This is Orwell sharing in no uncertain terms his views of the rule of the British Empire over Burma. A beautiful character study of Flory, with striking insight – this book is up there with Animal Farm and 1984!

Nadine, a sixteen-year-old runaway new to London, is set up in a decaying Georgian house by her Finnish lover, Kai. Slowly, she begins to suspect that Kai’s plans for her have little to do with love. ‘Be careful,’ warns...

‘Burnt Shadows’ is set in three periods, 1947, 1983, 2001 and in several countries – Japan, Pakistan, Afghanistan and New York – although others feature also.It is the story of the interconnections between the members of two families against...

This is the real Dubai? Delve under the opulent layers of the sparkling city and see what lies beneath. A true story of sun, sand, sex and secrecy. For a sassy young woman used to blagging, blogging and slogging...

Lester Young fading away in a hotel room: Charles Mingus storming down the streets of New York on a too-small bicycle: Thelonius Monk creating his own private language on the piano…In eight poetically charged vignettes, Geoff Dyer skilfully evokes...

A little over a decade ago, Pankaj Mishra travelled through the small towns of India and found they had shed their sleepy, half-apologetic air: brash and ostentatious, kitschy and clamorous, here was an India in transition. A convent-educated young...

Often seen as a magical paradise at the end of the world, Bhutan is inaccessible to most travellers. Set against the dramatic scenery of the Himalaya, this beguiling memoir recalls hardships and happiness in a land almost untouched by...

Anita Mostyn feels the need to take a holiday from her life. As a child, she was dismissed by her parents in favour of her self-confident brothers, and as an adult, her choices are disapproved of – the small...

During the course of a single night, Father Sebastian Urrutia Lacroix, a Chilean priest, who is a member of Opus Dei, a literary critic and a mediocre poet, relives some of the crucial events of his life. He believes...

The entrancing and seductive new novel from the acclaimed author of ECHOES OF WAR A British diplomat living in Venice in the aftermath of WWI, Hugh Thurne is in love with a young Venetian woman when his best friend’s...