FROM THE BOOKER PRIZE-WINNING AUTHOR OF GIRL, WOMAN, OTHER '[Mr Loverman is] Brokeback Mountain with ackee and saltfish and old people' Dawn French WINNER OF THE JERWOOD FICTION UNCOVERED PRIZE 2014 and FERRO GRUMLEY AWARD FOR LGBT FICTION 2015 Barrington Jedidiah Walker is seventy-four and leads a double life. Born and bred in Antigua, he's lived in Hackney since the sixties. A flamboyant, wise-cracking local character with a dapper taste in retro suits and a fondness for quoting Shakespeare, Barrington is a husband, father and grandfather - but he is also secretly homosexual, lovers with his great childhood friend, Morris. His deeply religious and disappointed wife, Carmel, thinks he sleeps with other women. When their marriage goes into meltdown, Barrington wants to divorce Carmel and live with Morris, but after a lifetime of fear and deception, will he manage to break away? Mr Loverman is a ground-breaking exploration of Britain's older Caribbean community, which explodes cultural myths and fallacies and shows the extent of what can happen when people fear the consequences of being true to themselves. Praise for Bernardine Evaristo: 'One of Britain's most innovative authors . . . Bernardine Evaristo always dares to be different' New Nation 'Evaristo remains an undeniably bold and energetic writer, whose world view is anything but one-dimensional' Sunday Times 'Audacious genre-bending, in-yer-face wit and masterly retellings of underwritten corners of history are the hallmarks of Evaristo's work' New Statesman

Bringing sixteenth-century Languedoc vividly to life, Kate Mosse's The Burning Chambers is a gripping story of love and betrayal, mysteries and secrets; of war and adventure, conspiracies and divided loyalties . . . Carcassonne 1562. Nineteen-year-old Minou Joubert receives an anonymous letter at her father?s bookshop. Sealed with a distinctive family crest, it contains just five words: SHE KNOWS THAT YOU LIVE. But before Minou can decipher the mysterious message, a chance encounter with a young Huguenot convert, Piet Reydon, changes her destiny forever. For Piet has a dangerous mission of his own, and he will need Minou?s help if he is to get out of La Cité alive . . . A thrilling adventure, and a heart-breaking love story, The Burning Chambers is a historical novel of pace, excitement, conspiracy and danger like no other . . .

SHORTLISTED FOR THE FOLIO PRIZE 2022br>br>SHORTLISTED FOR THE GOLDSMITHS PRIZE 2021br>br>SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKS ARE MY BAG FICTION AWARD 2021br>br>''Diamond-sharp, timely and urgent'' Observer, Best Debuts of 2021br>br>''Subtle, elegant, scorching'' Voguebr>br>''Virtuosic, exquisite, achingly unique'' Guardianbr>br>''I''m full of the hope, on reading it, that this is the kind of book that doesn''t just mark the moment things change, but also makes that change possible'' Ali Smithbr>br>''Exquisite, daring, utterly captivating. A stunning new writer'' Bernardine Evaristobr>br>Come of age in the credit crunch. Be civil in a hostile environment. Step out into a world of Go Home vans. Go to Oxbridge, get an education, start a career. Do all the right things. Buy a flat. Buy art. Buy a sort of happiness. But above all, keep your head down. Keep quiet. And keep going.br>br>The narrator of Assembly is a Black British woman. She is preparing to attend a lavish garden party at her boyfriend''s family estate, set deep in the English countryside. At the same time, she is considering the carefully assembled pieces of herself. As the minutes tick down and the future beckons, she can''t escape the question: is it time to take it all apart?br>br>Assembly is a story about the stories we live within - those of race and class, safety and freedom, winners and losers. And it is about one woman daring to take control of her own story, even at the cost of her life.br>br>''One of the most talked-about debuts of the year . . . You''ll read it in one sitting'' Sunday Times Stylebr>br>''Expertly crafted, remarkable, astonishing... A literary debut with flavours of Jordan Peele''s Get Out'' Bookseller, Editor''s Choicebr>br>''Virginia Woolf''s Mrs. Dalloway meets Citizen by Claudia Rankine... As breathtakingly graceful as it is mercilessly true'' Olivia Sudjicbr>br>''Bold and original, with a cool intelligence, and so very truthful about the colonialist structure of British society'' Diana Evansbr>br>''This marvel of a novel manages to say all there is to say about Britain today'' Sabrina Mahfouz>

Cent fiches qui mettent à l'honneur des séries classées en dix thématiques, avec des anecdotes et des informations insolites : les séries qui ont suscité des vocations, qui ont brisé les tabous, qui ont donné le pouvoir aux femmes ou encore qui ont réveillé les consciences. ©Electre 2021

Récit d'un voyage à travers le Japon en stop et hors des sentiers battus, avec des encadrés partageant des astuces pratiques ou approfondissant divers aspects de la culture du pays. Au fil des chapitres, l'auteur dresse le portrait des Japonais qu'il a rencontrés et relate les situations insolites auxquelles cette façon de voyager ainsi que le fait d'ignorer la langue du pays l'ont exposé. ©Electre 2021

