Serpent's Tail Classics

Her Privates We
Frederic Manning
A new edition of a classic First World War novel, a brilliant and bitter picture of human conflict.

The Walk
Robert Walser
One of the great works of European short fiction, by turns funny, reflective and profound

Whatever
Michel Houellebecq
'The mischief-making enfant terrible of new-wave French fiction' Independent

Beer in the Snooker Club
Waguih Ghali
Known and loved by readers and writers since first publication, now back in print as a Serpent's Tail Classic

Shoedog
George Pelecanos
A stand-alone thriller by an acclaimed writer on The Wire: now a Serpent's Tail Classic with a new foreword by Mark Lawson

The Book of Disquiet
Fernando Pessoa
A prize-winning international classic, first published in English by Serpent's Tail in 1993, now with a new introduction by William Boyd

We Need To Talk About Kevin
Lionel Shriver
The Women's Prize for Fiction winning, million copy bestseller: now a Serpent's Tail classic, with a new foreword by Kate Mosse