Man Booker winner Anne Enright s moving and darkly funny debut novel of sex, death and reproductionGrace is a TV producer whose life is transfigured when she answers the door to a fully-fledged angel.
Viscount Medardo is bisected by a Turkish cannonball on the plains of Bohemia; Baron Cosimo, at the age of twelve, retires to the trees for the rest of his days; Charlemagne's knight, Agiluf, is an empty suit of armour.
Invited to judge a local beauty pageant, Hercules and his trusted companion Iolaus little suspect that they are fodder for the Klothon, a vicious serpent that feeds on the unwitting winners of the pageant.
When the Fire, the mighty sword of Hephaestus, falls into the hands of thugs determined to use its power against the innocent, Hercules is tasked by the gods to find and return the fearsome weapon to its owner.
The extraordinary literary debut of Salman RushdieFlapping Eagle is a young Axona Indian gifted with immortal life after drinking an elixir from his wayward sister.
THE THIRD NOVEL IN THE BESTSELLING CHOCOLAT SERIES'Expertly crafted, typically mouthwatering' DAILY MAILWhen Vianne Rocher receives a letter from beyond the grave, she allows the wind to blow her back to the village in south-west France where, eight years ago, she opened up a chocolate shop.
'Good-hearted and brutal at the same time, The Milkman in the Night is a complex, unsettling mixture of bleakness and warmth' Sunday TimesRead this eccentric epic from the author of cult classic Death and the PenguinSemyon is disturbed.
This captivating and charming novel from international multi-million copy seller Joanne Harris takes us back to the French village we first discovered in Chocolat.
Angels of Destruction is the mesmerising story of Norah, a nine-year-old girl who seems to materialise out of thin air when she arrives one bitterly cold night on the doorstep of Margaret Quinn.
THE SECOND NOVEL IN THE BESTSELLING CHOCOLAT SERIES'A delicious urban fairytale' DAILY MAILSeeking refuge and anonymity in the cobbled streets of Montmartre, Vianne Rocher disguising herself as 'Yanne' and her two daughters live peacefully, if not happily, above their little chocolate shop.
A moving, deeply affecting story about street children in Africa, from the bestselling writer behind the Kurt Wallander series One night Jos hears gunfire from the deserted theatre next door to his bakery.
ONE OF THE MOST REMARKABLE BRITISH WRITERS OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY'She uses words with the enjoyment and mastery with which Renoir used to paint' REBECCA WEST 'Lehmann legitimised a type of writing that took on deep personal themes' ENGLISH PEN 'No English writer has told the pains of women in love more truly or more movingly' MARGHANITA LASKI Grace Fairfax lives with her dull, conventional husband Tom in a grey manufacturing town in the north of England.
Qualche volta, quando siamo alla ricerca di una rotta, avviene un silenzioso quanto auspicabile braccio di ferro tra la bussola e il sogno…nel viaggio da compiere, la bussola indica il Nord, eppure il sogno fa di tutto per metterle (giustamente) i bastoni tra le ruote, naturalmentein nome del bene più prezioso, la scoperta, l’imprevisto, una certa rivelazione… Nonostante il nostro eroe sia assolutamente ordinario, ha vissuto l’esperienza di questo viaggio iniziatico; ha intrapreso la via degli studiosi alla ricerca di una sorta di utopistico guru e, in seguito, ha fatto numerosi incontri, alcuni più proficui di altri.
Steve Vernon le rinde homenaje a los autores de horror y los hombres que coleccionan sus obras, en esta entrega Texas Jack Page, es un coleccionista de ediciones raras de novelas de horror, que encuentra su final de la manera más perturbadora y sorpréndete.
L'ultimo baluardo del grande accaparratore texano - Una storia di libri e ossessione Steve Vernon rende omaggio agli scrittori e ai bibliofili horror nel suo racconto di Texas Jack Page, un collezionista di romanzi horror rari che incontra la propria fine in modo molto inquietante e sorprendente.
'Crackles with sizzling banter and hot chemistry, weaving a spell of desire that will also bewitch you' Good HousekeepingBridgerton meets The Ex Hex this witchy season with this oh so spicy romantasy Regency romcom!
Having taken great risks-to immigrate to America, to take monastic vows-Bengali physician Meena Chatterjee and Brother Flavian are each seeking safety and security when they encounter Johnny Faye, a Vietnam vet, free spirit, and expert marijuana farmer.
