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Red Laal
‘Another gangster with all the presence of a ghost. Just stories you hear over the years. Heavyweight. King shit. Bad arse. Red Laal… If there did exist a Pakistani Don Corleone, then this was him.’
Rites
Debut from Sophie Coulombeau, winner of the Next Great Novelist Award 2012.
‘Terrific. A story that’s intriguing, puzzling and entirely gripping.’ – Philip Pullman
Everything Now
Everything Now – where we can have whatever we want, whenever we want it. ‘If stuff made us happy, we’d be the happiest people in history. Everything Now explains why we’re not.’ – David Hepworth, Word
All Embracing and Other Stories
‘Shining a tender light on the human heart, these stories capture the dignity of ordinary individuals and the wonderful everydayness of love. A delight to read.’ – Michelle Spring, Royal Literary Fellow, Magdalene College, Cambridge. Longlisted for the 2012 Frank O’Connor International Short Story Prize.
Stories From A World Of Music
A book of stories gathered at Musicport Festival 2011. A kaleidoscope of shifting patterns, the book captures the tales told over three days at one of Europe’s best loved gatherings for World Music.
Red Army Faction Blues
‘Shows the power of the novel to illuminate a moment in history; the moment when terrorism became the new rock ’n’ roll, the paths that took us there and the paths we have taken since.’ – David Peace
Even the Rain
Screenplay for the multi-award winning film set in Cochabamba, Bolivia, during the Water War of April 2000.
‘At a time when the poor of the world seem to be rising up, I found myself deeply moved and completely enthralled by this film.’ – Michael Moore
Route Irish
Paul Laverty and Ken Loach’s story of a private security contractor in Iraq who rejected the official explanation of his friend’s death and sets out to discover the truth. ‘Channels Loach’s righteous anger at the grotesque carnival of the Iraq war.’ – Time Out
The Invisible Village
‘The Invisible Village allows us brief, but engaging segments of a host of varied lives, and Alam has intelligently intertwined passion, honesty, inhibitions, hopes and reflections that invites strangers into their own big society.’ – The Student Journals
Away From the Light of Day
Inspiring autobiography of Amadou and Mariam and their early years in Mali.
‘Amadou and Mariam are set to become a phenomenon.’ – The Times