Then the thief came. He told stories of the deserted towns and cities beyond our horizons. I liked him - until I woke to find he had stolen my dog. So I chased him out into the ruins of the world.I just want to get my dog back, but I found more than I ever imagined was possible. More about how the world ended. More about what my family''s real story is. More about what really matters.''This un-put-down-able story has everything - a well-imagined post-apocalyptic world, great characters, incredible suspense, and, of course, the fierce love of some very good dogs''Kirkus (starred review)''A story that is as heart-warming as it is heart-breaking''Fantasy Hive ''A stunningly gorgeous read: masterful storytelling, searingly beautiful prose, and a world so meticulously rendered you''ll forget there''s a real one going on beyond the pages. A book of the year contender - in any year''Micah Yongo''Extraordinary and quite magnificent . . . 10/10''StarburstA Boy and his Dog at the End of the World is the most moving apocalypse story you''ll ever read. Perfect for readers of Life of Pi, The Girl with all the Gifts or Station Eleven - Griz''s tale mixes sadness and hope in one unforgettable character''s quest amid the remnants of our fragile civilisation.Trade ReviewFletcher's suspenseful, atmospheric tale imagines a near future in which our world is in ruins... An adventure saga punctured by a gut-punch twist -- ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLYEpic in scope, enthralling, and full of human warmthThis novel has everything I love about a story: fully realised characters, beautiful writing, and utterly believable, even frightening, world-building . . . I promise you're going to love it -- Louisa Morgan, author of A SECRET HISTORY OF WITCHESA story that is as heart-warming as it is heart-breaking . . . I'm still thinking about this book, weeks after finishing it -- FANTASY HIVEFamily, loyalty, and humanity amid the lonely but beautiful wilderness of the end of the world - with a gut punch you'll never see coming. That twist! That ending! You'll remember A Boy and His Dog at the End of the World long after you finish reading -- Peng Shepherd, author of THE BOOK OF MExtraordinary and quite magnificent . . . 10/10 -- STARBURSTA stunningly gorgeous read: masterful storytelling, searingly beautiful prose, and a world so meticulously rendered you'll forget there's a real one going on beyond the pages ... A book of the year contender - in any year -- Micah YongoPlayful, twisty, thought provoking and hugely enjoyable -- RJ BarkerA truly engrossing survival story, which gives us a haunting vision of a ruined Britain that's both dangerous and strangely beautiful. But the real strength of the book its utterly believable lead character whose interplay of vulnerability and strength brings hope and humanity to a cold and scary world -- Keith Stuart, author of A BOY MADE OF BLOCKSFletcher does a masterful job keeping the stakes high and the suspense crackling while still creating plenty of space for readers to get to know Griz and explore this fascinating not-quite-empty world. This un-put-down-able story has everything-a well-imagined post-apocalyptic world, great characters, incredible suspense, and, of course, the fierce love of some very good dogs -- KIRKUS (starred review)"Dogs were with us from the very beginning," says Griz in the first few pages. What happens in this novel will stay with you long past its end -- SHORELINE OF INFINITY
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HarperCollins Publishers The Saturday Morning Park Run
Book SynopsisFull of romance and humour, this is a book about fresh starts, friendship and the unexpected places we find happiness.I love getting lost in a Jules Wake book!' Debbie Johnson, bestselling author of the Comfort Food Cafe seriesThis is the story of two women.One old, one young.One looking for new adventures. One looking for a purpose.Both needing a friend.And this is how, along with two little girls in need of a family, a gorgeous stranger, and a scruffy dog, they bring the whole community together every Saturday morning for love, laughter and a little bit of running(well, power walking).Some people come into your life when you need them the most.Readers are loving THE SATURDAY MORNING PARK RUN:????? This heart-warming read will leave you feeling happy, emotional, and potentially ready for a run A gorgeous, engaging charm of a read' Jenn, Amazon reviewer????? I am addicted to books by Jules and as her stories are simply delightful and heartwarming however this one is just magical' KR, ATrade ReviewPraise for Jules Wake: 'This epic road-trip is full of glamour, romance and sizzling sexual tension, but at its heart is a truly heart-warming tale of self discovery – you’ll not want to miss a moment of it.' – Chick Lit Love ‘I completely and utterly enjoyed this book.’ – Rachel’s Random Reads ‘A unique and vibrant read about learning to be the ‘driver’ of your own future.’ – Honeybear Books ‘I finished the book wondering if it was feasible to take my Mini Cooper S on a road trip through Europe! Jules brings the scenery and villages to life with wonderful descriptions…I really hope this book is the first in a series!’ – Annie’s Book Corner ‘Such a fun ride with as many twists and turns both in the story and on the road…Laughs all the way.’ – The Book Trail
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Faber & Faber This Is Memorial Device
Book SynopsisA TELEGRAPH AND ROUGH TRADE BOOK OF THE YEARSHORTLISTED FOR THE GORDON BURN PRIZE ROUGH TRADE BOOK OF THE MONTHLRB BOOK OF THE WEEKCAUGHT BY THE RIVER BOOK OF THE MONTHRoss Raymond and Johnny McLaughlin are two fanboys dedicated to the Airdrie post-punk scene of the early '80s the glory years when anything and everything seemed possible. Looking back on that time the people, the bands, the underground legends they piece together a story which has at its core Memorial Device, the greatest band you've never heard of. Featuring a cast of misfits, artists, drop-outs, small-town visionaries and musicians, This Is Memorial Device is a dark, witty novel depicting a moment where art and the demands it makes are as serious as life itself.
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Simon & Schuster Ltd Ever After
Book SynopsisFROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF LAST ORDERS AND MOTHERING SUNDAY, reissued for the first time in Scribner Bill Unwin, an academic of dubious status, has never recovered from the death of his famous actress wife and is now convalescing from a recent brush with his own mortality. He has two tales to tell. One, spanning post-war Paris, 1950s Soho and contemporary sexual and scholarly entanglements, surveys the muddle of his own life. The other, drawn from the notebooks of a Victorian ancestor, is the very different story of Matthew Pearce, a serious-minded man whose happiness is destroyed by his compulsive search for truth. Bill’s recollections of his beautiful wife, his wayward mother and his philandering stepfather, his wry reflections on his present plight and his unexpected bond with the forgotten Matthew combine to form a potent and moving mental quest. Embracing two centuries and a host of subjects—from ballet dancers and
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Orion Publishing Co Red at the Bone
Book SynopsisTHE TIMES ''100 BEST SUMMER READS''NEW YORK TIMES TOP 10 BESTSELLERLONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN''S PRIZE 2020''Sublime'' Candice Carty-Williams''An epic in miniature'' Tayari Jones ''A banger'' Ta-Nehisi Coates''Generous and big-hearted'' Brit Bennett ''A true spell of a book'' Ocean Vuong ''A proclamation'' R.O. Kwon''A little masterpiece'' Paula Hawkins''I adored this book'' Elizabeth MacNeal''Pure poetry'' Observer''A sharply focused gem'' Sunday Times''Will remind you why you love reading'' Stylist''Haunting'' Guardian''A wonderful, tragic, inspiring story'' Metro''Prose that sings off the page... Gorgeous'' Mail on Sunday''A nuanced portrait of shifting family relationships'' FinancTrade ReviewONE OF THE BOOKS OF THE YEAR FOR:New York TimesWashington PostTimeUSA TodayO, The Oprah MagazineElleGood HousekeepingEsquireNPRNew York Public Library Library Journal Kirkus BookRiot She Reads The Undefeated Completely sublime and immersive, Red at the Bone will strike you in the heart. Woodson writes the beautiful complication that can be intergenerational relationships with love, and a richness that is breathtaking. * Candice Carty-Williams, bestselling author of QUEENIE *An epic in miniature... As moody, spare, and intense as a Picasso line drawing... This poignant tale of choices and their aftermath, history and its legacy, will resonate with mothers and daughters. * Tayari Jones, Women's Prize-winning author of AN AMERICAN MARRIAGE *Red at the Bone is a beautiful portrait of two families bonded through a teenage pregnancy and later fractured as its members follow their diverging paths. It's a generous, big-hearted novel that explores the pressures ambition and desire place on two young parents, as well as the histories they inherit that continue to shape the family for generations. * Brit Bennett, author of THE VANISHING HALF *A banger -- Ta-Nehisi