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BOY A is being (re)Published tomorrow, with a beautifully written introduction, by the amazing young writer Colin Walsh, in the @serpentstail 'Classics' list.
I was a young writer once.
Now I'm a 'Classic'.
It's very flattering, to be a Classic.
But it's not like being young...
From Christian Kracht, author of former Waterstones Fiction Book of the Month Eurotrash, comes a tour de force of invention and ambiguity, as two men venture through strange landscapes towards unknowable destinations. Preorder AIR here: waterstones.com/book/air/chr…
My Name Is Lucy Barton meets Harry and Sally in this witty, moving portrait of a long New York marriage.
#ThisIsALoveStory by Jessica Soffer is out now in paperback.
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A homage to New York, to pleasure, loss and love that endures despite or perhaps because of what life throws at us 💚
#ThisIsALoveStory is out now in paperback!
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Why do we eat the way we eat now? 🍓
🍓 ‘Laugh-out-loud funny’ Vogue
🍫 ‘Delightful snark’ New York Times
Get 25% off the #AllConsuming paperback, when you pre-order from @waterstones until February 20th and use code: FEB26
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#ThisIsALoveStory by Jessica Soffer is out now in paperback!
A witty, moving portrait of a long New York marriage 💚
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'Clamorous, inventive and polyphonic ... Saraswati is a welcome shift from the family dramas and autofictions that have tended to dominate literary renderings of India'
A stellar @nytimes review for #Saraswati by @GurnaikJohal 🌊
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'A revelation - the kind of novel to read in one sitting' Liz Moore, bestselling author of The God of the Woods.
#ThisIsALoveStory by Jessica Soffer is out next week in paperback 💚
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Larissa Pham's debut novel #Discipline is out today!
Taut and provocative, the novel follows Christine, a writer touring her debut novel – a fictionalised account of an affair with her professor. When he gets in touch she's drawn back into his orbit.
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'Combines deep philosophical inquiry with thriller vibes'
#Discipline by Larissa Pham reviewed in The Crack Magazine. Pham's taut and provocative debut novel is out tomorrow 💚
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'I, for one, could listen to Bordas's characters talking and thinking all day. One Sun Only is a truly effortless collection'
A stunning @IrishTimes review for Camille Bordas' #OneSunOnly, out now 🍳
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Join beloved comedian @mrrobnewman at the Sevenoaks Bookshop where he'll be discussing his upcoming novel #Intelligence 📚
An irresistible novel about love, secrets and wartime espionage, set against the backdrop of the Second World War.
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'One of the best new collections I've read in a long time' TELEGRAPH 5-STAR REVIEW
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Don't miss Camille Bordas' fresh, witty and poignant short story collection #OneSunOnly, publishing today: tinyurl.com/OneSunOnly
The #NightSwimmers audiobook publishes today 💙
A moving family story, for fans of Elizabeth Strout's Olive Kitteridge or Annie Proulx's The Shipping News on the edge on the Irish Sea.
🐚 'Heaven' Katherine May
🐚 'A glowing novel' Irish Times
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'One of the best new collections I’ve read in a long time'
A stellar review for Camille Bordas' #OneSunOnly, publishing new week 🍳
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