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Irma Voth is the nineteen year old narrator of this, Miriam Toews's fifth novel. She lives in a rural Mennonite community in Mexico. When a crew arrives to make a film about the community, Irma is immediately drawn towards the outsiders and is hired as a translator on set. But Irma's father, intractable and domineering, is determined to destroy the...

Paperback edition of the latest thriller from Glynn, the author of "Limitless" and "Winterland", which is also reissued this month. Moves from Dublin to New York via West Africa, exploring the legacy of corruption in big business. 'Glynn's talent is all his own, and his ability to ratchet up the tension is eye-popping.Laura Wilson, "Guardian"...

CONGO: A private security contractor loses it, with deadly consequences.IRELAND: An ex-prime minister struggles to contain a dark secret from his time in office.NEW YORK: A dramatic news story breaks in Paris just as a US senator begins his campaign to run for office.What connects them? Seemingly nothing - until a young journalist, investigating...

Chase Insteadman is a former child star whose current fame stems from tragedy: his fiancee Janice is trapped indefinitely on the International Space Station by a layer of low-orbit mines. They are both adrift, she in the stratosphere, he in a vague routine punctured both adrift, she in the stratosphere, he in a vague routine punctured by Upper...

On 12 May 1883, the German flag was raised on the coast of South-West Africa, modern Namibia - the beginnings of Germany's African Empire. As colonial forces moved in , their ruthless punitive raids became an open war of extermination. Thousands of the indigenous people were killed or driven out into the desert to die. By 1905, the survivors were...

The Victorian language of flowers was used to express emotions: honeysuckle for devotion, azaleas for passion, and red roses for love. But for Victoria Jones, it has been more useful in communicating feelings like grief, mistrust and solitude. After a childhood spent in the foster-care system, she is unable to get close to anybody, and her only...