Jonathan Cape has won a seven-way auction to acquire the second novel from award-winning writer Kae Tempest in a major deal, entitled Having Spent Life Seeking.
This week, critics commended the last novel written by Nobel laureate Gabriel García Márquez, while popular topics in non-fiction included burnout, memory and the clash between religion and science in the 19th century.
This week the books featured on podcasts ranged from a memoir and novel about the nature of family, to banking insights and a history title about Britain’s 11-year interregnum.
With Manga sales remaining solid after posting a record year in 2022, translated titles in the UK are on a roll, with Japanese creatives the main beneficiary of fiction imported to the UK.
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Horace Bent: So long, farewell, auf Wiedersehen, goodbye