SOON TO BE FEATURED ON THE GRAHAM NORTON BOOK CLUB PODCAST ON AUDIBLEDiscover Albert French's haunting first novel; a story of racial injustice, as unsentimental as it is heartbreaking.The tale of Billy Lee Turner, a ten-year-old boy convicted of the murder of a white...

Editeur : Vintage Digital
Parution : 2021-07-02

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WINNER OF THE FICTION PRIZE AT THE EAST ANGLIAN BOOK AWARDS 'A terrific debut. Brave, unexpected... transfixing and captivating... full of hope, resilience and love.' THE SUNDAY TIMES"Holds the big within the small, the intimate within the epic" - Kiran Millwood...

Editeur : Sceptre
Parution : 2021-06-24

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'I am tired of submitting my will to the caprices of others-of resigning my own judgement in deference to those to whom I owe no duty, and for whom I feel no respect.' The unfinished fictions collected here are the novels and other writing that Jane Austen did not...

Editeur : OUP Oxford
Parution : 2021-06-24

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'I am tired of submitting my will to the caprices of others-of resigning my own judgement in deference to those to whom I owe no duty, and for whom I feel no respect.' The unfinished fictions collected here are the novels and other writing that Jane Austen did not...

Editeur : OUP Oxford
Parution : 2021-06-24

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'It is not that Ulysses excludes us; it is, rather, that it includes us in ways that no other work prepares us for. The question is not 'what is a novel?', but what can a novel be? Ulysses is the answer'Patrick McGuinness from his preface to Ulysses: The Restored...

Editeur : Riverrun
Parution : 2021-06-16
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A Ray Bradbury Prize for Science Fiction, Fantasy & Speculative Fiction Finalist In a near-future world on the brink of collapse, a young woman born into servitude must seize her own freedom in this glittering debut with a brilliant twist—perfect for fans of...

Editeur : Redhook
Parution : 2021-06-15

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LONGLISTED FOR THE 2021 BOOKER PRIZE AND SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2022 DYLAN THOMAS PRIZEA TIMES BEST PAPERBACK 2022, NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 2021, OPRAH BOOK CLUB PICK AND BARACK OBAMA SELECTION'A fine, lyrical novel, impressive in its complex interweaving of the grand...

Editeur : Tinder Press
Parution : 2021-06-15

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This Eden is a smart modern-day adventure reminiscent of both the cyber noir novels of William Gibson and the golden age of espionage fiction.'An incredibly fast-paced literary thriller, tricksy & crammed with ideas, beautifully written, occupying its own unique...

Editeur : Riverrun
Parution : 2021-06-10

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'A masterpiece' Anita Brookner'A very beautiful novel' Nick Hornby'Includes some of the most perfect sentences in English' GuardianAt the turn of the twentieth century, two children play on an English beach. Eustace, a gentle, dreamy, boy with a weak heart, relies on...

Editeur : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Parution : 2021-06-10
Collection : W&N Essentials
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SHORTLISTED FOR THE FOLIO PRIZE 2022SHORTLISTED FOR THE GOLDSMITHS PRIZE 2021SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL FICTION 2022 SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKS ARE MY BAG FICTION AWARD 2021SHORTLISTED FOR THE BETTY TRASK PRIZE 2022LONGLISTED FOR THE DESMOND ELLIOTT...

Editeur : Penguin
Parution : 2021-06-03

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Akiko couldn't abide little girls between three and ten years old - she detested them more than any other kind of human being. 'Fiery, beguiling stories' Paris Review'The power of the artfully spun words make the reader shudder' Sayaka Murata'The female writer I most...

Editeur : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Parution : 2021-04-29
Collection : W&N Essentials
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"A mystery and an elegy for the death of old-fashioned journalism, it's a book that will warm your heart" The Observer "Splendid . . . Funny, poignant, perceptive and plenty of sharp elbows along the way" Val McDermid Thorn Marsh was raised in a house of whispers, of...

Editeur : Arcadia Books
Parution : 2021-04-15

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The uplifting Japanese bestseller and coming-of-age classic, a heartwarming tale about finding one’s place in the world. For fans ofThe Little Prince. THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELER OVER 2 MILLION COPIES SOLDThe streets of Tokyo swarm below fifteen-year-old Copper as he...

Editeur : Ebury Digital
Parution : 2021-04-08

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Cassandra is an Oxford don; Julia, her sister, a bestselling novelist. They share a set of disturbing memories of a strange childhood game and of Simon, the handsome young neighbour who loved them both.Years later Simon re-enters their lives via a television programme...

Editeur : Vintage Digital
Parution : 2021-03-25

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'I was gripped by it' IAN McEWANThree lives collide, not one of them will emerge unchanged - the exhilarating new novel from the author of the Patrick Melrose series.When Olivia meets a new lover, Francis, just as she is welcoming her dearest friend Lucy back from New...

Editeur : Vintage Digital
Parution : 2021-03-18

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'Breathtaking, moving and very funny' Brandon TaylorOlly is twenty-one when she first meets Sam Bax. Fearless, goofy and risk-taking, he arrives in her life on the back of a huge motorcycle. By the end of the day, the pair are kissing in an apple orchard. A year later,...

Editeur : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Parution : 2021-03-18
Collection : W&N Essentials
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'Colwin wrings magic from ordinary lives' Entertainment WeeklyCarl thinks that his wife Lucy tells him everything, until he discovers her secret daily habit. She has arranged a part of her life away from him and gone swimming in it.Patricia plays the same honky-tonk...

Editeur : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Parution : 2021-03-18
Collection : W&N Essentials
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'A love story for anyone who tends to overthink things' Maile MeloyIn her late thirties, book designer Jane Louise Parker has started to worry she will never find someone to marry. Until she meets Teddy, whose native decency leaves her almost breathless at her good...

Editeur : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Parution : 2021-03-18
Collection : W&N Essentials
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'Colwin is a bard of burgeoning adulthood' New YorkerPolly has been the house pet to several families: friendly, cheerful, good with children, happy to bask in the domesticity of other people's lives - until she meets Gilbert.Cordy, raised with the spartan,...

Editeur : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Parution : 2021-03-18
Collection : W&N Essentials
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Readers are loving Linda Calvey!'Up there with the best' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ 'A brilliant, gripping story which captured me from the first page' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ 'I could not put it down!' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐...

Editeur : Mountain Leopard Press
Parution : 2021-03-18

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