A sous-chef at a high-end London restaurant is caught between work and caring for her husband with dementia. Fraught and precise, from the author of God's Own Country.
A second novel from the author of Preparation for the Next Life, in which a young man confronts his estranged father and protects his ailing mother. Lish's writing is spare but precise, wit... read more
A retired Vietnam veteran receives a package in the post that shows him that he has more to do before he is done with the past. A desert crossing blurs with his inner journey - a very fine n... read more
A cerebral and determined young woman at Harvard vigorously explores the gaps between life and art: an entertaining and lively sequel to Batuman's wonderful The Idiot.
The life of Violeta, of her family, friends and lovers, told in letters to a beloved grandson. Born in 1920 and in her hundredth year, Violeta's story encompasses Chile's C20th struggles.
This debut novel, in which a woman returns from a voyage to the deep sea strangely altered, is a slippery marriage of the mundane and the uncanny. Structured around the zones of the ocean - ... read more
A young woman, abandoned by her family, embarks on a process of emancipation as she moves to more tolerant margins. This partly autobiographical novel was first published in Japan in 1980.
It is several novels since AT announced that this would be her last, but they continue as excellent as ever. The repercussions of a family holiday in 1959 ripples through the generations…
A scientist's investigations into light and motion are used to develop ways of tracking workers' movements. The dizzying narrative encompasses an experimental sci-fi film, military drone tec... read more
A bravura upending of the clichés of the 'Great American Novel' from the author of Then We Came to the End. Set in early C21st America, Ferris's protagonist is a romantic in the style of Up... read more
Two sisters buy a rambling house in the Welsh Marches. One decides to bring the neglected garden back to life with the help of an Albanian migrant living in the nearby village. The work allo... read more
A fictional portrait of the life of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry - pilot, aristocrat and author of Le Petit Prince. Iturbe's last novel, The Librarian of Auschwitz, was a huge success.
A furniture salesman, who tries to keep to the straight and narrow with only the occasional foray into fencing a pilfered gewgaw for a cousin, finds himself drawn into a much bigger heist. A... read more
The author of Fates and Furies turns her hand to historical fiction with a vivid recreation of the life of the C12th French poet Marie de France. LG follows Marie's journey through Eleanor o... read more
A finely-spun novel about a potter, of living, loving, fanaticism and creativity, allegory and myth. From a highly regarded and intelligent writer, also published by Christopher MacLehose.
Soon after her husband leaves her, Pru goes to a friend's funeral - but it's the wrong one. She has such fun that she buys a black dress and starts attending strangers' funerals quite delibe... read more
Petterson has not been kind to his protagonist, removing from him by traumatic means his wife, three daughters, parents and brothers. It is no surprise that he is pole-axed by grief; will Pe... read more
The Cleverley family is graced with fame and fortune, but disaster in their media world is just a tweet away... This satire on social media and today's culture wars will make you ROFL. A li... read more