Fiction
Albert of Adelaide
Howard L. Anderson
A story of the Australian Outback, a duck-billed platypus on a quest, and what it means to be a hero.
One Hundred Strokes of the Brush Before Bed
Melissa P.
Love may be hard to find, but sex waits at every turn
The Last Patriarch
Najat El Hachmi
A riveting debut novel of fathers and daughters, and the conflict between duty and desire, set in rural Morocco and urban Cataluña
School For Patriots
Martin Kohan
Set during the time of the Falklands War – a shocking exposure of the moral degradation that contaminated institutions of Argentinian society
Ru
Kim Thuy
A book of rare beauty: Ru is a lullaby of Vietnam and a love letter to a new homeland. Was Radio 4 Book at Bedtime.
The Imperative Mood
Padgett Powell
Padgett Powell moves from the interrogative to the imperative mood in this exclusive short
Wavewalker
Stella Duffy
Clever, cunning and careful to avoid the obvious, Wavewalker is a real treat
Tarantula
Thierry Jonquet
Film by Almodovar, based on Jonquet's novel, starring Antonio Banderas to be released widely in the UK on 26 August
Disaster Was My God
Bruce Duffy
A skilfully imagined novel based on the scandalous and astonishing life of the pioneering, proto-punk poet Arthur Rimbaud.
The Interrogative Mood
Padgett Powell
Precise and beautiful, intimate and hilarious, you will never have read anything quite like it
You & I
Padgett Powell
*WINNER OF THE JAMES TAIT BLACK MEMORIAL PRIZE FOR FICTION*Described as 'Waiting for Godot on acid', this radiant and enigmatic novel will t…
Dust Devils
Roger Smith
An unflinching portrayal of the dark side of the new South Africa, where to avenge what he loves, Robert Dell becomes what he hates