Barry Unsworth

In medieval England, a runaway scholar-priest named Nicholas Barber has joined a traveling theater troupe as they make their way toward their liege lo

The first book to cover in-depth and from an insider's perspective the inception and rise of goth - one of the world's most enduringly popular musical

TWICE WINNER OF THE COSTA BOOK OF THE YEAR 'Barry writes bout unconditional love better than anyone I have ever read. Ever.' MELISSA HARRISON 'Ama

Politieman Tom Kettle is onlangs met pensioen gegaan en geniet van zijn rust in zijn nieuwe huis met uitzicht op de Ierse Zee. Maandenlang ziet hij na

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As Simon Raikes immerses himself in the painstaking task of cleaning and repairing, he is inexorably drawn to the stories of violence and lust which h

1914, and an English archaeologist called Somerville is fulfilling a lifelong dream: to direct an excavation in the desert of Mesopotamia. And Somervi

From the Booker Prize-winning author of Sacred Hunger, "a vivid, sinuous, profound, and entirely beguiling venture." -Richard Eder, Los Angeles Times.

"A masterful tale of treachery and duplicity. . . . Spellbinding."--New York Times

A story about the entangled and conflicted fortunes of two cousins: Erasmus Kemp, the son of a Lancashire merchant, and Matthew Paris, a scholar and s

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"Stunningly original. . . . Pulpy and juicy, full of wisdom and horror." -Los Angeles Times Book Review

Booker Prize-winning author Barry Unsworth's first novel, published for the first time in the United States.

When two men disembark from the same boat in Greece, their lives accidentally and frighteningly intersect.

A "powerfully done" (Times Literary Supplement) and tantalizingly semi-autobiographical novel from the author of the Booker Prize-winning Sacred Hunge

As the child of an absent mother and a disapproving father, Charles Cleasby found comfort in solitary games of chess. Many years later, in the house w

This early work by the Booker Prize-winning author Barry Unsworth chronicles one of his literary obsessions the corruption of innocence and forms it i

LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2023 THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER TWICE WINNER OF THE COSTA BOOK OF THE YEAR 'A masterpiece' Sunday Times

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