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Sitting quietly in his room in an old people's home, Allan Karlsson is waiting for a party he doesn't want to begin.

The Girl Who Fell from the Sky is both a gripping adventure story and a moving meditation on patriotism, betrayal and the limits of love.

Perfect for fans of Alone in Berlin by Hans Fallada and The Girl Who Fell From the Sky by Simon Mawer - tightly plotted, emotionally gripping and a brilliant sense of place and period.

An irresistible narrative of courage and endeavour. A story that captures nature at its most beautiful and most brutal and which unlocks the intricacies at the heart of human relationships.

Dark family secrets and a passionate love affair, full of his trademark warmth, humanity and ingenuity, this is Iain Banks' best novel since THE CROW ROAD.

Hanťa may be a beer-soaked idiot, as his boss call him, but he is an idiot with a difference - able to quote the Talmud, Hegel, Kant and Lao-tzu.

Set in small-town Bohemia between the wars, the two narratives of The Little Town Where Time Stood Still are delightful and witty evocations of the passing of an age, and its effects upon a close-knit community.

The exact use of language, allied to an underlying compassion, makes this writer hugely appealing - Sunday Telegraph