From the author of Waterland and Ever After, Last Orders is a quiet but dazzling novel about a group of men, friends since the Second World War, whose lives revolve around work, family, the racetrack, and their favorite pub. When on...

In the sweet shop, Willy Chapman was free and absolved from all responsibility. He ran his sweet shop like his life--quietly, steadfastly, and lovingly. It was a bargain struck between Chapman and his attractive, depressive wife: she ...

On an autumn day in 2006, on the Isle of Wight, Jack Luxton—once a Devon farmer, now the proprietor of a seaside caravan park—receives the news that his brother, Tom, not seen for years, has been killed in combat in Iraq. For Jack...