Coates, author of THE WATER DANCERRed at the Bone glistens with sheer beauty. * Courttia Newland *Profound, moving and consistently unexpected... A book that embraces class, desire, race, gender, ambition and tragedy, all with exemplary subtlety... Red at the Bone is pure poetry. * Observer *Red at the Bone should be on everyone's to-read list. * Stylist (Best New Books for 2020) *A nuanced portrait of shifting family relationships... With passionate precision Woodson paints the aches and pleasures of all kinds of love: parental love, the love of friendship, sexual love... By the end of the novel the nature of [the characters'] wealth seems different than it did at the beginning of the book: as we have come to know its characters and their lives, it is their stories, not their gold, that gleam out from the darkness all around. -- Erica Wagner * Financial Times *Haunting... There is an abundance of angst over class, gender and race subtly woven into this beguilingly slim novel. Woodson frames each chapter from the point of view of a different character, and the result is a narrative about an individual family that takes on communal urgency and power. She shows her readers how elliptical and obsessive human memory is... Black women and their sexuality - what is projected on to it; its weight, beauty and ease - are at the heart of Red at the Bone. Woodson seems to understand that there has never been a way for youth or love or desire to play it safe. A young girl's sexuality is hers to discover, and not her parents', nor her lovers', to assume or take away. It is the mystery that keeps unravelling, like blood, truth and memory. * Guardian *Red at the Bone is less than 200 pages long but manages to cram in the story of one black American family from the start of the 21st century to the end - and from six viewpoints too... The writing is so sensuous and deft, Woodson's characterisation so instantly wrought, that perspective changes and propulsive tumble of years become a cinch to follow... A wonderful, tragic, inspiring story. Sublime. * Metro *A sharply focused gem * Sunday Times *Dazzling... Profoundly moving... with urgent, vital insights into questions of class, gender, race, history, queerness and sex in America. * New York Times Book Review *In prose that sings off the page, Woodson tells their stories and the stories of Iris's parents [...] weaving a spare family saga that marries joy with sadness. Gorgeous. * Mail on Sunday *It is rare to read an American novel that talks so unsqueamishly about class, and the systems - from the well-intentioned to the malignantly racist - that stymie upward mobility in black communities. It is rarer still to read a novel of unpunished maternal reluctance... It is in telling Iris's story - not as one of callous abandonment but of self-protection and queer desire - that Woodson's novel shows its red-raw heart. * TLS *As seductive as a Prince bop, Woodson's follow-up to Another Brooklyn is a move-to-its-own-groove multigenerational saga of racism and an unplanned teen pregnancy that throws together two disparate families. This deceptively slim novel pulses with yearning-for more, for better, for love, and for the chance to write our own stories. * O, The Oprah Magazine *This book is full of passion, pain and the ripples left by the past, all told in a rich language that fizzes off the page. * Good Housekeeping *A beast of a book; a masterclass on pace, characterisation and how a writer can be flexible. You'll find yourself rooting for every character, and hurting for them as well. * Elizabeth Acevedo, Observer *Author Jacqueline Woodson knows how to articulate aches that, for most of us, remain locked in inarticulateness - particularly that very human craving for validation. * Elle *Red at the Bone showed me something I didn't realize I needed in a book: home. Because throughout their trials, tribulations and triumphs, the people in this book were my people... Red at the Bone is a narrative steeped in truth - and, yes, it's painful. But it's also one of healing and hope. * Washington Post *She interrogates class, race and the meaning of family with ease and beauty. * Red *This gorgeous, moving novel is a celebration of three generations of a Black family in Brooklyn, and is a story of love-romantic and familial-and alienation, grief and triumph, disaster and survival... Woodson's language is never less than stunning and powerfully conveys the complications and love present within this family to great, compassionate effect. * Nylon *Jacqueline Woodson begins her powerful new novel audaciously, with the word "But." Well, there are no buts