The Poisonwood Bible is a 1998 novel by Barbara Kingsolver, which tells the story of a missionary family, the Prices, who in 1959 move from the U.S. state of Georgia to the village of Kilanga in the Belgian Congo, close to the Kwilu River.
Percival Everett’s gleeful reboot of Mark Twain puts the enslaved Jim centre stage in a horrifying, painful and funny novel
An affectionate biography of the polymath includes details of never-produced gems such as Monty Python’s Third World War
A definitive new biography takes in adventures on the Mississippi, racist stereotypes and get-rich-quick schemes.
National Book Award Winner! This deeply provocative novel reimagines the past as an eerie place that has startling resonance for readers today.
Iain Pears’ intricately plotted, highly intelligent and very enjoyable novel, An Instance of the Fingerpost, explores the troubling and problematic side of the historical movement labelled with the smug term ‘The Enlightenment’.
