Snow country1914: Young Anton Heideck has arrived in Vienna, eager to make his name as a journalist. While working part time as a private tutor, he encounters Delphine, a woman who mixes startling candour with deep reserve. Entranced by the light of first love, Anton feels himself blessed. Until his country declares war on hers. 1927: For Lena, life with a drunken mother in a small town has been cosseted and cold. She is convinced she can amount to nothing until

And a dangerous and centuries old clan known as the Righteous Brotherhood has resurfaced

vibrant tales absorbing local characters on the periphery

revelatory and gripping insight into the Duke of Windsor - King Edward VIII - who gave up the throne to marry the woman he loved

to the late-night report

and carbon emissions

by international icon Angela Davis

and other evidence is terrifying and baffling

Following his acclaimed translations of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and Pearl

institutionalised sexism

they embark on a journey that thrusts them unwittingly into a world of menace and violence

and urban myths relaying tales of foghorns in speaker stacks

The other doesn't land until June