William Gibson was writing fiction when he predicted the internet. As his stories bled into reality, so he became one of the first to report on the nature of cyberspace. Written with his acute perception of modern life, here is a guide to navigate the new territory we find ourselves ...
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A year of bones, of grave-dirt, relentless work. Of mummified corpses and chanting priests. A year of rape, suicide, sudden death. Of friendship too. Of desire. Of love... Winner of the Costa Book of the Year 2011

In the aftermath of the Haitian earthquake a boy is trapped beneath the rubble of a ruined hospital: thirsty, terrified & alone. Sometimes, on the other side of darkness, there is only death... And sometimes there is light.

The long awaited new novel by dual Booker Prize winner Peter Carey, about a man, a woman & a thing of beauty. The Chemistry of Tears is a portrait of love & loss that is simultaneously delicate & anarchic.