Literary fiction
Conrad & Eleanor
Jane Rogers
Format: Paperback
An intricate and revealing portrait of a dysfunctional marriage as it unravels in midlife crisis and estrangement, and the fallout from one summer, twenty-five years ago.
Gold Mountain Blues
Ling Zhang, translated by Nicky Harman
Format: Paperback
A heart-breaking family saga in the epic storytelling tradition of Wild Swans chronicling the lives of five generations of a Chinese family transformed by the promise of a better life in Canada.
The Nothing
Hanif Kureishi
Format: Hard Cover
The Nothing is Hanif Kureishi's powerful new work: a tense and captivating exploration of lust, helplessness, and deception.
The Tidal Zone
Sarah Moss
Format: Paperback
A poignant, funny and engrossing exploration of family life, centred around a cataclysmic event and its aftermath; from the author of Night Waking and Signs for Lost Children.
Strange Heart Beating
Eli Goldstone
A witty and profound debut novel about a sudden death and a marriage abruptly sundered, that takes a grieving widower from London to Latvia in search of the truth about his late wife.
The Buddha of Suburbia
Hanif Kureishi
Format: Paperback
Hanif Kureishi's first novel, The Buddha of Suburbia is the bizarre, often hilarious and totally original picture of the life of a young Pakistani man growing up in 1970s Britain.
Love in a Blue Time
Hanif Kureishi
Format: Paperback
A provocative collection of short stories charting the growth of a generation from the liberating irreverence of the late 1970s to the dilemmas of responsibility and fidelity of the 1990s.
Never Let Me Go
Kazuo Ishiguro, introduced by Geoff Barton
Format: Paperback
Designed to meet the requirements for students at GCSE and A level, this accessible and stimulating new educational edition is intended equally for those studying independently, with a personal tutor, or in class. The guide covers: - the context of the novel and its author; - detailed examination of themes, characters and structure; - a close look the novel in the author's own words, and at different critical receptions; - glossaries and test questions designed to prompt deeper thinking.
Spies
Michael Frayn, introduced by Andrew Bruff
Format: Paperback
Designed to meet the requirements for students at GCSE and A level, this accessible and comprehensive new educational edition:- includes detailed analyses of character, setting and theme; - examines in detail the novel's plot, structure and narrative techniques; - offers key quotations and activities both for the student working alone and in the classroom.
