Picador Classic
Long View
From the bestselling author of the Cazalet Chronicles, this is a profound, heartbreaking portrait of a marriage at its end.
Genius of Shakespeare
Ambitious, exceptionally well informed and immensely engaging . . . Bate writes with unflagging energy, intelligence, with and enthusiasm' Daily Telegraph
Psalm Killer
One of the most compelling, haunting and original thrillers I have ever read, by one of Britain's most visionary writers and film-makers' David Peace
Boy's Own Story
Every so often a novel comes along that is so ambitious in its intention and so confident of its voice that it reminds us what a singular and potent thing a novel can be' San Francisco Chronicle
Face on the Cutting-Room Floor
An extraordinary post-modern detective novel from an author who remained a mystery for decades, now relaunched as a Picador Classic.
Soft City
One of the classics of travel writing, Soft City is an exploration of the individual's relationship with urban living.
Man Without Qualities
Part satire, part visionary epic, part intellectual tour de force
Idea of Perfection
Winner of the Orange Prize for Fiction 2001, The Idea of Perfection is a witty and tender romance.
I Heard the Owl Call My Name
A classic of Canadian literature and a vivid, moving story of the clash – and coming together – of cultures.
Dead Girls
Inspired by true events, The Dead Girls is the story of the unexplained deaths of six young prostitutes, buried in the back yard of a small-town brothel.
Flower Beneath the Foot
A ‘delightfully funny’ novel by ‘our first modernist novelist’ (according Alan Hollinghurst) – the story of a court on the eve of a royal wedding.
Oreo
A pioneering, dazzling satire about a biracial black girl from Philadelphia searching for her Jewish father in New York City.
Master and Margarita
A fully annotated translation of the most complete text of Bulgakov’s exuberant comic masterpiece.
Master
Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2004, a remarkable novel about Henry James, the American-born novelist and a connoisseur of exile.
How Proust Can Change Your Life
A fascinating and illuminating look at Proust’s most famous works by renowned philosopher Alain de Botton.
In a Free State
Winner of the Booker Prize in 1971, In a Free State is one of Sir V. S. Naipaul's best-loved works, a story of disenfranchisement and the search for belonging.