The Name Of The Rose

Umberto Eco

Read the enthralling medieval murder mystery behind the BBC TV Series The year is 1327. Franciscans in a wealthy Italian abbey are suspected of heresy, and Brother William of Baskerville arrives to investigate. When his delicate mission is suddenly overshadowed by seven bizarre deaths, Brother William t...

War And Peace

Leo Tolstoy

This beautiful Penguin Classics clothbound edition of Tolstoy's great novel is translated with an introduction and notes by Anthony Briggs, and with an afterword by Orlando Figes. At a glittering society party in St Petersburg in 1805, conversations are dominated by the prospect of war. Terror swiftly e...

The Truth Must Dazzle Gradually

Helen Cullen

An emotional, poignant and atmospheric literary novel from a critically-acclaimed rising star in Irish fiction 'There's a crack in everything, it's how the light gets in' Leonard CohenOn an island off the west coast of Ireland, the Moone family are poised for celebration - but are instead shattered by t...

I Look Forward to Hearing from You

Nick Bhasin

A funny, biting, satirical, madcap and moving rollercoaster ride through the crap side of Hollywood showbiz as seen through one man's descent into grief and madness. It's 2002. Hector Singh is an eccentric, moderately talented yet extremely confident aspiring TV writer hell bent on 'making it' in LA. H...