about this writer's talent... There isn't a character in this book you don't come to care about, even when you question their choices... Readers mourning the death of Toni Morrison will find comfort in Sabe's magnificent cadences as she rues her daughter's teen pregnancy, which flies in the face of the lessons her mama ingrained in her from the Tulsa race riots of 1921... With Red at the Bone, Jacqueline Woodson has indeed risen even further into the ranks of great literature. * NPR *One of our most empathetic writers... Lyrical, dreamy, and brimming with compassion for her characters, Woodson explores the forces that divide us and the ties that bind with her signature extremity of feeling. * Esquire *Jacqueline Woodson's Red at the Bone delivers an emotional wallop... Sublime. * Entertainment Weekly *A remarkable, intergenerational harmony of voices. * USA Today *A spectacular novel, one that wrenches us to confront the life-altering and life-pulling and life-subsuming facts of history, of love, of expectations, of status, of parenthood, as only a teenage pregnancy can. * Atlantic *Razor-sharp. * Vanity Fair *It would be tough to find a novel this year as enchanting as Red at the Bone. Woodson takes us through decades of generational dreams in this glistening charm of a book. * Sainsbury's Magazine *Exploring issues of gentrification, sexual identity and class, Red at the Bone is a novel you won't soon forget, one that begs to be discussed. * Popsugar *A remarkable and moving portrait of a family in a changing Brooklyn . . . There's not a single unnecessary word. * Refinery29 *A slim novel with tremendous emotional power. * Real Simple *Woodson interweaves Melody's touching narrative brilliantly with generational stories from her mother Iris, who was pregnant with Melody at the age of 16; her father Aubrey, still remembering the first flush of love; her grandmother Sabe, whose own grandmother survived the historic 1921 Tulsa, Oklahoma massacre in which "white folks tried to kill every living brown body", and her grandfather Po'Boy, who is wasting away from cancer. Their memories and loving glimpses of Melody create a family portrait that transcends the bounds of time. Woodson, a National Book Award winner, writes with fluidity, grace and finesse, pulling the plot tight in the final word. * BBC.com *The latest novel by Jacqueline Woodson is a beautifully written examination not just of the bonds of family, but also of how alone one can feel within it... Woodson paints a portrait of people who can barely remember who they once were, yet live with the echoes of their past selves every day. This lyrical novel makes the reader feel like they are present at a moment both they, and the characters, are attempting to unpack together. * Bust *Woodson famously nails the adolescent voice. But so, too, she burnishes all her characters' perspectives . . . In Woodson, at the height of her powers, readers hear the blues. * Kirkus (starred) *Jacqueline Woodson writes right along the border of poetry and prose: her language is as elliptical and dreamy as poetry, but it's always grounded in story and character, like prose. * Vox *Woodson's beautifully imagined novel explores the ways an unplanned pregnancy changes two families... Woodson's nuanced voice evokes the complexities of race, class, religion, and sexuality in fluid prose and a series of telling details. This is a wise, powerful, and compassionate novel. * Publishers Weekly (starred) *Woodson channels deeply true-feeling characters, all of whom readers will empathize with in turn. In spare, lean prose, she reveals rich histories and moments in swirling eddies, while also leaving many fateful details for readers to divine. * Booklist *The fall's hottest novel. * Town & Country *[Jacqueline Woodson's] books combine unique details of her characters' lives with the sounds, sights and especially music of their surroundings, creating stories that are both deeply personal and remarkably universal....this lyrical, lightly told coming-of-age story is bound to satisfy. * BookPage *Jacqueline Woodson has a gift for finding the perfect sets of details and poetic turns of phrase to make her novels feel epic and expansive. * Pacific Standard *A true spell of a book, Woodson is one of those rare writers who make you feel like you can do anything, should do anything. The story of family and young love are timeless human stories, but through Woodson's sentences, this novel offers us new ways to think and embody our burning world and, perhaps most mercifully, permission to dream - and to change. * Ocean Vuong, author of ON EARTH WE ARE BRIEFLY