Before the real city could be seen it had to be imagined, the way rumours and tall tales were a kind of charting... Zobraziť viac
London, 1945. The capital is still reeling from the war. 14-year-old Nathaniel and his older sister Rachel are abandoned by their parents who leave the country on business, and are left in the dubious care of a mysterious figure named The Moth... Zobraziť viac
In the early 1950s, an eleven-year-old boy boards a huge liner bound for England - a 'castle that was to cross the sea'. At mealtimes, he is placed at the lowly 'Cat's Table' with an eccentric group of grown-ups and two other boys, Cassius and... Zobraziť viac
A small cargo plane will come down to land, slipping from the level of the horizon. It tips its wings within desert light... Zobraziť viac
In the early 1950s, an eleven-year-old boy boards a huge liner bound for England - a 'castle that was to cross the sea'. At mealtimes, he is placed at the lowly 'Cat's Table' with an eccentric group of grown-ups and two other boys, Cassius and... Zobraziť viac
In a narrative as mysterious as memory itself - at once both shadowed and luminous - Warlight is a vivid, thrilling novel of... Zobraziť viac
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC: 'One of the most innovative and liberating writers of our time' Guardian 'Magnificent ... A wise... Zobraziť viac