It's Hong Kong,' she said. 'Heung gong. Fragrant harbour.'Fragrant Harbour is the story of four people whose intertwined lives span Asia's last seventy years. Tom Stewart leaves England to seek his fortune, and finds it in running Hong...

Kavanagh longs for some kind of event as he wiles away his time patrolling the wall, even if this event would call for him to have to fight for his life. Takes place in a strange, broken and yet recognisable world. von Lanchester, John

Kavanagh longs for some kind of event as he wiles away his time patrolling the wall, even if this event would call for him to have to fight for his life. Takes place in a strange, broken and yet recognisable world.

John Lanchester is a journalist, novelist and winner of the Whitbread First Novel Award. He is a regular contributor to the London Review of Books and the New Yorker, with a monthly column in Esquire. John's piece on our love affair with...

Abgeschottet von der Welt verteidigen sie die Mauer mit ihrem LebenJoseph Kavanagh tritt seinen Dienst auf der Mauer an. Er gehört nun zu den jungen Menschen, die die Mauer unter Einsatz ihres Lebens gegen Eindringlinge verteidigen. Das...

Reality, and other stories von Lanchester, John

A critical and commercial success, this family memoir from the award-winning author of "Fragrant Harbour" pieces together the author's past and uncovers the secrets of his family. Set against an exotic backdrop of Rhodesia, Ireland, Hong...

Longlisted for the Booker Prize 2019 von Lanchester, John

In this taut, dystopian tale, an island nation ravaged by the Change has built an enormous concrete barrier around its coastline-the Wall. Joseph Kavanagh, a new Defender, has one task: to protect his section of the Wall from the Others,...