Collection: Reader Development

Spike Milligan recalls the traumas of his childhood, his highly-strung mother, his largely absent father, the cruelties of a colonial upbringing, the break-up of his first marriage, the mortar bomb which blew him up in Italy and the overwork which gave him a mental breakdown during the "Goon Show...

This novel lays bare the seductive and crippling presence of patriarchal authority in Scottish culture at large.

This story is told by a young soldier in the trenches of Flanders during the First World War. Through his eyes we see the realities of war. Incidents are vividly described, but there is no sense of adventure, only the feeling of youth betrayed.

After Rain comprises twelve new short stories by William Trevor, whose most recent novel, Felicia's Journey, won the 1994 Whitbread Book of the Year Award.

This is the first complete edition of Carver's poems, bringing together Where Water Comes Together With Other Water and No Heroics, Please, among others. Also included is an introductory essay by Carver's widow, Tess Gallagher.