20th Century
Andie’s Moon
(1) 1969. Twelve-year-old Andie longs to be an artist – she is particularly inspired by the moon – but no-one…
Tennyson
In 1932 Louisiana, Emery Fontaine leaves daughters Tennyson and Hattie on the decaying ancestral doorstep while he searches for their…
Documents Concerning Rubashov the Gambler
Josef Nikolai Rubashov, the eponymous inveterate gambler, plays a somewhat dangerous game of poker with the Devil on New Year’s…
Blue
There are two main themes in this book. The first concerns the polio epidemic in North Carolina in 1944…
Without Warning: Ellen’s Story, 1914-1918
Without Warning is narrated by the heroine, Ellen Wilkins, who is almost fifteen at the outbreak of World War…
Resistance
Editors' choice
What if… the Germans had bested the Allies in the Normandy Invasion? What if… the Germans had then crossed the…
The Book Thief
This is a tale narrated by Death, or the Grim Reaper. He (or she or indeed it) tells the story…
An Incomplete Revenge
Wandering gypsies and East Enders from London converge in 1931 for the traditional September hops-picking by migrant workers, in the…
Hotel de Dream: A New York Novel
Edmund White uses the life of Stephen Crane, author of The Red Badge of Courage, to present this interesting novel-within-a-novel.…
The Star Garden
Turner shares with us another episode in the life of Sarah Prine, a widow living in the Arizona Territory in…
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