Tim Parks0.0 A paperback edition of a novel, unavailable for several years which tells of the havoc wreaked when religious fervour reaches fever pitch among the newly converted at an Easter houseparty. The author is a previous winner of The Betty Trask and Somerset Maugham awards and the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize.
Kate Saunders0.0 Hilda, 18, and her younger sisters, Bella and Gipsy, are living a dreary existence on the Isle of Wight in the early 1900s. Relieved when their carping mother dies, the girls as well as their companion, Miss Goddard, hope their father will return now that his wife can no longer torment him. When he does, however, he ignores or criticizes his daughters, lavishing love on a visitor he introduces as his cousin, Conrad Veitch. Conrad is a beautiful youth; he attracts Miss Goddard and the girls although they resent him as a self-proclaimed saint, bent on saving humans from damnation. When Hilda coaxes a kiss from the fanatic youth, she creates a situation that races to a deliciously fearful and funny climax that reveals Conrad's secret past and a surprising glimpse into the future of all concerned.
Филиппа Блейк0.0 This novel aims to show that the conventions needed to maintain colonial ways in a post-colonial age are inimical to those of an open and developing society, and that below the placid surface a frightening violence lurks. On leave in England in 1978, Patrick Whitman marries the inexperienced Julia and takes her back to East Africa to his dream house. To Julia it becomes a prison; the only liberty she finds is in the forbidden company of a servant's son. By degrees the boy's friendship turns to tyranny.
Peter Benson0.0 The Somerset Levels, where fields bleed water and the land meets the sky in a damp blur, are home to Billy. He is a basket maker and a thinker. His idyllic world is undisturbed until the day Muriel and her mother move into the district and Billy, innocent of their urban ways, falls in love.
Matthew Kneale0.0 Daniel Thayne, a young Englishman, finds himself trapped in Tokyo. Working illegally in a ramshackle language school, his passport lost, he is hustled towards marriage with Keiko, his Japanese girlfriend. In the gloom of the rainy season, Daniel's life takes on a nightmarish quality—his devious boss, Mrs. Chiba, refuses to pay him any money, a stranger accosts him with a mysterious special offer, a foul Australian takes him to an unspeakable whores' meeting place, and Samuel Echtbein, an American, is a constant thorn in Daniel's side. But most threatening of all are the Haradas, Keiko's family, who take control of his life. This title was originally published as Whore Banquets.
