Second Place

Second PlaceLonglisted for the Booker Prize 2021 'A classic, but with contemporary urgency thumping through it.' Claire Louise Bennett, author of Pond A woman invites a famed artist to the remote coastal landscape where she lives. Drawn to his paintings, she believes his vision may penetrate the mystery at the centre of her life. But as a long, dry summer sets in, his provocative presence soon twists the patterns of her secluded household. 'The most singular book

at home in time and in eternity too

A copiously illustrated global history of magic books

The constantly-touring Green creates best while on the move

" declared Aristotle

from her wild

Adam Hochschild brings life to this largely untold story and

and from the departure of Diana Ross to the group’s comeback in the mid-1970s

Inner Landscapes

but not her daughter

sea bream with harissa and rose)

revealing a unique world of design and imagination

and museums—the clear and straightforward structure demystifies the many styles and functions of architecture