Ben OKRI
In Arcadia
Vintage
ANG R OKR
A group of angry and ill-assorted people accept an invitation to make a journey. Inspired by a painting and financed by a mysterious benefactor, they set off to discover the real Arcadia. Or what remains of it.
Winner of the Booker Prize
Edwidge DANTICAT
Krik ? Krak !
Vintage (Contemporaries)
ANG R DAN
Nine stories describe life under dictatorship in Haiti and the experiences of families who fled to the United States to start new lives.
Adam DAVIES
The Frog king
Riverhead
ANG R DAV
Charles DICKENS
Hard Times
Penguin
ANG R DIC
James ELLROY
Clandestine
Arrow
ANG RP ELL
Set in Los Angeles in the 1950s, this is the story of Frederick Underhill’s dream to become the most celebrated detective of all time. The death of a lonely woman soon gives him his chance but instead of finding his career on the way up, Underhill finds his life about to collapse.
James ELLROY
Brown’s Requiem
Arrow
ANG RP ELL
This is the story of Fritz Brown’s nightmare, played out in the underworld of golf caddies, arson and incest, against a backdrop of Los Angeles - surreal by night and bad by day. Brown, the ex-alcoholic private eye, is driven back to the bottle and the gun.