A beautifully designed edition of number-one New York Times bestselling author Ann Patchett’s prized classic, annotated and with an introductionby the author herself.
‘A book that works both as a paean to art and beauty and a subtly sly comedy of manners’New York Times
‘Brinkley’s sentences are daggers’ RAVEN LEILANI
‘Extraordinary … moving, compelling and virtuosic’OBSERVER
‘A triumph’ COLIN BARRETT
The stunning new novel from the author of international million-copy bestseller Cold Mountain
The stunning new novel from the author of international million-copy bestseller Cold Mountain
The stunning new novel from the author of international million-copy bestseller Cold Mountain
LONGLISTED FOR THE 2024 WOMEN’S PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION
‘Dazzling. Potent. Vital’ TARA WESTOVER
‘To read it is to believe that words can save’ MARLON JAMES
‘I adored this book … Unforgettable, heartbreaking and heartwarming’ ELIF SHAFAK
THE NUMBER 1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER
LONGLISTED FOR THE CWA CRIME FICTION IN TRANSLATION DAGGER AWARD 2025
‘A masterclass in suspense’ PAULA HAWKINS
‘A spellbinding nightmare’ FERNANDA MELCHOR
‘A book of intense power’ PHILIPPE SANDS
‘A compelling book, with a tightly coiled power’ PANDORA SYKES
THE NUMBER 1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER
‘A masterclass in suspense’ PAULA HAWKINS
‘A spellbinding nightmare’ FERNANDA MELCHOR
‘A book of intense power’ PHILIPPE SANDS
‘A compelling book, with a tightly coiled power’ PANDORA SYKES
THE NUMBER 1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER
‘A masterclass in suspense’ PAULA HAWKINS
‘A spellbinding nightmare’ FERNANDA MELCHOR
‘A book of intense power’ PHILIPPE SANDS
‘A compelling book, with a tightly coiled power’ PANDORA SYKES
‘IT MOVED ME DEEPLY’ LIV LITTLE
‘DEEPLY POIGNANT’ HARPERS BAZAAR
‘GORGEOUS’ RAVEN LEILANI
The instant Sunday Times top ten bestseller from the author of Cleopatra and Frankenstein
SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2024 WOMEN’S PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION
‘Vivid and empowering’ GILLIAN ANDERSON
‘A stunning book’ BERNARDINE EVARISTO
‘Dazzling’ TARA WESTOVER
‘A story about hope, imagination and resilience’GUARDIAN
The masterful, Pulitzer Prize-winning literary epic about the painful and complex realities of slave life on a Southern plantation. An utterly original exploration of race, trust and the cruel truths of human nature, this is a landmark in modern American literature.
Winner of the 1999 Pulitzer Prize and Pen Faulkner prize. Made into an Oscar-winning film, ‘The Hours’ is a daring and deeply affecting novel inspired by the life and work of Virginia Woolf.
The worst storm in history seen from the wheelhouse of a doomed fishing trawler; a mesmerisingly vivid account of a natural hell from a perspective that offers no escape.