GORGEOUS *With its abiding interest in the miracle of everyday love, Red at the Bone is a proclamation. * R.O. Kwon, author of The Incendiaries *A little masterpiece, so slight and spare and yet containing so much. Poetic and compassionate and beautifully crafted. * Paula Hawkins *I adored this book. It felt like I was holding my breath the whole way through it. * Elizabeth MacNeal, author of THE DOLL FACTORY *It deals with ambition, desire, race, class and the difficulty of mother-daughter relationships with an impressive lightness of touch. * Louise O' Neill *PRAISE FOR JACQUELINE WOODSONJacqueline Woodson has such an original vision, such a singular voice. * Ann Patchett *Woodson brings the reader so close to her young characters that you can smell the bubble gum on their breath and feel their lips as they brush against your ear. * Tayari Jones, Women's Prize-winning author of AN AMERICAN MARRIAGE *Intense, moving . . . reading more like prose poetry than traditional narrative, the novel unfolds as memory does, in burning flashes, thick with detail. * New York Times *Woodson explores class, race and death with unflinching honesty and emotional depth... She manages to remember what cannot be documented, to suggest what cannot be said. * Washington Post *Woodson writes lyrically about what it means to be a girl in America, and what it means to be black in America. * Huffington Post *One of the quietly great masters of our time. * Kirkus *Woodson does for young black girls what short story master Alice Munro does for poor rural ones: she imbues their everyday lives with significance. * Elle *Woodson makes us want to reach into the mirror she holds up and make the words and the worlds she explores our own. * New York Times Book Review *A gorgeous writer... Lyrical prose, really, really beautiful. * Emma Straub *A master storyteller. * Angela Flournoy *Jacqueline Woodson has a poet's soul and a poet's eye for image and ear for lyrical language... I'll go anywhere she leads me. * Naomi Jackson *Jackie gets how class works for black people - how most of us ar never truly out of the hood. This is the wealth gap as literature. But it never says that. Never didactic. On the contrary, joint goes down smooth and easy . . . [and then] you realise there was nothing easy about it -- Ta-Nehisi Coates
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Profile Books Ltd A Separation
Book SynopsisA young woman has agreed with her faithless husband: it's time for them to separate. For the moment it's a private matter, a secret between the two of them. As she begins her new life, alone, she gets word that her ex-husband has gone missing in a remote region in the rugged southern Peloponnese. Reluctantly she agrees to go and search for him, still keeping their split to herself. In her heart, she's not even sure if she wants to find him. Adrift in the wild and barren landscape, she traces the failure of their relationship, and finds that she understands less than she thought about the man she used to love. A story of intimacy, infidelity and compassion, A Separation is about the gulf that divides us from the lives of others and the narratives we create to mask our true emotions. As the narrator reflects upon her love for a man who may never have been what he appeared, Kitamura propels us into the experience of a woman on the brink of catastrophe. A Separation is a riveting masterpiece of absence and presence that will leave the reader astonished, and transfixed.Trade ReviewThe precision of Kitamura's prose is nothing short of extraordinary ... A Separation is a beautifully written powerhouse of a novel that defies all expectations -- Lucy Scholes * Independent *Electrifying... I read it in one breathless sitting. -- Alex Preston * Guardian 2017 fiction picks *A Separation is riveting, unsettling and beautifully written. Katie Kitamura really is the business. -- Roddy DoyleA memorable, unsettling novel ... Insights into intimacy and infatuation roil beneath the surface of Kitamura's spare prose as she meticulously dissects the emotions that reverberate in the wake of infidelity. -- Hephzibah Anderson * Mail on Sunday *A novel so seamless, that follows its path with such consequence, that even minor deviations seem loaded with meaning. Wonderful. -- Karl Ove KnausgaardConsider Katie Kitamura a literary heavyweight in the making. * Vogue *Kitamura's protagonist is a smart, accomplished, contemporary version of that ancient literary figure, the unreliable narrator ... A Separation leaves you intrigued, impressed -- Kate Clanchy * Guardian *The voice is strong - distinctive, inviting while also