Far from London’s crime and pollution, Hanmouth’s wealthier residents live in picturesque, heavily mortgaged cottages in the center of a town packed with artisanal cheese shops and antiques stores. Th
With Tolstoyan sweep and Dickensian vitality, this epically involving historical novel relates England’s tragic adventure in Afghanistan, which began with the triumphant arrival of the Army of the Ind
“Beautifully packed with detail . . . Does for Bangladesh what Rushdie did for India.” — The Sunday Times Philip Hensher’s husband, Zaved Mahmood, was born in late 1970 in Dacca, then a regional cap
‘It’s the book you should give someone who thinks they don’t like novels … Here is surely a future prizewinner that is easy to read and impossible to forget’ Melissa Katsoulis, The Times The things hi
‘It’s the book you should give someone who thinks they don’t like novels … Here is surely a future prizewinner that is easy to read and impossible to forget’ Melissa Katsoulis, The Times The things hi
Hilarious, exuberant, subtle, tender, brutal, spectacular, and above all unexpected: these two extraordinary volumes contain the limitless possibilities of the British short story. Volume Two takes t
Telegraph, Independent, Financial Times and Observer Books of the Year 2015. Hilarious, exuberant, subtle, tender, brutal, spectacular, and above all unexpected: these two extraordinary volumes contai
Telegraph, Independent, Financial Times and Observer Books of the Year 2015. Hilarious, exuberant, subtle, tender, brutal, spectacular, and above all unexpected: these two extraordinary volumes contai
The most ambitious and daring novel novel yet from Booker Prize-shortlisted Philip Hensher. ‘A novel that's almost fizzy to the touch … A performance of extraordinary flair and majesty from a writer w
A Washington Post Notable Fiction Book for 2011One of The Telegraph’s Best Fiction Books 2011Far from London’s crime and pollution, Hanmouth’s wealthier residents live in picturesque, heavily mortgage
The award-winning author of The Mulberry Empire brings us a sweeping chronicle of ordinary lives profoundly shaped by both the subtleties of everyday experience and the larger forces of history.In 197
'Sometimes - not often - a book comes along that feels like Christmas. Philip Hensher's timely, but timeless, selection of the best short stories from the past 20 years is that kind of book. His intro
A spectacular treasury of the best British short stories published in the last twenty years We are living in a particularly rich period for British short stories. Despite the relative lack of places i
Ten daring stories from 'a writer who seems capable of anything' (Guardian), the Booker Prize-shortlisted Philip Hensher Backdrops vary in this collection of stories from the author of The Northern Cl
Ten daring stories from 'a writer who seems capable of anything' (Guardian), the Booker Prize-shortlisted Philip Hensher Backdrops vary in this collection of stories from the author of The Northern Cl
In 1974, the Sellers family is transplanted from London to Sheffield in northern England. On the day they move in, the Glover household across the street is in upheaval: convinced that his wife is hav
An award-winning novelist, reflecting on what handwriting can tell us about personality and personal history, tells of the story of this endangered art, paying tribute to the warmth of a handwritten n
An autobiographical tale inspired by the author's partner's childhood in civil war-torn 1970s Pakistan traces the experiences of young Zaved's upper-middle-class Bengali family, whose strong bond is m
