This is no ordinary history, but something stranger, a challenge and a delight for the reader's imagination. Ambitious yet accessible, witty and playfully serious, this is the work of a brilliant novelist. Learn More

Iain Bank's masterly novel reveals his unique ability to combine gripping narrative with a relentlessly voyaging imagination. Learn More

This virtuoso story, chock-full of plots and subplots, shows the skill of both author and translator who impart all the action without a crucial grammatical prop: the letter e . Learn More

Recently awarded the prize of Germany's most beautiful book, the "Atlas of Remote Islands" is a intricately designed masterpiece that will delight map lovers everywhere. Judith Schalansky lures us across all the oceans of the world to fifty remote islands - from St Kilda to Easter Island and from Tristan da Cunha to Disappointment Island - and proves that some of the most memorable journeys can be taken by armchair travellers. Learn More

In this incisive study, Albert Bermel looks closely at Antonin Artaud's work as a playwright, director, actor, designer, producer and critic, and provides a fresh insight into his ideas, innovations and, above all, his writings. Learn More

Caligula reveals some aspects of the existential notion of 'the absurd' by portraying an emperor so mighty and so desperate in his search for freedom that he inevitably destroys gods, men and himself. Learn More

'All the stories in Cathedral are different; some funny, some hauntingly sad. Each has its own individual and curious power' Daily Telegraph Learn More

In his extraordinary third novel, David Mitchell erases the boundaries of language, genre and time to offer a meditation on humanities dangerous will to power, and where it may lead us. Learn More

The definitive cult, post-modern novel a shocking blend of violence, transgression and eroticism. Learn More