NARRATED BY JACK LOWDEN'A quirky and original debut that sizzles with scintillating prose.' BERNARDINE EVARISTO'Michael Pedersen is a rare writer of real passion and power and this debut is phenomenal.' MATT HAIGLife on a remote island is turned upside down by a stranger's arrival, testing bonds of family and tradition and leaving a young dreamer's future hanging in the balance.It's no ordin...

'An intricately, perfectly mapped journey into self-liberation. It ventures the question: how to live with, rather than against, oneself - an enormous, shimmering question that now lives inside me. I think it will for the rest of my days.' Samantha Harvey'A joyful and generative novel about running away to make a new home for a new self.' Sarah Moss'An outstanding sense of place and inner space: unsettling as well as memorable.' Marg...

A lost dystopian classic, set in a future without death, introduced by Sophie Mackintosh, for fans of Jeff VanderMeer, Emily St. John Mandel, and Jacqueline Harpman's I Who Have Never Known Men.*'*A dazzling, deadpan nightmare.' Kaliane Bradley, author of The Ministry of Time'A chilling, thought-provoking tale about the unexpected perils of eternal life.' Andrew Hunter MurrayYou don't own yourse...

An intimate and original memoir of love, grief and male friendship by one of Scotland's brightest young talents.'As perfect a portrait of friendship as I've ever read.'STEPHEN FRY'Lucid, lyrical, loaded . . . A love letter to friendship.'JACKIE KAY'A lovely book: bright and heartfelt, funny and refreshing.'ANDREW O'HAGAN'A beautiful, moving, life-affirming book.'

A monumental speculative fiction story of love, loyalty, politics, and conscience, set in parallel Londons."This mystical coming-of-age tale...is sure to please fans of thought-provoking speculative fiction."—Publishers Weekly"A River Called Time is a masterful reimagining of the African diaspora's influence on England, and on the world. It's a grand tale and still an intimate portrait of loss and love. What glory a...