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Darktown is a relentlessly gripping, highly intelligent crime novel set in Atlanta in 1948, following the city’s first black police force investigating a brutal murder against all the odds. ‘A brilliant blending of crime, mystery, and American history. Terrific entertainment’ – Stephen King ‘Magnificent and shocking’ – Sunday Times Atlanta, 1948. In this city, all crime […]

During a restless summer on the Italian Riviera, a powerful romance blooms between seventeen-year-old Elio and his father’s house guest, Oliver. Unrelenting currents of obsession and fear, fascination and desire threaten to overwhelm the lovers who at first feign indifference to the charge between them. What grows from the depths of their souls is a […]

SHORTLISTED FOR THE PEN ACKERLEY PRIZE 2020 ‘A uniquely strange and wonderful work of literature’ Philip Hoare ‘An exciting new voice’ Mark Cocker, author of Crow Country In his late thirties, Edward Parnell found himself trapped in the recurring nightmare of a family tragedy. For comfort, he turned to his bookshelves, back to the ghost […]

A cult classic of Italian literature, published in English for the first time, with an afterword by André Aciman, author of Call Me By Your Name. ‘A masterpiece’ – Le Figaro ‘Dazzling in every detail’ – Elle In the late 1960s, Leo Gazzara leads a precarious life in Rome. He spends his time in an […]

‘I consider myself a poet first and a musician second’ ‘It ain’t the melodies that’re important man, it’s the words’ There is no shortage of books about Bob Dylan. This one, however, is unique in its approach and the virtuosity of its execution. Ricks examines Dylan’s songs through the biblical concepts of the seven deadly […]

Take the guesswork out of great wine with Noble Rot’s Dan Keeling. Wine can be daunting without an incisive guide. Who’s Afraid of Romanée-Conti? is a no-holds-barred voyage of discovery, from sourcing good cheap vino to drinking its most unattainable and holiest of grails – Romanée-Conti – and the universe of interstellar wines that lie in-between.From new-school […]

När Adam Trask gifter sig med den vackra, demoniska Cathy lägger han grunden till livslång olycka för sig själv och sina efterkommande. Efter att ha fött tvillingsönerna Aron och Caleb lämnar Cathy familjen. Pojkarna får växa upp utan mor ändå får hon en avgörande betydelse för det brödrahat som uppstår mellan dem. Ett gripande släktdrama […]

Out of print for several years, a comprehensive volume of Lou Reed’s lyrics, now updated in a new text design to include the lyrics from his final album with Metallica, Lulu. Through his many incarnations-from proto punk to glam rocker to elder statesman of the avant garde Lou Reed’s work has maintained an undeniable vividness […]