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'A profound meditation on class, privilege and masculinity ' Observer 'An insightful, nuanced story ... I couldn't put it down ' Charles Yu 'Timely and timeless ... A book about the lies we knowingly or unwittingly tell ourselves' New York Times I know my son. I know what he is and what he's n...

"Extraordinary."-CHRIS MILLER, author of Chip War "Incredible." -ANNIE JACOBSEN, author of Nuclear War, via X From John Lechner, "an amazingly bold reporter" (Adam Hochschild), the shocking inside story of how the Wagner Group made private military companies inextricable from Russia's anti-West...

“Narrated with awe and gusto, Andreas Ammer’s Portrait of an Oyster is a must for all who find their joy on the half shell … Funny, thoughtful, and tastebud-piquing”—Foreword Reviews A gorgeously crafted exploration of the oyster’s role in art, culture, cuisine, science, and history—featuring st...

A collection of writings by the author of the 2022 Booker Prize-shortlisted Treacle Walker 'His work has a symphonic quality unique in fiction' THE TIMES ‘The autobiography of one of the most distinct and profound writers we have’ GUARDIAN

In her extraordinary non-fiction debut, Jacqueline Feldman tells the story of Le Bloc, a legendary squat situated at the far edge of Paris, near where the banlieue begins. Opened in 2012, the squat took in artists and activists as well as immigrants from around the world. They lived and worked wi...

'This has all of Fran's trademark quick wit and black humour' Gráinne Murphy 'Funny, warm and very moving' Lucinda Hawksley 'Fran writes with such humour and humanity, it was an absolute tonic' Victoria Mackenzie 1979. Jackie Chadwick is 17 and living in a supported bedsit. She's still close to ...

'A wonderful, unsentimental novel about male friendship in wartime' Antonia Senior, The Times The Fires of Gallipoli is a heartbreaking portrayal of friendship forged in the trenches of the First World War. 'In this vivid and engaging novel of war and friendship, Barney Campbell shows us once aga...

Diane Seuss's signature voice—audacious in its honesty, virtuosic in its artistry, outsider in its attitude—has become one of the most original in contemporary poetry. Her latest collection takes its title, Modern Poetry, from the first textbook Seuss encountered as a child and the first poetry c...

'The sonnet, like poverty, teaches you what you can do / without,' Diane Seuss writes in this brilliant, candid work, her most personal collection to date. These poems tell the story of a life at risk of spilling over the edge of the page, from Seuss's working-class childhood in rural Michigan to...

It takes Shannon a while to work out what’s happened. She went into the cinema in 2025 and came back out … in 1985? Somehow she’s travelled forty years back in time. But this isn’t the first time something strange has happened to Shannon and her group of friends. Is there a chance that whatever m...