La suite des aventures de Chito et Yuri, deux survivantes qui errent seules dans les décombres d'un monde dévasté, à la recherche d'un toit et de nourriture. Elles s'interrogent sur la vie de leurs ancêtres et leur propre futur. ©Electre 2021

Suite et fin des aventures de Chito et Yuri, deux survivantes qui errent seules dans les décombres d'un monde dévasté, à la recherche d'un toit et de nourriture. Elles s'interrogent sur la vie de leurs ancêtres et leur propre futur. ©Electre 2021

Dans ce livre, Vera Smets souhaite démystifier le monde financier. Avec le mot simplicité pour devise, elle s'efforce en premier lieu d'expliquer, d'une façon abordable pour tous, les principales notions de base. Nombre de concepts semblent simples de prime abord. Ainsi, la plupart des profanes en matière financière associent 'bénéfice' et 'liquidités'. Mais il s'agit de deux choses bien différentes: une entreprise peut être rentable… mais avoir néanmoins des problèmes de liquidités. Ce livre explique clairement comment cela est possible et comment y remédier.

SOON TO BE A NETFLIX ORIGINAL SERIES! #1 New York Times bestselling author Harlan Coben takes readers on an electrifying ride in this thriller that peeks behind the white picket fences of suburbia--where one mistake can change your life forever. One night, Matt Hunter innocently tried to break up a fight--and ended up a killer. Now, nine years later, he's an ex-con who takes nothing for granted. His wife, Olivia, is pregnant, and the two of them are closing on their dream house. But all it will take is one shocking, inexplicable call from Olivia's cell phone to shatter Matt's life a second time...

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b>The Christmas Party/b>b> is a delicious, page-turning story full of twists and turns. At an elegant country house party, shocking secrets and unexpected romances hide just beneath the surface . . . A must-read for the festive season by Karen Swan, the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Christmas Secret and Christmas at Tiffany's./b>When Declan Lorne, the last remaining knight in Ireland, dies suddenly, an ancient title passes with him. But his estate on Ireland's rugged south-west coast is left to his three daughters. The two eldest, Ottie and Pip, inherit in line with expectations, but to everyone's surprise - and dismay - it is the errant baby of the family, Willow, who gets the castle.Why her? Something unknown - something terrible - made her turn her back on her family three years earlier, escaping to Dublin and vowing never to return. So when Willow quickly announces she is selling up, her revenge seems sweet and the once-close sisters are pushed to breaking point: in desperation, Pip risks everything to secure her own future, and Ottie makes a decision that will ruin lives. It's each woman for herself.Before moving in, Connor Shaye, the prospective new owner, negotiates throwing a lavish party at the castle just days before Christmas - his hello, their goodbye. But as their secrets begin to catch up with them, Ottie, Willow and Pip are forced to ask themselves which is harder: stepping into the future, or letting go of the past?b>'A real treat to get absolutely lost in. Go on - spoil yourself!' - Veronica Henry, bestselling author of Christmas at the Beach Hut /b>What Karen's readers say . . .'This is a b>perfect winter's day read,/b> that will have you utterly absorbed...'br>'Full ofb> intrigue, secrets, heartbreak, love/b>'br>'If you're after a book with a b>truly Christmas feel,/b> full of drama, mystery, heart and hope then The Christmas Lights is a book for you'br>'Crammed with b>love, heartbreak and powerful secrets /b>this Christmas story with substance is not to be missed!'br>'The Christmas Lights is theb> perfect Christmas read/b> . . . The festive season can now commence!

"If you like Harlan Coben, you'll love Linwood Barclay." --Peter Robinson, author of Bad Boy Glen Garber, a contractor, has seen his business shaken by the housing crisis, and now his wife, Sheila, is taking a business course at night to increase her chances of landing a good-paying job. But she should have been home by now. With their eight-yearold daughter sleeping soundly, Glen soon finds his worst fears confirmed: Sheila and two others have been killed in a car accident. Grieving and in denial, Glen resolves to investigate the accident himself--and begins to uncover layers of lawlessness beneath the placid surface of their Connecticut suburb, secret after dangerous secret behind the closed doors. Propelled into a vortex of corruption and illegal activity, pursued by mysterious killers, and confronted by threats from neighbors he thought he knew, Glen must take his own desperate measures and go to terrifying new places in himself to avenge his wife and protect his child. "The writing is crisp; the twists are jolting and completely unexpected."--Stephen King, Entertainment Weekly "Fast-paced and with an irresistible blend of suspense and tension."--Tucson Citizen

The NSA's invincible code breaking machine encounters a code that it cannot break. The agency calls in its head cryptographer Susan Fletcher, a brilliant and beautiful mathematician. What she uncovers sends shock waves through the corridors of power.