When Polly and Theo Noble book the Casa Luna for their summer holiday they plan a civilised Anglo-American house-party with Theo's brother Daniel, his girlfriend, and Polly's old schoolfriend. But the Casa Luna is a place where strange things happen and anyone who lives there risks unexpected joys and sorrows.
When Polly and Theo Noble book the Casa Luna for their summer holiday they plan a civilised Anglo-American house-party with Theo's brother Daniel, his...
The great opportunistic metropolis that is 21st-century London draws in thousands of immigrants. This population fills the spaces unwanted by the majority - invisible, untraceable and powerless. So when a murdered girl is fished from Hampstead Ponds one morning, she could be anyone.
The great opportunistic metropolis that is 21st-century London draws in thousands of immigrants. This population fills the spaces unwanted by the majo...
A Vicious Circle exposes the corruption of London's journalistic circuit, the horrors of our hospitals and slums, and the transformations caused by motherhood. Gripping, tender and fiercely funny, it has been instantly recognised as a modern classic about the way we live now.
A Vicious Circle exposes the corruption of London's journalistic circuit, the horrors of our hospitals and slums, and the transformations caused by mo...
Knotshead is a school catering for the children of the rich, famous, liberal - and deluded. With its progressive curriculum, complacent staff and beautiful grounds, it looks like Paradise. But the clever, the odd and the bookish are relentlessly persecuted as pupils make their own rules in a bubble of privilege and prejudice. When Alice, the Headmaster's intellectual step-daughter, and the much-expelled American millionaire Winthrop T Sheen join forces against the school bully, Grub Viner, a gifted pianist and school "joker", has to choose between love and loyalty, and black comedy...
Knotshead is a school catering for the children of the rich, famous, liberal - and deluded. With its progressive curriculum, complacent staff and beau...