justin cartwright

Culture is not an industry argues that art and culture in the UK need to renew their social contract and re-align with the radical agenda for a more e

A stunning new novel from the author of The Promise of Happiness

In Justin Cartwright's fourth, immaculately written novel, a journalist and filmmaker tells the story of his attempt to unravel the mystery of his fat

'A wonderfully observed novel which provides a rare outsider's glimpse of the quiet despair that lurks behind those bright, perfectly-formed American

A memoir and an attempt to understand how the Oxford myth has survived into the 21st century.

Charles Judd meanders round his local Cornish beach, contemplating the turns his life has taken. His wife Daphne struggles hopelessly with the latest

The Whitbread-shortlisted novel from the bestselling author of THE PROMISE OF HAPPINESS

A darkly comic novel about a rich family on the edge of ruin, by the author of the Booker-shortlisted In Every Face I Meet and Richard & Judy selectio

A gratifyingly unsound psychological odyssey . . . Cartwright destabilizes the novel's placid surface with aftershocks of historical tragedies. - The

Wonderful Booker Prize-shortlisted novel now reissued

David Cross is surrounded by secrets. When his wife Nancy was alive he kept secrets from her and now that she is dead, he must hide his new happiness

'Cartwright makes his pages as vividly sensuous as they are caustically intelligent' The Sunday Times

A contemporary tale of belief, identity, the nature of fiction and the power of romance, Lion Heart is Justin Cartwright’s most inventive and powerful

'The satirical English novel of the decade' ObserverFrom the moment an unemployed City broker is devoured by an escapee from the Zoo, we are embarked

A novel about politics, film, history and, above all, love.

An inspiring story about how even the smallest children can change the world.