Fly Away PaulIn a mid life moment, Paul Morison travels from America to England to discover his mothers roots. A chance encounter and uncanny resemblance leads him to agree to assume the identity of a famous singer for a while. But its not just the unnerving attentions of the adoring public that he must deal with. Seeking to regain his freedom, Paul flees the length of Britain from Southampton to the Scottish Isles. On the run, he discovers he has let himself in

even as something uncontrollable seems to be breaking in

an idealistic young doctor

beautiful debut

strange occurrences that cannot be explained

and now craves an ordinary life

Most moving of all is the story of the tanker Ohio

the obsessed Mallory forges up-river in an old car ferry

His first thought: So it’s you

The Spell confirms Alan Hollinghurst as one of Britain's most important novelists

'Such an unusual and unique concept

Len Deighton has created a compelling study of the rise of Nazi Germany

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