remote, expressive of an emotional limbo ... finely executed ... Multiple scenes are artfully articulated, and Kitamura is skilful at describing fine shades of feeling ... the prose is often elegant ... A Separation successfully evokes a highly specific mood: a lostness, a dislocation, a suspension, a mourning ... Kitamura strikes a haunting note -- Lionel Shriver * FT *The burnt landscape, the disappearance of a man, the brilliantly cold, precise, and yet threatening, churning tone of the narrator - make A Separation an absolutely mesmerizing work of art. -- Rachel KushnerA slow burn of a novel that gathers its great force and intensity through careful observation and a refusal to accept old, shopworn narratives of love and loss. -- Jenny OffillA Separation opens up fissures of ambiguity in emotional experiences too often misunderstood as monolithic-grief, desire, estrangement-and plumbs these crevices for all their complexities. It has both urgency and afterglow: I read it quickly, but didn't stop thinking about it for a long time once I was done. -- Leslie JamisonProfound and gripping. I had that rare sense of feeling like I was in a creation specifically made out of words, that couldn't have been made out of any other substance. Kitamura combines the calm complexity of Joseph Conrad with the pacing and reveal of Patricia Highsmith. -- Rivka GalchenKitamura's novels do new things with form I hadn't thought possible... A Separation will win awards and it's about time. -- Nikesh ShuklaGripping yet thoughtful psychological novel ... an absorbing, reflective read ... it builds a tension that kept me hooked * Stylist *Kitamura delivers a powerful story ... as the mystery questions how deeply we can ever know each other. -- Anthony Cummins * Metro *Beautifully written -- Leaf Arbuthnot * Sunday Times *
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Pan Macmillan In a Country Garden
Book Synopsis'Wonderfully entertaining . . . Maeve is on cracking form' - Jilly CooperIn A Country Garden is a heartwarming, hilarious tale of growing old not-so-gracefully, from the bestselling author of The Time of Their Lives, Maeve Haran.Lifelong friends Claudia, Ella, Laura and Sal celebrated sixty as the new forty, determined not to let age change things. But now they are looking at the future and wondering how to make growing old more fun.Why not live together and have sunny afternoons on the lawn, helping and supporting each other when any of them need it - and still keep enjoying life? Joined by Claudia’s reluctant husband and Sal’s energetic new fiancé, they ignore the protests of their children and pool their resources in a lovely manor house in the country. Only Laura holds out, determined she still has some living to do, especially now she has met the dashing Gavin through an online dating app.But life still has plenty of surprises in store plus a little romance in what the locals dub a New Age Old Age Commune. But are your best friends the last people you should end up living with?Trade ReviewWonderfully entertaining . . . Maeve is on cracking form. -- Jilly CooperFunny, touching and of the baby boomer movement. * Woman & Home *In typically entertaining fashion, Haran follows the ups and downs of the four as the move to a country mansion takes shape against the odds. A fun, uplifting read * Sussex Life *Maeve Haran’s unflinching description of what happens when the hedonistic baby boomers finally grow up and are faced with the next stage of their lives will make you laugh, cry, and rejoice in equal measures. A true novel of our times! -- Nadia Marks, bestselling author of Among the Lemon TreesComic, poignant and thought-provoking -- Marian KeyesWarm, clever and extremely funny. Among its many virtues are lovable characters * Daily Mail *Wise, witty and spirited, this novel shows you’re never too old to follow your dreams * Sunday Express *She’s talking about my generation, the baby boomers who assumed we were far too cool to get old * Saga Magazine *
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Faber & Faber Ghachar Ghochar
Book SynopsisIn this masterful novel by the acclaimed Indian writer Vivek Shanbhag, a close-knit family is delivered from near-destitution to sudden wealth after a miraculous change in fortune. As the narrator, along with his sister, his parents, and his uncle move from a cramped shack to a larger house and encounter new-found wealth, the family dynamics begin to shift. As the dream of middle-class, aspirational living comes true, allegiances and desires realign; marriages are arranged and begin to falter; and conflict brews ominously in the background.
