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Gripping' Daily Mail 'Chloe Lane's writing continues to astound me' Clare Fuller, author of The Memory of Animals A searingly intimate exploration of marriage, motherhood and desire from a bold New Zealand talent. Georgie's marriage has stagnated. But in a Florida almost claustrophobic with life, there's no room to attend to it: forests burn, termites abound, teeth break, and there's something in her husband's eye. Then she finds a body i...

Thehotly anticipated debut novel from award-winning author Heather Parry, OrpheusBuilds a Girl is a truly chilling modern Gothic, based on a true story ofsexual obsession and evil masquerading as love. For fans of Carmen MariaMachado, Eliza Clark, Kristen Roupenian and Julia Armfield.

Its November, 1891. The body of a young woman is discovered at a crossroads on Boulevard Montmartre. Barefoot and dressed in red, she has been strangled and her face disfigured. That same day a single red shoe is delivered to Victor Legris' Parisian bookshop.

A modern fable of a young psychiatrist who sets off around the world to find out what makes people everywhere happy, after becoming depressed at the dissatisfaction of his French clients. A film will be released in August 2014 starring Simon Pegg and Rosamund Pike.

An adventure of debauchery, espionage, and the follies of a young court where ancient rivalries and grudges still linger.

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A funny and moving novel exalting the quiet victories of the inconspicuous among us.

A Parisian writer lacking inspiration finds the heroine of his next novel outside his apartment. Telling the story of octogenarian Madeleine and her family, he finds himself drawn deeper and deeper into their lives - with unexpected consequences

A fresh, provocative history that renews our understanding of France in the world through short, incisive essays ranging from prehistoric frescoes to Coco Chanel to the terrorist attacks of 2015. Bringing together an impressive group of established and up-and-coming historians, this bestselling history conceives of France not as a fixed, rooted entity, but instead as a place and an idea in flux, moving beyond all borders and frontiers, shaped ...

From the author of A Very Long Engagement, comes an ingenious psychological thriller.

When a young woman takes justice into her own hands after a horrific attack on the French Riviera, she thinks she has got away with it. But a mysterious stranger at a wedding has other ideas …

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Sensational' Sunday Times 'Remarkable' Daily Telegraph When the night train pulled into Paris, she was dead. And the riddle began . . . A beautiful young woman lies sprawled on her berth in the sleeping car of the night train from Marseille to Paris. She is not in the embrace of sleep, or even in the arms of one of her many lovers. She is dead. And the unpleasant task of finding her killer is handed to overworked, crime-weary police detective ...

Influential French author and Oulipo member Georges Perec's recollections of mid-century Paris life, across 480 numbered statements, each of which begins with the words 'I Remember'. Playful and careful in a manner comparable to Perec's novels. Introduced by David Bellos.

The second volume of Stephane Heuet's adaptation of Marcel Proust's epic literary reminiscence "In Search Of Lost Time" takes the action beyond the madeleine as the narrator engages with adolescence and increasing social awareness. Heuet's take on "Swann's Way" was praised by "NPR" as 'a literary gateway drug'.

Bored by his aimless life, sixty-year-old Marc decides to take his cat and his grown-up daughter, Anne, on an impromptu road trip. Despite its promising start, the journey soon takes a turn for the bizarre, and easy-going Marc comes to realise he doesn't really know his daughter at all.Shocking, hilarious and poignant, this final book from Pascal Garnier, published shortly before his death, is the author on top form. The book features an Intro...

A girl with a difficult upbringing finds solace and inspiration in nature, as her father exposes her to a criminal world based on male power and violence. From the author of "One Foot Wrong".