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Caledonian Road

Andrew O’Hagan

From the author of Mayflies, an irresistible, unputdownable, state-of-the-nation novel – the story of one man’s epic fall from grace. Out now in hardback.

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The Summer We Crossed Europe in the Rain is a unique collaborative book that documents the lyrics written by Kazuo Ishiguro for the platinum selling singer Stacey Kent.

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