It was beginning to look as though no one could prevent the annihilation of the civilized Universe. For a weird intelligence was directing the destruction...View more

‘Comparable to Tolkien at his best’ WASHINGTON POST Returning millions of readers to the Land and continuing the epic story of the anti-hero fated to be...View more

It's the week before Hallowe'en, and Cooger and Dark's Pandemonium Shadow Show has come to Green Town, Illinois. The siren song of the calliope entices...View more

When John Dowell and his wife befriend Edward and Leonora Ashburnham they appear to be the perfect couple. He is a distinguished soldier and she...View more

Set in Italy in the summer of 1940, this trio of stories explores the relationships between the different generations caught up in the war as...View more

First published in 2006, Mother's Milk is the fourth novel in the critically acclaimed Patrick Melrose series. It was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize that year...View more

Comparable to Tolkien at his best WASHINGTON POSTInstantly recognised as a modern fantasy classic, Stephen Donaldsons uniquely imaginative and complex THE CHRONICLES OF THOMAS COVENANT,...View more

A prophetic vision of a world in which technology has gone haywire, The Ticket That Exploded continues the adventures of Agent Lee in his mission...View more

A collection of stories, including two of Wilde's most famous: 'The Canterville Ghost', in which a young American girl helps to free the tormented spirit...View more

Connoisseur of art, harpsichord aficionado, gardener extraordinaire, and genius of improvisational murder, the inimitable Tom Ripley finds his complacency shaken when he is scorned at...View more

Written in 1914 but not published until 1925, a year after Kafka’s death, The Trial is the terrifying tale of Josef K., a respectable bank officer who...View more

‘A long-time confidante of the rain and snow, I am ninety years old. The rain and snow have weathered me, and I too have weathered...View more