A Day Out For Mehmet ErbilFans of the wonderful Birds Without Wings will pounce on this minuscule offcut from the research trips that lay behind it which tells the story of a botanist who picks up a junk collector near Eceabat and spends the day driving around the anakkale area with him. Its a witty tale that poignantly plays with the different ways in which tourists and locals try and fail to communicate with each other on more than just the linguistic level.

almost twenty years ago

' EMMA DONOGHUE

With Drum and Bass pounding the backstreets

From the acclaimed author of The Book of Night Women comes a dazzling display of masterful storytelling exploring this near-mythic event

Except that Jean made one mistake

Kazilik dragons are firebreathers

set in a city few have travelled to

Amid the bombsites and blood-stained alleys of blacked-out London

Like John Le Carre and Robert Harris

As a young man

but unknown to them both a dark force has summoned the Unseelie

and a merciless nemesis that takes no chances