In the shade of a banyan tree sits Margayva, self-styled adviser on the complex minor transactions which are an integral part of Indian life. But a scrape with officialdom in the form of an unplanned interview with the Co-operative Bank's secretary temporarily curtails a lucrative career.

The title character in The English Teacher, Narayan's most autobiographical novel, searches for meaning when the death of his young wife deprives him of his greatest source of happiness.

In Waiting for the Mahatma, a young drifter meets the most beautiful girl he has ever seen - an adherent of Mahatma Gandhi - and commits himself to Gandhi's Quit India campaign, a decision that will test the integrity of his ideals against the strength of his passions.

Number One bestselling author Deborah Harkness makes a triumphant return to her beloved All Souls world in The Black Bird Oracle, sweeping back to the Salem Panic as Diana journeys to the darkest places within herself - and her family history.

A breathtaking parable of death and deception from the twice Booker-shortlisted author

An exquisite early work by the twice Man Booker-shortlisted Damon Galgut, 'a novelist of great and growing power' (Rian Malan)

From number one bestseller Ken Follett, Edge of Eternity is the epic final volume in the Century trilogy: Five families. Three decades. One extraordinary era.

From number one bestseller Ken Follett, Fall of Giants is an epic of love, hatred, revolution and as the Great War begins, the lives of five families become entwined forever.

From number one bestseller Ken Follett, Winter of the World is a story about five linked families as they live out their destinies while the world is shaken by tyranny and war in the mid-twentieth century.

A haunting exploration of love and loss by the Beckett of the twenty-first century (Le Monde).