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My Eyes Went Dark

My Eyes Went Dark

by Matthew Wilkinson

Bloomsbury Publishing

Stricken by the loss of his family in a plane crash, Nikolai Koslov resolves to see justice done. His lonely, unwavering quest takes him to the edge of reason, vengeance and the meaning of mutual forg…

Not Now

Not Now

by David Ireland

Bloomsbury Publishing

The morning after his father's funeral, an unsure and still grief-stricken Matthew prepares to fly to London to audition for the prestigious drama school, RADA. When his painter-decorator Uncle Ray in…

Not Quite Jerusalem

Not Quite Jerusalem

by Paul Kember

Samuel French Ltd

It’s 1979, and Mike, Carrie, Pete and Dave have fled grim, divided England for the sunshine, sex, beer and bagels of a Israeli kibbutz. Only to find that what was supposed to be a working holiday is m…

Obama-ology

Obama-ology

by Aurin Squire

Bloomsbury Publishing

When African-American college graduate Warren takes a job with the 2008 Obama campaign, he’s fired up and ready to go – until he lands in the troubled streets of East Cleveland. But somewhere between …

Oh, to be in England

Oh, to be in England

by David Pinner

Bloomsbury Publishing

Frighteningly prescient, and tragically current, Oh, To Be In England is a dark comedic examination what it means to live in an ex-empire in economic free-fall, and the political and personal extremis…

Operation Crucible

Operation Crucible

by Kieran Knowles

Bloomsbury Publishing

A story of four ordinary men in extraordinary times... On the 12 December 1940, more than six hundred people lost their lives in over seven hours of continuous bombing by Germany's Luftwaffe. Their ob…