
Abacus Books
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Stories and ideas since 1973. An imprint of Little, Brown Book Group.
London, England
Joined May 2009
We are thrilled that I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning by @keirangoddard1 is now in production with BAFTA-nominated writer/director Clio Barnard!. See who will be playing the five friends, five lives and countless hopes in the Variety article now:
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The brilliant #MemorialDays by @GeraldineBrooks is out today 💙. A heartrending and beautiful memoir of sudden loss and a journey to peace, from the bestselling, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of  Horse. Available now in hardback, ebook and audio wherever you get your books 📚
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When the secrets of the secret service are revealed, the archive of shame has been leaked, and Elliot Kane is the one they call . Out now in paperback: @oliharris808
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How has the economics of conflict changed over time?. Blood & Treasure by @DuncanWeldon explores the history and economics of warefare from the Viking Age to the war in Ukraine. 🪙'Important and surprisingly cheering' Ed Conway. Out 5 June: .
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Don't miss Nathan Newman, author of How To Leave The House, in conversaation with Katharina Volckmer on Tuesday 8 April at @WstoneIslington 🏠. Get your tickets now:
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'All of the lives we were sure we would have. All of the freedom and the fever. None of it happened'. @KeiranGoddard1's I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning is a novel about love, class, friendship - and what makes life worth living. Out TODAY:
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A powerful novel of friendship, love, grief, growing up and forgiveness, I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning by @KeiranGoddard1 is out in paperback this week. Get your copy now:
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'Levitation for Beginners transported me right back to my '70s schooldays. The clannishness and micro-cruelties of 10-year-old girls were brilliantly authentic . a deliciously unsettling read'.@ClareDChambers. Out in paperback on 14 January:
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Set in 1972, Suzannah Dunn's @nerobookawards shortlisted #LevitationForBeginners is an unsettling novel about the secrets, lies and omissions of a small rural community - secrets and lies that may prove deadly . Coming to paperback in January:
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'The subject matter is overwhelmingly emotional, yet Clarke approaches it with the clear-eyed rigour of an investigative journalist—tracking every step, every person, every scientific miracle involved in a heart transplant' @prospect_uk.
prospectmagazine.co.uk
From novelists staring down death to one of the biggest art frauds in history
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'I defy anyone to read Rachel Clarke’s The Story of a Heart without collapsing into a snivelling mess . uplifting, even as it breaks your heart' @questingvole for @spectator .
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Jonathan Sumption Barbara Emerson’s The First Cold War: Anglo-Russian Relations in the 19th Century (Hurst, £35) is an outstanding account of Britain’s relations with Russia at a time when ambassad...
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