The accidental bequest of a cello bow from his dead father sets Feliu Delargo on the course of becoming a musician, unlikely given his beginnings in a dusty village in Catalonia. This title presents the history of Feliu Delargo, who just misses being 'Feliz' by a misunderstanding at his birth, which he barely survives.

Ten-year-old George Davies, in the wake of his father's unexpected death, is experiencing ominous visions - some friendly, others outright terrifying. When a mysterious murder is ultimately revealed, the stakes are suddenly much higher for him and his family. Is it metal illness or is George possessed by a darker, more malevolent force?

Snipers in the hills overlook the shattered streets of Sarajevo. Knowing that the next bullet could strike at any moment, the ordinary men and women below strive to go about their daily lives as best they can. Kenan faces the agonizing dilemma of crossing the city to get water for his family.

Revitalises the American road trip novel, from the perspective of a vulnerable but spirited woman. This book paints an earthy and surprising picture of 1920s America, its smells and textures, its population of drifters and con artists, pimps and prostitutes. It is epic in sweep, but intimate and psychologically acute, moving but unsentimental.

'No matter what,' Julia had said, aware then of what was coming, 'let's always play cards.' And they did; for even with her memory gone, a little more of it each day - her children taken, her house, her flowerbeds, belongings, clothes - their games in the communal drawing room were a reality her affliction allowed.

The extraordinary true story of the discovery of one of the greatest mathematicians

In the history of the Fishers, there are two Georges. One is a eleven year old, raised in boarding houses and backstages; the other, a dummy who belonged to George's grandfather. The two Georges know nothing of each other. While the dummy lies dusty, his namesake sets out to learn about his grandfather's past and their family's history.

Major new novel from the 2003 Orange Prize-winning author of PROPERTY

A stunning and evocative first novel with the power of A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS, HALF OF A YELLOW SUN and THE ISLAND

Sex, drugs and gay bars: a twenty-first-century coming-of-age tale

As he's about to commit a massive act of violence, he finds himself shot back through time to resurface in the body of an FBI agent during the civil rights era, where he sees why 'Hell is Red River, Idaho, in the 1970s'. This book seeks an understanding of why human beings hate.

Kaddish Poznan chips the names off gravestones for a living, removing traces of disreputable ancestors for their more respectable kin. His wife works in insurance, earning money when people live longer than they fear. As Argentina's Dirty War unfolds around them, their sometimes hilarious misadventures are soon replaced by something much darker.

A small nomadic settlement is thrown into turmoil by the theft of a book...

'The Horse-Whisperer' meets Annie Proulx in a tale of two sisters, raised on a riding ranch who try and escape their upbringing.

A book can change your life forever...

Explores the power of what is not told, of the secrets that can shape us more profoundly than everything we believe to be true. This book talks about Rajiv Travers, the child of an Indian mother and English father, who is abandoned first to relatives in London and later to the care of his uncle's mistress, Ruth Winters, in a small American town.

A pyschological thriller in which four women are stalked - possibly by a war criminal or someone closer to home

In 1948, when he is fifteen, Trond spends a summer in the country with his father. The events - the accidental death of a child, his best friend's feelings of guilt and eventual disappearance, his father's decision to leave the family for another woman - will change his life forever.

Chronicles Jack Kerouac's years traveling the North American continent with his friend Neal Cassady, a sideburned hero of the snowy West.

Japan, 1939. Two orphaned brothers are growing up with grandparents who inspire them to dream of a future firmly rooted in tradition. The older boy, Hiroshi, shows signs of promise at sumo wrestling, while Kenji is fascinated by the art of Noh Theatre masks. But as the ripples of war spread, the brothers must put their dreams on hold.