But ultimately this is Jay McInerney doing what he does best, presenting us with the life of New York City in all its deeply personal and moral complexity.

'So honest and pure as to count as a true rapture' JOAN DIDION 'A poetic masterpiece' JOHNNY DEPP 'Our St John of the Cross, a mystic full of compassion' EDMUND WHITE 'A roadmap to my life', from the National Book Award-winning author of ...

This new edition features brand-new jacket art and an afterword by the author on the origins of this unique and wonderfully funny story.

LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILEYS WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION SHORTLISTED FOR THE WELLCOME BOOK PRIZE From the moment Alma Whittaker steps into the world, everything about life intrigues her.

In his most fully realized and compassionate novel to date, T.C. Boyle transforms two characters straight out of history into rich, mythic creations whose tortured love and epic story is intimate enough to break readers' hearts.

A stunning novel about a young jazz singer from the acclaimed author of The Icarus Girl.

I made some interesting friends, had enough money to get around and learned a lot about the world that I could never have learned in any other way. At last, forty years later, here is The Rum Diary the long-lost novel by Hunter S. Thompson.

Hailed by "Newsweek" as "a superb and humane social critic," McInerney has written a novel rich with characters and events, both comic and harrowing, revealing the moral complexities in New York after the 9/11 attacks as well as the toll ...

A memoir of a young boy's unusual travels with his mother.

The international bestseller- 4.5 million copies sold worldwide.....'Nail-biting coutroom drama . a page-whizzing narrative . a message of profound optimism- minutely plotted, eloquently delivered' -Independent on Sunday