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Nicholas Anderton is a highly respected neurosurgeon at the top of his field. But behind the successful facade all is not well. Tormented by a toxic marriage and haunted by past mistakes, Anderton has been eating to forget. But when mistakes are made and his old adversary Nash steps in to take advantage, Anderton knows things are coming to a head.

With his wife suffering from Alzheimer's, Stephen reluctantly edits her final book, a study of Beethoven's sonatas, even as he still grieves the loss of their son. Each day he escapes into his own work: a novel about an experimental treatment that reverses ageing. But when he discovers in his wife's ...

Tracy Farr's acclaimed debut novel is the heartfelt story of one Lena Gaunt: musician, octogenarian, junkie.

The fictionalised story of Marion 'Crawfie' Crawford, the progressive young working-class woman who, as royal governess for seventeen years, lived on the most intimate terms with Princess Margaret and the future Queen Elizabeth II.

A rediscovered classic of Dutch literature that was hailed as "the Dutch Stoner" and compared to The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank when it topped bestseller lists and critics' choices upon reissue in 2014

Fortune teller Madame Burova is retiring, but before she does she has some promises to keep and some secrets to reveal - the new novel from the bestselling author of The Keeper of Lost Things.

A mash up of Max Porter, Kafka's METAMORPHOSES and IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE, NOTHING is a short, strange unforgettable novel and a deeply humane portrait of a disintegrating mind

Henry Chinaski is a low life loser with a hand-to-mouth existence. His menial Post Office day job supports a life of beer, one-night stands and racetracks. Lurid, uncompromising and hilarious, Post Office is a landmark in American literature.

London, 1955. Tony lives an uncomplicated life. He's discreet and efficient. When a glamorous star turns to him for help when her younger brother disappears, events take a murderous turn-- and now his life is no longer simple.

Perfect for fans of Granta and Five Dials, the magazine features short fiction, novel extracts, poetry, and reviews from both previously published and unpublished writers Gutter Magazine is an outstanding independent literary magazine publishing fiction and poetry from writers born and living in Scotland. ...

The suspense is frequently nail-biting . . . beautifully constructed.' Daily Mail

'A sweet, charming, witty, romantic book,' BBC Radio 2, The Weekender

The tiniest things - a coin, a pendant, a photograph, a lie - can make or ruin lives. It is 1939. Deep in the working-class Melbourne suburb of ...

From Rio to Oostend to Amsterdam and beyond, a troupe of acrobats travel the world, performing miracles in the air, enthralling audiences. In between gigs, they drink, play and taunt each other. They get bored. They get up to no good. Then they jump on a plane to do it all again somewhere else. Sideshow ...

Lyrical and witty, moving and profound, Widows and Orphans tells the story of Duncan Neville, a newspaper editor struggling to maintain the various aspects of his life which appear to be falling apart. Arditti paints a compelling portrait of a good man fighting for his principles in a hostile world.

The fifth book featuring the irrepressible Angel! Flossie has gone on her honeymoon and St Mother is off to Africa to do some cahrity work. It's a big change for Angel, but it might be just the opportunity she's been waiting for.Angel persuades her parents that she can handle the cooking duties in Flossie's ...

In 1840's Cornwall, 25-year-old Sarah Govier supports herself and her illigitimate son, Jory, on the income from Talvan, the granite quarry she inherited from her father. But businessman Kinser Landry has good reason for wanting Talvan and will stop at nothing to get it.

Lyrical and witty, moving and profound, Widows and Orphans tells the story of Duncan Neville, a newspaper editor struggling to maintain the various aspects of his life which appear to be falling apart. Arditti paints a compelling portrait of a good man fighting for his principles in a hostile world.

A pair of disturbing novellas from the master of 'the literary uncanny'

Steeped in its bleak and beautiful landscape, Mortford is a place of secrets and memories: of bitter divisions and shattered dreams. Gabriel returns to this Dartmoor village where he grew up to come to terms with what he lost as a boy so long ago.