Edward is throwing a dinner party with Binny , his mistress. Aware that she has long been denied ...

Short-listed for the Booker Prize and named 'one of the greatest novels of all time' by The Obser...

With an outstanding introductory essay, one of the greatestliving English novelists has assembl...

Penguin Decades bring you the novels that helped shape modern Britain. When they were published, ...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 1998SHORTLISTED FOR THE GUARDIAN FICTION PRIZEWINNER OF THE JAME...

'The book I wish I'd written . . . Witty, chilling, every word in place' Hilary Mantel, GuardianW...

Quiet and reliable, Douglas Ashburner has never been much of a womaniser. So when he begins an ex...

WINNER OF THE WHITBREAD PRIZE FOR FICTION 1996WINNER OF THE COMMONWEALTH WRITERS' PRIZE 1997'A na...

Paranoid, wilful, lazy, the young Adolf Hitler turns up in Liverpool to stay with his brother Alo...

'A stellar literary event . . . written with panache and an enviable economy . . . the biggest ri...

In the summer of 1968, Rose sets off for the United States from Kentish Town; in her suitcase a p...

'This is one of Bainbridge's best books. The close observation and hilarity are underlain by a se...