Hot off the Press
New out in Paperback
The daffodils are out, and so are these paperbacks.
This is a selection of prize winners and much praised debuts.
Enjoy!
The Old Drift
Namwali Serpell
Narrated by a chorus of mosquitos, this wildly inventive, energetic book follows three families over multiple generations in Zambia.
Girl, Woman, Other
Bernardine Evaristo
This booker prize winning novel introduces us to 12 distinct black British voices. Evaristo is masterful in her polyphonic storytelling.
Memories of the Future
Siri Hustvedt
SH discovers her journals from when she first moved to New York. How much has really changed for women in the last forty years?
Frankissstein
Jeanette Winterson
In a smart, playful take on the Frankenstein story, a young transgender doctor falls for celebrated AI specialist, Professor Victor Stein.
Lost Children Archive
Valeria Luiselli
This is a compelling, tightly wrought story of a young family driving from NYC to Arizona, set to the backdrop of the mass detention of children at the US border.
The Doll Factory
Elizabeth Macneal
Scottish author Elizabeth Macneal has conjured a teeming, Great Exhibition London in this gothic tale of art and obsession. A love letter to Victorian innovation.
Queenie
Candice Carty-Williams
Queenie Jenkins is a hugely loveable creation, brought to life in Carty-Williams' immediate prose. Be prepared to fall in love with Queenie as she navigates conflicting cultures (and several terrible men).
Confession With Blue Horses
Sophie Hardach
Two adult siblings in London struggle to remember their childhood in East Berlin. What happened to their brother? And their parents? In Germany a file is uncovered that may just hold the answers.