Dark family secrets come to light in this novel of "nearly Dickensian proportions" set in Paris, New York, and St. Petersburg ( The New Yorker).Thirty-two-year-old Gabriel Glover arrives in St. Petersburg from London to find his Russian mother dead in her apartment. Reeling from grief, Gabriel and his twin sister, Isabella, arrange the funeral—without contacting their manipulative and self-indulgent father, who is off living his own decadent life ...

'A humane, humorous and ultimately extremely moving novel' Guardian'A darkly comic, deeply moving and thoroughly modern father-son love story' Mail on Sunday'Funny, moving, disturbing and beautifully written' Adam Kay'Tremendously moving, fiercely intelligent and very, very funny' Paul MurrayLouis Lasker loves his family dearly – apart from when he doesn’t. There’s a lot of history. His father...

A gripping story of modern-day love and old-fashioned revenge. He is not quite as clever as he thinks he is. She is smarter than she seems.Jasper thinks that he has found the perfect life. A world-class calligrapher and a serial seducer, he is happily transcribing the immortal songs and sonnets of John Donne for his wealthy patron. But when a shameless infidelity catches up with him, things begin to unravel. Worse still, one afternoon the perfect woman turns up beneath his studio w...

Chez les Lasker, les relations familiales ne sont pas de tout repos. Abîmée par un divorce difficile et des secrets profondément enfouis, la fratrie atypique formée par Louis, Ralph et Jack n’en demeure pas moins soudée. Alors, lorsque leur père doit faire face à une maladie incurable, ils se retrouvent pour l’accompagner dans un dernier voyage vers la Suisse. L’occasion pour les quatre hommes de faire le point sur leurs rancœurs, leurs regrets, leurs failles, mais aussi leurs joies et leu...

There is only one way in and there is only one way out: the river.One stifling afternoon, a mysterious supply boat docks at a research station deep in the jungle. To Dr Forle and his team of naturalists, its passengers are unwelcome. Ruthless, uninvited, and bringing corruption to the life of the forest, they force Forle, already a fugitive from his past, to confront his darkest impulses . . .‘An unusually intelligent thriller that refuses to take sides’

Alone in her native St Petersburg, Maria Glover sends an urgent summons to London and New York. Her son and daughter arrive too late to see her, but the end of their mother’s life marks the beginning of their own story: one of secrets, strangers, and the ultimate retelling of everything they thought they knew.‘Docx knows that what we want most from a novel are stories into which we can sink our teeth and our hearts. His ability to evoke the atmosphere of a city is almost Dickensian...

Lou fährt seinen unheilbar kranken Vater Larry zu einer Klinik in Zürich – sein Vater möchte Sterbehilfe in Anspruch nehmen, was in seiner Heimat England gesetzlich verboten ist. Als nach vielen Kilometern in ihrem 80er- Jahre-VW Lous ältere Halbbrüder nach erstem Widerstand doch noch dazustoßen, deckt die Reise immer mehr innerfamiliäre Befindlichkeiten auf. Sie kämpfen, streiten, lachen, betrinken sich, philosophieren über das Leben und sich selbst – ein Roman, in dem sich jede Leserin u...

'A humane, humorous and ultimately extremely moving novel' Guardian'A darkly comic, deeply moving and thoroughly modern father-son love story' Mail on Sunday'Tremendously moving, fiercely intelligent and very, very funny' Paul MurrayLouis Lasker loves his family dearly – apart from when he doesn’t. There’s a lot of history. His father’s marriages, his mother’s death; one brother in exile, another in denial; everything said, everythin...

This volume collects together four of celebrated poet and preacher John Donne's most passionate sermons on death. Dean of St Paul's, John Donne was fêted in his day not just as a poet but also as an inspired and energetic preacher, and these four extended meditations on death are amongst his most powerful and dramatic writings. The magnificent 'Death's Duel' is published here alongside his Lent sermons for the two previous years (1629 and 1630), along with his Easter Day sermon of 1619, pr...