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Autobiography of a Face
At age nine, Lucy Grealy was diagnosed with a potentially terminal cancer. When she returned to school with a third of her jaw removed, she faced the cruel taunts of classmates. It …
The Hedgehog And The Fox
'Brilliant. Searching and profound' E.H. Carr, Times Literary Supplement'When reading Isaiah Berlin we breathe an altogether different air' New York Review of Books'Beautifully …
Please Look After Mother
WINNER OF THE MAN ASIAN LITERARY PRIZE'An authentic, moving story that brings to vivid life the deep family connections that lie at the core of Korean culture'Gary …
O Caledonia
'I once decided to become friends with someone on the sole basis that she named O Caledonia as her favourite book' Maggie O'Farrell 'A sparky, funny work of genius and one of …
Plain Pleasures
WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY CHRIS POWER'Readers who've not yet read Jane Bowles are almost to be envied, like people who've still to read Austen or Mansfield or Woolf' Ali Smith'The …
Two Serious Ladies
'My favourite book. I can't think of a modern novel that seems more likely to become a classic' Tennessee Williams'The book I give as a gift . . . It feels like giving someone an …
Eustace and Hilda
'A masterpiece' Anita Brookner'A very beautiful novel' Nick Hornby'Includes some of the most perfect sentences in English' GuardianAt the turn of the twentieth century, two …
Hons and Rebels
'This book is just about my favourite book of all time ... I'm not entirely convinced I could like somebody who didn't like this book ... it's funny and moving and gives you an …
The Bear Boy
'Sparky, mischievous, witty, dazzlingly clever' Ali Smith'A cause for celebration. Here we have a heroine to love, a story we can't let go of' Ann PatchettIt had always been my …
The Hill Station
'From the wide veranda you stepped out on to an acre of lawn, as smooth as glass; from the lawn you stepped on to nothing but fresh air.' A summer of the 1870s, the Himalayan …