The image of little Oliver Twist victimised by poverty, almost seduced by the specious excitement of crime, and then offered the possibility of a lucrative career in authorship is always compelling GuardianOliver is an orphan living on the dangerous London streets with no one but himself to rely on.
'The most innovative and challenging writer of fiction in his generation in Russia' Guardian Based on a real-life crime which horrified Russia in 1869, Dostoevsky intended his novel to castigate the fanaticism of his country's new political reformers, particularly those known as Nihilists.
**WINNER OF THE 2020 WALES BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD**'A magnificently gifted writer' Irvine WelshA Welsh community witnesses a strange vision: the huge spectre of a woman floating over a ridge.
In this intimate, confiding poetry collection, McGuinness shows how identity is layered, permeable, always in motion - how we are always actor and audience to ourselves'This is McGuinness's best collection by far, and stands out from the crowd'SUNDAY TIMESIn Blood Feather, a book of doubling and displacement, we see time in a new way: the past, personal and collective, lingering as an ever-present ghost - while lost beyond recall.
Discover the page-turning Hopgood Hall Cozy Mystery series from bestselling author E V Hunter'An enthralling murder mystery that kept me turning the pages.
Ich wusste schon als Kind, dass ich Polizeibeamtin werden wollte, also setzte ich alles daran, meinen Traum zu verwirklichen, und mit diesem Buch möchte ich Menschen einen Einblick in den Polizeialltag ermöglichen:Mit meinem Lieblingskollegen Paul decke ich einen Kupferdiebstahl auf.
St Radegund's College, Cambridge, which admits only women students, breaks with one hundred and sixty years of tradition by appointing a man, former BBC executive James Rycarte, as its new Head of House.
The first novel in the Lindsay Gordon series - a gripping and thrilling page-turner, starring a self-proclaimed 'cynical socialist lesbian feminist journalist' - from the number one bestseller Val McDermid.
From the Man Booker Prize-winning author of 'Wolf Hall' and 'Bring Up the Bodies', a savagely funny tale that revisits the characters from the much-loved 'Every Day is Mother's Day'.
From the brilliantly unconventional Nicola Barker, the short stories in 'Love Your Enemies' present a loving depiction of the beautiful, the grotesque and the utterly bizarre in the lives of overlooked suburban Britons.
A tense cat-and-mouse game and a brilliantly realised story of hope in a seemingly hopeless placeA LIFE IS IN HER HANDSThe last thing Percy expected to find in the local drug den was a baby girl.
Black Mirror meets David Nicholls in this dark and funny novel about love in dystopian timesLONGLISTED FOR THE DESMOND ELLIOTT PRIZE FOR FICTIONKarl has let his debts get wildly out of control and, in desperation, has sort of semi-accidentally committed credit-card fraud.
Shortlisted for the Baileys Women's Prize for FictionFinalist for the Pulitzer Prize for FictionShortlisted for the Rathbones Folio PrizeShortlisted for the James Tait Black Fiction PrizeWinner of the Kirkus fiction prize'You and I are family.
An incredible debut novel: a coming of age tale set against the backdrop of the Yorkshire Ripper murders, 'full of daring, authenticity and wit' (Rachel Cusk).
This cult classic of working class life in post-war Nottingham follows the exploits of rebellious factory worker Arthur Seaton and is introduced by Richard Bradford.
A powerful, compelling, topical novel about a relationship between a radio DJ and a teenage girl from the author of DYING YOUNG and DANIEL ISN'T TALKINGRadio DJ Craig Kirtz took a shine to Bobbie when she was only thirteen years old, embroiling her in a secret life of sex and drugs.
Sommer, Freundschaft und LimonenduftSeit ein Ereignis ihre Freundschaft vor über zwanzig Jahren zerbrechen ließ, haben Judith, Lene und Katharina nicht mehr miteinander gesprochen.
Was treibt Menschen dazu, sich mitten am Tag in finstere, kleine, verrauchte Wettlokale zu begeben, um dort in völliger Monotonie und Abschottung ihren gesamten Lohn, ihr Arbeitslosengeld, ja selbst die Kinderbeihilfe für ihren Sohn, ihre Tochter, in kleine Wettscheine aus Thermopapier umzuwechseln und damit auf Spiele zu setzen, die bereits vor Jahren stattgefunden haben?
Rose ha muerto tras un interminable combate contra la desintegración de su propio cuerpo, contra las pesadillas que se adueñaron de su mente minada, contra el agua que sube y roe la orilla de Lomé, ciudad de la que nunca salió, aunque siempre viviera al ritmo de las estaciones de Estados Unidos.
