Extracts

26 October 2021

Silverview is the mesmerising story of an encounter between innocence and experience and between public duty and private morals. In this last complete masterwork from the greatest chronicler of our age, John le Carré asks what you owe to your country when you no longer recognise it. 1 “AT TEN O’CLOCK of a...

Extract: Think Again by Adam Grant

15 October 2021

Bestselling author and TED podcast star, Adam Grant examines the critical art of rethinking - how questioning your beliefs and knowing what you don't know can lead you to success at work and happiness at home. PROLOGUE “AFTER A BUMPY FLIGHT, fifteen men dropped from the Montana sky. They weren’t...

Extract: The Party Crasher by Sophie Kinsella

13 October 2021

Number One bestselling author Sophie Kinsella returns with an irresistible new standalone about family love, family tensions and exactly what you might hear everyone saying if they didn't know you were there... FIVE “I NEED MY RUSSIAN DOLLS. It’s not a question of ‘want’, I need them. If I...

Extract: The Plot Against America by Philip Roth

11 October 2021

When celebrity aviator, Charles A. Lindbergh, wins the 1940 presidential election on the slogan of 'America First', fear invades every Jewish household. Not only has Lindbergh blamed the Jews for pushing America towards war with Germany, he has negotiated an 'understanding' with the Nazis promising peace between the two nations....

Extract: The Magicians by Lev Grossman

11 October 2021

In a secret world of forbidden knowledge, power comes at a terrible price... BOOK 1 BROOKLYN "QUENTIN DID A MAGIC TRICK. Nobody noticed. They picked their way along the cold, uneven sidewalk together: James, Julia, and Quentin. James and Julia held hands. That’s how things were now. The sidewalk wasn’...

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