Dear Reader, Thank you for joining us at the beginning of a very interesting journey for a former biker club kid who made good only later to return to a world far different than she remembered.
Jennifer Higgie presents a year in the life of Rich,ard Dadd, infamous inmate of one of England's most notorious sanitariums, London's Bethlem Hospital, better known as Bedlam.
"e;Ukraine's greatest living writer"e; The Times"e;Andrey Kurkov is often called Ukraine's greatest living writer, and it is a gift for crime fiction fans that he writes in this genre"e; New York TimesFresh from a case that has shattered his belief in the regime he works for, Samson Kolechko is confronted with a mystery that borders on the impossible.
Emily Austin, the bestselling queen of darkly quirky, endearingly flawed heroines (Sarah Haywood, author of The Cactus), returns with a luminous new novel following a librarian who comes back to work after a mental breakdown only to confront book-banning crusaders in an empowering story of grief, love, and the power of libraries.
The cult novel of three desperate prospectors embarking on a perilous quest for gold, and the inspiration for John Huston's classic Oscar-winning film Gold is a very devilish sort of a thing, believe me, boys Deep in the wild heart of Mexico s Sierra Madre mountains lies treasure beyond reckoning, just waiting to be found by those who know where to look.
The best in short fiction from around the world, from celebrated anthologist and author John Freeman and award-winning novelist Rabih AlameddineIn The Penguin Book of the International Short Story, writers from different nations, languages and sensibilities come together in a globe-spanning and long overdue tour of modern fiction.
Winner of the Sor Juana Ins de la Cruz Prize Winner of Colombias National Novel Award This prizewinning novel interweaves four animal odysseys in a gripping, adventurous meditation on migration and displacement in the inextricable human and natural worlds.
Short stories set in Kentucky from a prize-winning author who ';writes with generosity and understanding of rural and small town life' (Chris Offutt, author of Country Dark).
From the acclaimed author of Beasts of a Little Land and Reese's Book Club pick City of Night Birds, an exquisite story collection about humans in precarious balance with the natural world.
Dylan Thomas s vivid, affectionate portrait of youth - and the journey towards finding one s own artistic voiceA boy grows up in a small Welsh town, moving through school, family life and first encounters with the wider world in moments of mischief and self-discovery.
Flicker is an eclectic collection of short stories and poetry spanning the full range of human experience — from whimsical fairy tales and speculative fiction to quiet moments of grief, humor, and unexpected grace.
In the decaying hills of Dunwich, something monstrous stirs Wilbur Whateley is a strange child of uncertain parentage, growing to abnormal size at abnormal speed.
**AN INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER**WATERSTONES BEST FICTION BOOKS OF 2023 PICK WOMAN & HOME NOVEMBER BOOK OF THE MONTH iPaper TOP FICTION PICK'An absolutely charming novel that all bookworms will adore' Red'A balm for the soul and a glorious love letter to books and reading' iPaperThere was only one thing on her mind.
With an introduction by Jonathan LethemIt is 1913, and Viennese high society is determined to find an appropriate way of celebrating the seventieth jubilee of the accession of Emperor Franz Josef.
FROM SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR CHARLES CUMMINGTHE NEW THRILLER FOLLOWING CAREER SPY, LACHLAN KITE'Nobody writes more enjoyable spy thrillers' ANTHONY HOROWITZ'Charles Cumming has breathed new life into the spy novel' BEN MACINTYRE'The rightful inheritor of John le Carre's crown' OBSERVER'A gripping contemporary thriller' RORY STEWARTLachlan Kite should have left fieldwork behind by now.
An Instant New York Times and Sunday Times Bestseller🔥 "e;Matt Dinniman has cooked us all up a deliciously terrifying gamer geek stew, mixing up Avatar and Ender's Game, with a dash of The Last Starfighter and Independence Day thrown in.
Per Petterson masters the art of writing simply about big subjects, and this is the heartwarming debut that brought the author of the highly acclaimed Out Stealing Horses to prominence Arvid Jansen is a young boy who lives on the outskirts of Oslo.
