Extracts

01 June 2021

When Adam moves into the abandoned house on the dusty edge of town, he is hoping to recover from the loss of his job and his home in the city. But when he meets Canning - a shadowy figure from his childhood - and Canning's enigmatic and beautiful wife, a sinister new chapter in his life begins. From the Booker Prize-winning author of The...

Extract: The Good Doctor by Damon Galgut

01 June 2021

Winner of the Commonwealth Writers' Prize and shortlisted for the Man Booker, The Good Doctor is a powerful tale of a friendship overshadowed by betrayal, set against the tawdry hopes and disappointments of a post-apartheid South Africa. “HE LOOKED AROUND AT THE OTHER PEOPLE IN THE COURTYARD and I could see him relax...

Extract: The Beautiful Screaming of Pigs by Damon Galgut

01 June 2021

A year ago Patrick Winter, a young South African, was sent to Namibia to complete his military service and to defend his country against ‘terrorism’. Now he is back, to meet Godfrey, his mother’s freedom-fighter boyfriend, and to witness the country’s first free elections. From the Booker Prize-winning author of The...

Extract: Arctic Summer by Damon Galgut

01 June 2021

Against the backdrop of a world in flux at the start of a new century, Arctic Summer from Booker Prize-winning author of The Promise, Damon Galgut, portrays the life of British writer E. M. Forster: his inner turmoil, his search for love and the story behind one of the greatest novels in English, A Passage to India. ...

Extract: Better Off Dead by Lee Child & Andrew Child

01 June 2021

Jack Reacher is back, in the brand new thriller from bestselling authors Lee and Andrew Child. Relentless action, a gripping mystery and a host of evil new enemies who are soon going to learn... they'd be better off dead. Read on for an exclusive first chapter from Better Off Dead. ONE “THE STRANGER GOT...

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