'Wonderfully dark, relentlessly slippery ... I read this entire memoir with my breath held' Julie Myerson, Observer…

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Having married her childhood sweetheart, Riko now finds herself trapped in a relationship that has been soured by…

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'An ambitious story of love and betrayal' - Irish Times 'The ending is like a bomb thrown into your room -- you'll be…

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In 1970 Jeffrey MacDonald was accused of murdering his pregnant wife, and the journalist Joe McGinniss decided to write a…

From the publishers of Brilliant Maps, here is a cartographic journey through our planet's weirdest and most wonderful…

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Paperback outing for Nobel Prize-winner MĂĽller's fierce and finely-wrought novel about a young Romanian woman's discovery…

A funny and intelligent novel from a rising star of Latin American fiction. Gustavo 'Highway' Sanchez, a man with a mouth…

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WINNER OF THE FORTNUM & MASON FOOD AND DRINK AWARDS 2018 'Smart, fun, useful - highly recommended' Hugh Johnson, co-author…

The subjects of this stylish and audacious collection of essays range from an assault in Nicaragua to a Morgellons meeting;…

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Produkt West zakoupíte na Bookshop.cz od nakladatele Granta Books.…

From the bestselling author of Strange Weather in Tokyo, here is a story of treasure hoarders, bargain hunters and would-be…

An electric, compelling, often painfully funny portrait of family relationships, which shows the damage we can do in the…

The shocking truth about sugar, the tobacco of the new millennium: backed by powerful lobbies, entrenched in our lives, and…

From one of America's fiercest stylists, a roaring epic novel chronicling the life, times and secrets of a notorious artist.…

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Included in the BEST OF GRANTA launch list for 2023: an exciting, radical work of philosophy that challenges our most…

An entrancing guide to the world's most far-fetched creatures - a unique blend of cutting-edge science and philosophical…

Taking his title from Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness, Sven Lindqvist traces Europe's dark history in Africa in the form…

'It is quite impossible to deny the artistic brilliance of her reportage. [Didion] brings El Salvador to life so that it…

Since for Lacan psychoanalysis itself is a procedure of reading, each chapter uses a passage from Lacan as a tool to…

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At the height of the financial crisis in 2009, Sarah Moss and her husband moved with their two small children to Iceland.…

An intense and dramatic reimagining of a plague outbreak in 1930s Moscow invites parallels with our pandemic-stricken times.…

A brilliant, ambitious follow-up to The Secret Lives of Buildings, in which Hollis turns his focus from the great…

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From the author of Apollo´s Angels, the first major biography of the figure who modernised dance: an intimate portrait of…

Homeland is a nuanced work from one of the great modern European storytellers, in which an everyday German comes face to…

An award-winning investigation into the shady world of international shipping, the hidden industry upon which our world…

A mesmerising account of the author's search for wild otters in the remote places of Britain; a beautifully written blend of…

'These [How to Read] books let you encounter thinkers eyeball to eyeball by analysing passages from their work' Terry…

A witty, brilliant treatise on reading Russian literature…

'These [How to Read] books let you encounter thinkers eyeball to eyeball by analysing passages from their work' Terry…

An extraordinary journey deep into the history and landscape of the Hebrides, exploring the islands' turbulent history, the…

'A skilful, moving, even humorous book. It is more than an elegy for a lost mother or the charting of one human being's…

A riotous novel of awkward believers, floundering marriages and our maladjusted 21st century, from one of America's sharpest…

A smart, funny and uplifting novel about loneliness and the art of being a good friend.…

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Strange, smart and sexy short stories from one of America's most brilliant contemporary writers.…

A short, propulsive, moody novel about a woman who walks out of her lifeand washes up in an out-of-season seaside town -…

Exciting early work by the Man Booker-shortlisted author, discussing HergĂ©'s hugely popular children's books. McCarthy asks…

A rich and involving big-canvas story about three generations of one family as they move between Russia and the US, between…

Lord of the Flies meets Javier Marias, a dark and glinty literary gem with huge potential.…

Collected here are Gogol's finest tales - from the demon-haunted 'St John's Eve' to the strange surrealism of 'The Nose',…

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In 1989, the Berlin Wall fell; shortly afterwards the two Germanies reunited, and East Germany ceased to exist. In…

This timely exploration of our history of welcoming strangers offers a powerful, uplifting antidote to our increasingly…

A scintillating, richly peopled, impeccably researched history of the New York coastal enclave that, over the last century,…

An exploration of transhumanism: the philosophical and technological movement that is working on an update of the human…

\nA powerful, compressed masterwork that explores questions of complicity, power and devotion\n…

A reissue of the profound and meandering modern classic about the historical, political and philosophical paths traced by…

North Korea is Orwell's 1984 made reality: it is the only country in the world not connected to the internet; Gone with the…

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One of the most celebrated books of the year: a vivid journey through the haunted borderlands that once made up the…

An eye-opening journey through the disasters and triumphs of the nuclear age - and a critical assessment of the nuclear…