Barry Unsworth
The Quality of Mercy
Editors' choice
Barry Unsworth’s new novel takes up the stories of two characters who originally appeared in his Booker Prize-winning Sacred Hunger.…
Land of Marvels
Somerville, a British archaeologist, is spending his third season working on Tell Erdek in Mesopotamia just months before the start…
The Ruby in Her Navel
Editors' choice
Set during the brief but glittering rule of the Norman kings, this beautifully written novel opens in Palermo where Arab,…
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