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Elikem married me in absentia; he did not come to our wedding' Afi Tekple is a young seamstress living in a small town in Ghana with her widowed mother. Even Afi does' t believe her future holds much excitement. Until one day she is offered a life-changing opportunity - a proposal of marriage from the ...

Is motherhood supposed to feel like this?

'Gorgeous. Very, very funny in a knowing wry way but so tender, so beautiful. I loved all the characters.' Marian Keyes
'Warm, witty, touching - and frequently hilarious' David Nicholls, author of Sweet Sorrow
'You put the book down and feel glad to be alive' India Knight, Sunday Times

The startling, witty, highly anticipated second novel from the critically acclaimed author of Atmospheric Disturbances. The story begins in 1618, in the German duchy of Württemberg. Plague is spreading. The Thirty Years' War has begun, and fear and suspicion are in the air throughout the Holy Roman ...

A republication of the novel (published most recently by Sun & Moon Press) of Anthony Powell.

From the 2014 Caine Prize winner comes an astonishing new novel, riven through with mystery and magic, about a daughter's quest to save her mother

A posthumous and definitive collection of new and selected stories by short-fiction icon and National Book Award finalist Thom Jones, with a stunning introduction by Amy Bloom.

The epic literary adventure novel that has transfixed readers and critics alike in Spain

A passionate, tender and terrifying story of a mother's fight to protect her daughter

How do you find peace after a devastating loss?

A search for solace takes a dark turn in this electrifying debut.

From the Man Booker Prize-winning author of Vernon God Little, a humane, deeply empathetic starburst of a satire; the most moving and entertaining exaggeration of the fearful nightmare of trying to raise a kid now.

General Alwany is a pious man who loves his family. He also tortures and kills enemies of the state. Under the regime of Hosni Mubarak, Egypt is gripped by cronyism, religious hypocrisy, and the oppressive military.Now, however, the regime faces its greatest crisis. The idealistic young from different ...

I read it with my heart in my mouth.' Anna Burns, Man Booker Prize-winning author of Milkman'A captivating tale about secrets, repression and the falsity of history.' Guardian Books of the YearLate 1944: two teenagers dance the Vogue in silence on the floor of the Pirnmill Aerodrome.

In her blistering and beautifully written UK debut, Steph Cha has craftedan urgent, timely and unforgettable novel about the intertwined fates of two families.

In these elegant, unsparing and intimate stories, the Folio Prize-winning author, Akhil Sharma, exposes the paradoxes, ironies and harmonies that characterise modern life. Marrying the minimalism of Chekhov and Carver with a flair for dark comedy, A Life of Adventure and Delight is a collection full of wisdom, wonder and reflection.

A richly drawn collection of stories that brings contemporary Botswana to life

* The literary debut that everyone is talking about *

'A gritty, politically charged mystery.' LA TimesJuniper Song - private detective - has a talent for surveillance, and for knowing when a client isn't telling her the whole story.Rubina Gasparian, Song's latest client, is worried about her cousin, who just happens to be carrying her baby as a surrogate.

The fifth novel in the enthralling series starring Golden Age crime writer Josephine TeyA house that can't restA crime that won't fade...When Josephine inherited a remote Suffolk cottage from her godmother, it came full of secrets.