The Grandmothers
Four novellas by Doris Lessing, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, that once again show her to be unequalled in her ability to capture the truth of the human condition.
Fiction based on or inspired by true events
Love, Again
A fierce, compelling account of the nature and origins of love from Doris Lessing, one of the most acclaimed writers of the twentieth century and winner of the Nobel Pize for Literature 2007.
Clear: A Transparent Novel
Longlisted for the 2004 Man Booker Prize. A raucous, novel about the circus surrounding David Blaine’s starvation stunt at Tower Bridge, from a Granta Best of British Novelist.
Clear
Longlisted for the 2004 Man Booker Prize. A raucous, novel about the circus surrounding David Blaine’s starvation stunt at Tower Bridge, from a Granta Best of British Novelist.
The Bride Stripped Bare
For fans of Fifty Shades of Grey – the international bestseller – an explosive novel of sex, secrecy and escape.
Q: A Love Story
In a gripping tale of time travel and true love, a successful writer meets his future self, who advises him not to marry Q, the love of his life.
A Game of Spies
‘If there are thriller writers better than this, I’d like to know who they are.’ Jack Higgins
As Meat Loves Salt
A sensational tale of obsession and murder from a wonderful writer. ‘An outstanding novel, fresh and unusual [with] all the dirt, stink, rasp and flavour of the time.’ Daily Telegraph
About the Author
A wickedly funny psychological thriller about literary ambition, envy and the lengths an author will go to get on the bestsellers list.
The Man from Saigon
“After all the stories of battles and deaths, of torture and loss and hatred, someone should tell this one, too, about a man who moved among them, who seemed to love them.”
The Day of Creation
‘Classic Ballard. Mesmerising. No one writes with such haunting impact’ William Boyd
The Giant, O’Brien
From the author of Wolf Hall, Bring Up the Bodies and The Mirror & the Light, comes the true story of the 18th Century Irish giant, Charles O’Brien, who was exhibited in London and eventually dissected by the surgeon John Hunter.