Maylis de Kerangal

"One of contemporary fiction's most gifted sentence builders" Beejay Silcox, Guardian Behind the ornate doors of 30, rue du Metal in Brussels, twenty students begin their apprenticeship in the art of decorative painting - that art of tricksters and counterfeiters, where each knot in a plank of wood hides a secret and every vein in a slab of marble tells...

Age range 9+ Off the Beaten Track follows the story of Paul, a ten-year-old boy who lives with his aunt and uncle. His life takes an unexpected turn when Bruce, an old family friend, reappears after three years of silence, eager to fulfil a promise he made to Paul to take him on a three-day mountain trek. Paul yearns for...

Longlisted for the Man Booker International Prize 2016 A twenty-four-hour whirlwind of death and life. In the depths of a winter's night, the heart of Simon Limbeau is resting, readying itself for the day to come. In a few hours' time, just before six, his alarm will go off and he will venture into the freezing dawn, drive down to...