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Features three tales from the hand of master storyteller Patrick McGrath. This work excavates the layers of New York's turbulent history.

Smart, sassy and cynical, Alison lives for the moment. Young and beautiful, hip and indulgent, sex-crazed and alcohol-fuelled, she can neither pay her fees for drama school nor track down her indifferent father. She juggles rent money with abortion f

Punctuated with illustrations, this book presents a collection of short fiction stories from Margaret Atwood.

Robard Hewes has driven across the country in search of a woman named Buena who, twelve years ago, infused him with a feeling that has now turned into obsession. Sam Newel has travelled from Chicago seeking the missing piece of himself. They both fin

A literary thriller that explores the passionate relationship between reader and writer, between the factual and the fictional, between sanity and madness.

This is one of the most acclaimed novels of the last two decades and winner of the Pulitzer Prize for fiction

John Brown is America's most famous political terrorist, who in 1859 raided the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia, intending to galvanise the Southern slaves into rebellion. This is John's story, told by his son. It recreates pre-Civil War A

An extraordinary novel that will propel the International Man Booker Prize-nominated Tomas Eloy Martinez to wide recognition and major sales

`CREEPY, CHILLING AND CLAUSTROPHOBIC' TIME OUT On a sultry Mediterranean day, Terence, a London lawyer, his beautiful wife Cathy, a doctor, and their young daughter Lucy are relaxing on their yacht. Suddenly, a storm whips up from n

Boek Miss Webster And Cherif, geschreven door Patricia Duncker, uitgegeven door Van Ditmar Boekenimport B.V., FICTION / General

Comic riffs and diatribes on the America of G.W. Bush from the author of Slaughterhouse 5

Both a thrilling road trip across America and a moving story about language, love and identity from one of America's finest novelists. Dana has been accused of crimes she did not commit, and in proving her innocence, she and her lover must test the l

A younger novel by master storyteller Louis Sachar. A child genius struggles with what it means to be quite so clever.

An utterly stunning debut novel of love and loss

Boek Ophelia, geschreven door Lisa Klein, uitgegeven door Van Ditmar Boekenimport B.V., JUVENILE FICTION / General

Boek At The House Of The Magician, geschreven door Mary Hooper, uitgegeven door Van Ditmar Boekenimport B.V., JUVENILE FICTION / General

'Possibly the most gifted exegete of North American mass culture writing today. JPod is without doubt his strongest, best-observed novel since Microserft, to which it is a kind of sequel' Observer Ethan and his five co-workers are marooned in JPod

Boek Chicken Dance, geschreven door Jacques Couvillon, uitgegeven door Van Ditmar Boekenimport B.V., JUVENILE FICTION / General

Boek The Littlest Dinosaur, geschreven door Michael Foreman, uitgegeven door Van Ditmar Boekenimport B.V., JUVENILE FICTION / General

Moving, expertly crafted novel based on the life of writer Stephen Crane at the turn of the 20th century. From the author of }A Boy's Own Story{ and many other acclaimed works

A stunning new novel about a young jazz singer from the acclaimed author of The Icarus Girl

Every night, Kawashima Masayuki creeps from his bed and watches over his baby girl's crib while his wife sleeps. But this is no ordinary domestic scene. He has an ice pick in his hand, and a barely controllable desire to use it. Deciding to confront

A powerful and haunting debut, set in Moscow in 1939. The great author Isaac Babel is spending his last days in prison, forbidden to write. His works are consigned to Pavel Dubrov, who must destroy them. But he decides to save them, whatever the cost

Bad Monkeys.

A brilliant historical novel set in Victorian London, this follows Dora Damage, whose determination to rescue her family from poverty leads her into a web of sex, money, deceit and the law. Will appeal to fans of }Fingersmith{ and }The Alchemist's Da

Boek Beethoven Was One-Sixteenth Black, geschreven door Nadine Gordimer, uitgegeven door Van Ditmar Boekenimport B.V., FICTION / General

When Coraline moves to a new house she is fascinated by the fact that their house is in fact only half a house. Divided into flats years before, the other flat, it soon becomes clear to Coraline, is not quite as cosy and safe as her own.

Jem is a joyful mystery to Alice. She is something to give thanks for. And when she disappears from Alice's life, as suddenly as she entered it, a whirl of glamour, subversion and literary references, Alice is left bereft. But then she meets Giovanni

Bad, mad, flame-haired cellist Stella, adulterous Jonathan and high-spirited sisters Ellen and Lydia Dent find their fates bound together through love, loss and literature in this dazzling tragicomedy

WINNER of the 2010 Cilip Carnegie Medal, the Newbery Medal and the Booktrust Teenage Book Prize 2009, and shortlisted for the Kate Greenaway AwardStunningly illustrated by Chris Riddell, who brings the ghouls, ghosts and hero wonderfully to life in t

A novel about friendship and survival, set in the cocoa plantations of West Africa A brilliant addition to Sally's contemporary issue books with a global perspective

A book of dreams and wishes for a newborn child that celebrates the glory of growing up.

A bright, bold and inventive picture book from award-winning duo Neil Gaiman and Dave McKean Shortlisted for the 2010 Kate Greenaway Award

Four men. One dangerous secret.

Boek Novel About My Wife, geschreven door Emily Perkins, uitgegeven door Van Ditmar Boekenimport B.V., FICTION / General

Three sons. Three mums. One week.