Smart, witty and weirdly convincing… Pop culture is political to Hornby. Beneath this latest book’s stocking-filler-light surface, you can sense a subtle sort of crusade. By pairing these two artists, he’s making a couple of implicit assertions — that Prince is as important as Dickens and that Dickens is as fun as Prince.

Irving has become the incarnation of the ‘great American novelist’ par excellence with his fabulous gift as a storyteller and ability to give food for thought.

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A terrific black comedy, written almost entirely in pitch-perfect dialogue, that feels terrifying close to the unfunny truth.

Theroux is at his masterly best.

Essential reading for anyone interested in the history of religion in the modern United States.

I so loved this story. Few authors write with more heart, wisdom, and human insight than Elizabeth Berg.

The Ferryman is next to impossible to put down once you’ve read the first few pages.

“Brimming with a rich and unforgettable array of imagined and real historical figures who helped to shape Springfield, Illinois and the nation beyond during the turbulent time of slavery and the Civil War, The House of Lincoln is storytelling at its best.

Elegant, erudite, raunchy and fun, America’s great Man of Letters is working at the top of his form.

Once again, virtuoso Ford deftly sails the seas and storms of consciousness.

Forthcoming