Beyond Black by Hilary Mantel

Beyond Black by Hilary MantelIntroducing the Collins Modern Classics, a series featuring some of the most significant books of recent times, books that shed light on the human experience classics which will endure for generations to come. Alison Hart, a medium by trade, tours the dormitory towns of London's orbital ring road with her flint hearted sidekick, Colette, passing on messages from beloved dead ancestors. But behind her plump, smiling persona hides a desperate woman: she

determination and love of nature

But the novel's excellence goes far beyond this

was wounded and twice decorated

Influential artist Carson Ellis makes her solo picture-book debut with a beautifully imaginative tribute to the many possibilities of home

see the world's cities and landmarks

On her sixteenth birthday

In an age weighted against them they refuse to be victims

Why the moon travels is a haunting collection of twenty tales rooted in the oral tradition of the Irish Traveller community

A New Statesman 'Best Book of 2023 so far''As taut as a fictional thriller' Mail on Sunday'Gripping

photographs of her daily coffee

it punches you right in the gut' New York Times

When her gift threatens the gods