Hotel Milano : Booker shortlisted author of Europa by Tim Parks

Hotel Milano : Booker shortlisted author of Europa by Tim ParksFrom the bestselling, Booker shortlisted chronicler of Italy, a classic novel about a man's emotional reckoning in a changed world far from homeFrank's reclusive existence in a leafy part of London is shattered when he is summoned to Milan for the funeral of an old friend. Preoccupied by this sudden intrusion of his past, he flies, oblivious, into the epicentre of a crisis he has barely registered on the news. It is spring, his luxury hotel offers

so many terrible events have occurred and so many poisonous ideas flourished

one that had tragic consequences for two families

full of mystery

such as size

William Sieghart is back to prescribe the perfect poem for a variety of life's ailments

a rich range of language skills

This biography will puncture a few myths about this allegedly reclusive filmmaker

Never a dull paragraph' Ysenda Maxtone Graham

colouring outside the lines

and gives them a voice

Everything is strange and beautiful

Katie Kirby