A powerful new novel, a bestseller in the US, from one of the most celebrated American writers of her generation.

'The Namesake' is the story of a boy brought up Indian in America.

Paul McLeod, patriarch of a Scottish family and a retired newspaper editor, is on a package tour after the death of his wife. The story of his departure from the family home in Scotland and late gesture towards some sort of freedom gives way to his eldest son's life. This a novel about how we live and how family ties can offer redemption and joy.

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.

When Raul Espana falls ill, his wife Lydia, who had enjoyed a life of luxury as the mayor's daughter in Cuba, finds herself cleaning the apartments of rich New Yorkers. Among her employers is Mr Osprey, a paragon of glamour and money who becomes involved in the lives of Lydia and her children.

Piano tuner Edgar Drake receives a strange request from the War Office: he must leave his wife and his life in London, to travel to the jungles of Burma to tune a piano. So begins the journey of Edgar across Europe, the Red Sea, India, Burma and at last into the remoteness of the Shan States.