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David Szalay
From Booker-shortlisted author David Szalay, comes a propulsive, hypnotic novel about a man who is unravelled by a series of events beyond his grasp
From Booker-shortlisted author David Szalay, comes…
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**WINNER OF THE EDGE HILL SHORT STORY PRIZE 2019** Discover the brilliant new short story collection from the Man Booker-shortlisted author of All That Man Is Twelve people on the…
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Nine men. Each of them at a different stage of life, each of them away from home, and each of them striving - in the suburbs of Prague, beside a…
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From Booker Prize finalist David Szalay, a propulsive, hypnotic novel, about a man whose future is derailed by a series of events that he is unable to control. Teenaged Istvan…
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A magnificent and ambitiously conceived portrait of contemporary life, by a genius of realism.
James and Katherine meet at a wedding in London. It is January 2006, towards the end of the money-for-nothing years, and James is a man with a varied past -…
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It is 1948 and Aleksandr, a major in the MGB (the forerunner of the KGB) is sent to an isolated psychiatric clinic to investigate one of the patients there. The…
The brilliant new short story sequence from the Man Booker-shortlisted author of All That Man Is *Shortlisted for the Edge Hill Short Story Prize 2019* Twelve people on the move…
The U.S. debut of leading U.K. author Szalay, named one of The Daily Telegraph’s 20 best British novelists under 40. Set in 2006, this novel follows James, a one-time film…
Originally published: London: Jonathan Cape, 2008.
Paul Rainey is a 40-year-old functioning alcoholic on anti-anxiety medication who commutes into London every day from Hove to sell advertising space in non-existent trade publications. Perceiving through a fog…
First published by Great Britain in 2016 by Jonathan Cape, an imprint of Vintage Publishing, which is part of penguin Random House UK –Title page verso.
Stories of human endeavour, endurance and resolve with an unexpected twist, published to celebrate a new range of The Balvenie whiskies - The Balvenie Stories. With contributions from Max Porter…
