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

And his peace is further disturbed when his new neighbour, a mysterious young mother, asks for his help. A beautiful, haunting novel, in which nothi

Beginning theory has been helping students navigate through the thickets of literary and cultural theory for over two decades. This new and expanded f

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.

It was a big day for Cuthbertson's Regional School, and it would go off like a bomb.

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

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

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

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

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

A Times Book of the YearA Mojo Book of the YearA Louder Than War Book of the YearA Waterstones Book of the YearA Resident Book of the Year'A beautiful

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

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

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

Takes us through the nature of Self When you think 'What am I?', what's actually doing the thinking? Is it a soul, or some other kind of mental entity

Set on a hidden island at the intersection of several busy highways, this is an original and action-packed survival adventure about trust, friendship,