Shortlisted for the 1974 Booker Prize, and with a new introduction by A. K. Blakemore, a razor-sh...

'One of the funniest books I have ever read.' Hilary MantelSeventeenyearold Alan can't stand ro...

The complete short stories of Beryl Bainbridge, including the novella Filthy Lucre ¿ written when...

Shortlisted for the 1990 Booker Prize, and with a new introduction by Yiyun Li, a darkly comic no...

'I found myself laughing till the tears ran down my cheeks.' Auberon WaughBinny is throwing a d...

An audacious, unnerving satire of the twentieth century's most notorious figure.Liverpool, 1912...

An old snapshot shows a group of friends lounging in the sunshine, on a weekend in the country. T...

A haunting and incisive group portrait of the crewmembers aboard Captain Scott's doomed Antarctic...

When quiet, reliable lawyer Douglas Ashburner begins an extra-marital affair with Nina, a bossy, ...

A gripping portrayal of female transgression and the intoxicating spell that adolescent friendshi...

'The book I wish I'd written . . . Witty, chilling, every word in place.' Hilary MantelWartime ...