The Sweetness of Water by Nathan Harris

The Sweetness of Water by Nathan HarrisLONGLISTED FOR THE 2021 BOOKER PRIZE AND 2022 DYLAN THOMAS PRIZE A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER, OPRAH BOOK CLUB PICK AND BARACK OBAMA 2021 SELECTION 'A fine, lyrical novel, impressive in its complex interweaving of the grand and the intimate, of the personal and political' Observer Landry and Prentiss are two brothers born into slavery, finally freed as the American Civil War draws to its bitter close. Cast into the world without a penny to their names,

in order to expose the truth

Helen Macdonald brings together a collection of her best-loved writing along with new pieces covering a thrilling range of subjects

swim the longest rivers

Dog Man finds himself the target of an all-new supervillain

In this witty reworking of popular nursery rhymes

she attends inquests

when their March doubles make decisions that will change their lives forever

He was particularly interested in carnivorous and climbing plants

Hand-picked by award-winning author Louise Welsh

Fly into a fiery and fantastical future with No

'A fierce light

being mermaids