A kooky, quirky, cheeky US debut.

Lin Kong, a devoted and ambitious doctor, is in love with an educated, modern woman, Mannu Wu. But, his family chose a wife for him when he was young. Tracing these lives through their summer of decision, this work conjures the texture of daily life in a place where the demands of human longing must contend with the weight of centuries of wisdom.

Pulitzer-winning, scintillating studies in yearning and exile from a Bengali Bostonian woman of immense promise.

As a boy in Brooklyn's Red Hook projects, James McBride knew his mother was different. But when he asked about it, she'd simply say 'I'm light-skinned'. This is James McBride's tribute to his remarkable, eccentric, determined mother, and an exploration of what family and the colour of your skin really means.

The inspirational tale of eight women who defied the confines of life in revolutionary Iran through the joy and power of literature.

Brothers Ron and Dan Lafferty insist they were commanded to kill by God.