Bøger af Carol Birch

The dazzling new novel, evoking the thrilling world of the Victorian carnival, from the Man Booker-shortlisted author of Jamrach's Menagerie

'Put Moby Dick, Treasure Island and The Rime of the Ancient Mariner into a pot, add a pinch of Dickens, and you will get the flavour of Carol Birch's hugely entertaining novel.' Mail on Sunday

Jaffy Brown vokser op under fattige forhold – Londons Docklands anno 1857 stinker af kloak og er befolket af sømænd, tyveknægte og skøger. En dag løber Jaffy ind i en undsluppen tiger på gaden – et smukt og smidigt dyr på vældige poter. Han bliver i sidste øjeblik reddet af tigerens ejer, mr. Jamrach, og oplevelsen bliver hans indgangsbillet til en fremmed og fascinerende verden fuld af eksotisk skønhed, vilde dyr og vidunderlige skabninger. Den vækker også udlængslen i Jaffy, og sammen med sin bedste ven Tim lader han sig hyre som skibsdreng på en hvalfangerbåd, der fører dem ud på en eventyrlig ekspedition med kurs mod det indiske ocean. Det bliver en dramatisk rejse, der fører dem helt til verdens ende og udfordrer alt, hvad de tror på – kærlighed, venskab og medmenneskelighed."En af de bedste historier, jeg nogensinde har læst. En fuldstændig original bog," – A.S. ByattCarol Birch (1951) har skrevet i alt 11 romaner og vundet flere litterære priser. Senest var hun shortlisted til Man Booker Prize i 2011 for "Jamrachs menageri". Hun bor i Lancaster, UK, med sin familie.

A literary novel combining elements of psychological suspense with elements of the ghost story. It's the story of Sally, a clever, cynical 15-year old whose life is disrupted by the consequences of a mean and thoughtless act, in the wake of which she sees a terrifying vision.

A body is uncovered in a mudslide just outside the village of Andwiston. In the pub they talk of a murder, but Dan - sometime mechanic, constant drunk - is finding it hard to sift through his jumbled memories.

* A reissue of Carol Birch's lively, compassionate first novel: winner of the 1988 David Higham Award - a hard-edged and often very funny story of love, death and survival.

*From this award-winning author, a powerful novel about the love and rivalry that is the bond between sisters

* Following the acclaim of LITTLE SISTER, Carol Birch has drawn on one of the world's oldest dilemmas to create a poignant love story about a woman torn between love for her husband and lust for another man

* A convict colony in New South Wales, Australia is the setting for Carol Birch's new novel, based on real events. Now out in paperback, Birch proves once again that she is 'a born storyteller' TIMES

This is a wonderful, absorbing, epic novel about families and neighbours; about physical and emotional hunger; about love and long memories.

From the author of The Naming of Eliza Quinn comes a richly atmospheric and evocative story of ambition and opportunity, providence and survival. In the style of Margaret Forster and Lesley Glaister, Turn Again Home explores a family's bond of unspoken love and loyalty.