Stephen Kelman’s Man Booker-longlisted debut novel, Pigeon English, centres on Harrison “Harri” Opoku, an 11-year-old Ghanaian immigrant who lives on a council estate in South London.
Science-fiction is undergoing something of a revival, with Terry Pratchett’s Snuff becoming the fastest-selling hardback novel by a British novelist since records began.
Umberto Eco’s latest novel, to summarise, simply cannot be summarised. A bulky, heavy undertaking begins with Eco’s claim that the book will have two kinds of reader.