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Faber & Faber The Madonna of The Mountains
Book SynopsisWINNER OF THE 2019 VICTORIAN PREMIER'S LITERARY AWARD FOR FICTIONShortlisted for the Edward Stanford Award2019 Walter Scott Prize Academy Recommended1923, north-eastern Italy: Maria Vittoria's father has left the village to find her a husband. He has taken his mule, a pack of food and a photograph of Maria. There are no eligible men in this valley, or the next one, and her father will not allow her to marry just anyone.Just as Fascism blooms in the country, the crops ripen, and the state demands babies a new generation. There is much work to be done, and Maria faces a stony path, but one she will surely climb to the summit.
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HarperCollins Publishers Queen of the North
Book SynopsisFrom Sunday Times bestseller Anne O'Brien . . .To those around her she was a loyal subject. In her heart she was a traitor.1399: England's crown is under threat. King Richard II holds onto his power by an ever-weakening thread, with exiled Henry of Lancaster back to reclaim his place on the throne.For Elizabeth Mortimer, there is only one rightful King her eight-year-old nephew, Edmund. Only he can guarantee her fortunes, and protect her family's rule over the precious Northern lands bordering Scotland.But many, including Elizabeth's husband, do not want another child-King. Elizabeth must hide her true ambitions in Court, and go against her husband's wishes to help build a rebel army.To question her loyalty to the King places Elizabeth in the shadow of the axe.To concede would curdle her Plantagenet blood.This is one woman's quest to turn history on its head.O'Brien is now approaching Philippa Gregory status' Reader's DigestO'Brien is a terrific storyteller' Daily TelegraphO'Brien cleTrade Review Praise for Queen of the North: ‘Once more Anne O’Brien takes her readers on an emotional rollercoaster ride through the lives of people that history has largely reduced to entries on a medieval family tree. In this gripping novel Elizabeth Mortimer’s story joins the growing list of female lives Anne has gloriously rescued from history’s recycling skip’ Joanna Hickson ‘Enthralling … with masterful skill Anne O'Brien takes the reader on an action packed journey back to the tumultuous and uncertain days of the fifteenth century. O'Brien's beautifully crafted narrative is full of wonderful details and dangerous intrigues that draw the reader into the dangerous world of Elizabeth Mortimer. A medieval masterpiece.’ Nicola Tallis ‘With Anne O’Brien’s trademark attention to period detail, it’s a fascinating read’ Woman’s Weekly ‘Imaginative, rich in detail and immaculately researched’ Lancashire Post Praise for Anne O’Brien ‘O’Brien cleverly intertwines the personal and political in this enjoyable, gripping tale’The Times ‘A cracking historical novel.’Good Housekeeping ‘O’Brien is a terrific storyteller’Daily Telegraph ‘A gripping story of love, heartache and political intrigue.’Woman & Home ‘Packed with drama, danger, romance and history, The Queen’s Choice is the perfect reading choice for the long winter nights.’The Press Association ‘A gripping historical drama.’Bella
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Penguin Books Ltd Day of the Oprichnik
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewVladimir Sorokin [is] Russia's most inventive contemporary author -- Masha Gessen * New York Times Book Review *Vladimir Sorokin is one of Russia's greatest writers, and this novel is one of his best. Day of the Oprichnik is a haunting and terrifying vision of modern Russia projected two decades into the future - or maybe not the future at all. A joy to read - more entertaining, dynamic, engaging, and deeply hilarious than a dystopian novel has any right to be -- Gary Shteyngart * author of Absurdistan and Super Sad True Love Story *Anyone who wants to learn more about Russia and what could be the outcome of [Vladimir] Putin's rule should read the book. It's dark and dystopian, but it's a part of our life -- Garry Kasparov * Time *Compelling . . . Devastating . . . Powerful . . . In Day of the Oprichnik, [Sorokin] combines futurological invention with political archaism to vicious satirical effect . . . It's as if hi-tech limbs had been grafted onto the torso of early modern statecraft: Wolf Hall meets William Gibson -- Tony Wood * London Review of Books *
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