Beijing, 1939. Murder, intrigue and a city on the verge of invasion. Paul French’s page-turning, true-crime thriller takes you back to the heady days of pre-war Beijing. In preparation for his booktalk here at The Bookworm on September 14th, check out his amazing website about the book, complete with additional photos, maps and multimedia fun. […]

The Man Booker Short list was announced this week. The following six writers have made the cut from the longlist: Julian Barnes The Sense of an Ending (Jonathan Cape – Random House) Carol Birch Jamrach’s Menagerie (Canongate Books) Patrick deWitt The Sisters Brothers (Granta) Esi Edugyan Half Blood Blues (Serpent’s Tail) Stephen Kelman Pigeon English (Bloomsbury) A.D. Miller Snowdrops (Atlantic) From more info on the prize visit […]

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