'Masterly and chilling . . . it is very good indeed' Scotsman 'Prague Spring is set in the Czech capital during the exhilarating weeks of 1968 when, before Russian tanks rolled into the city, socialism looked to show a human face. A...

Inspired by a real house, this is the tale of the people that come and go from Landauer House over the years, as it passes from Czech to Russian hands. Shortlisted for the Booker Prize, it follows Mawer's previous novels The Gospel Of...

The Glass Room von Mawer, Simon

The past is another country and we are all its exiles. Banished forever, we look back in fascination and wonder at this mysterious land. Who were the people who populated it?Almost two hundred years ago, Abraham, an illiterate urchin,...

Prague Spring von Mawer, Simon