Moscow to Paris in a sidecar: an epic, crazy 2,500 mile road trip following Napoleon’s retreat
October 1812, Napoleon enters...

An emblematic story of the shipwreck of the Arab Spring
At his father’s funeral, to the great consternation of all present,...

Whoever the lambdas might be, and wherever they really come from, they’re already here among us.
Outwardly alien arrivals from a...

It’s the darkest time of night. Adriana, a baby in her arms, hammers on her sister's door. Who is she running from? What...

Giovanna's pretty face has changed: it's turning into the face of an ugly, spiteful adolescent. But is she seeing things as they...

Ferocity combines the suspense of Gillian Flynn’s Gone Girl, the contemporary realism of Jonathan Franzen’s Freedom, and the...

A kaleidoscopic, cosmopolitan novel infused with inky noir
Return to the Dark Valley tells the stories of four immigrants united...

June 1994. Twenty-year-old Daniele wakes up in a hospital room surrounded by strangers. Slowly, memories of the previous night...

The second instalment in the Ottoman Quartet—the masterful saga of Turkish history by Ahmet Altan—follows the vast and vivid cast...

Sabine dreams of living as an artist in Paris; Helene has grown up living between her middle-class aunt and uncle and her more...

From her home in Paris, Lina recalls the story of three women whose lives unfold in the conservative city of Barranquilla in...

The Republic of the Congo, 1964. A young man is facing a firing squad, preparing for his last moment on Earth. He reflects on his...

Ever since he was murdered, life has not been the same for Andrew Stilman. On the morning of July 9, 2012, New York Times...