PENGUIN

This is the sequel to "My Name is Asher Lev". Lev is a devout Jew who has become a painter of international renown. He has learned to live with the dichotomy between his beliefs and his work by making his home in France. But when a beloved uncle dies

'Reams of stuff have been written about me in the past, but never in my own words: this is the proper one' - Mark E. Smith. Still going after thirty years, The Fall are one of the most distinctive British bands, their music - odd, spare, cranky and c

Following a disastrous whaling expedition out of Whitby in the early 19th-century, this book is the first of a number of novels which look at English commercial/industrial history in the early-mid 19th century. The hero Arthur Storm appears in all th

London 1939, and in the grimy publands of Earls Court, George Harvey Bone is pursuing a helpless infatuation with Netta who is cool, contemptuous and hopelessly desirable to George. George is adrift in hell, until something goes click in his head and

In this landmark book, Richard Layard shows that there is a paradox at the heart of our lives. Most people want more income. Yet as societies become richer, they do not become happier. This is not just anecdotally true, it is the story told by countl

What do men run away from? Not war, not physical hardship, but the day-to-day emotional demands of impossible domestic situations. That's women's work. This is a story of female courage, where black comedy turns to disturbing pathos revolving around