New Titles Jan 2021 – July 2021 Gollancz | Orionc Fiction | Orion Spring | Phoenix | Seven Dials | Trapeze | Weidenfeld & NicolsonC | White Rabbit ORIONBOOKS.CO.UK 3 Cover artwork from How to Heal a Broken Heart by Rosie Green, published by Orion Spring (p. 87) 4 6 Contents I Weidenfeld & Nicolson | 2 Fiction and Non-Fiction White Rabbit | 28 Fiction and Non-Fiction Trapeze | 34 Fiction and Non-Fiction Gollancz | 50 Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Orion Fiction | 64 Fiction Orion Spring | 84 Non-Fiction Seven Dials | 94 Non-Fiction Phoenix | 102 Fiction and Non-Fiction Contacts | 106 ORIONBOOKS.CO.UK Artwork from The Octopus Man by Jasper Gibson, published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson (p. 4) 2 Fiction & Non-Fiction f WEIDENFELD & NICOLSON is one of the most prestigious and dynamic literary imprints in British and international publishing, home of groundbreaking, award-winning, thought-provoking books since 1949. Our passion for extraordinary writing dates back to our two founders, who were responsible for introducing some of the twentieth century’s most remarkable voices – Vladimir Nabokov, Isaiah Berlin, Sybille Bedford, Eric Hobsbawm, Edna O’Brien, Jorge Luis Borges and many others – to a wide readership. They launched their publishing house with the idea of building bridges and opening minds through exceptional works of literature: we have been carrying on their legacy ever since. We publish history, memoir, ideas, popular science, biography, narrative non-fiction, crime and thrillers, translated fiction and literary fiction of all kinds. 3 ‘The Octopus Man reminds us that behind the words “mental health” lies a universe of wild creativity, humanity and spanking big life. Now is the time for this book’ DBC Pierre The Octopus Man tells the story of Tom, once an outstanding law student, now lost in the machinery of the British mental health system. Opening with a swirling, compulsive diatribe, Tom comes quickly to confirm what we readers suspect: that he is not entirely alone. He hears the voice of Malamock, the JANUARY Octopus God – part comforter, part autarch, part guide. Deeply moving and tragicomic, The Octopus Man takes us into the complex and disturbing world of voice-hearing in a bravura literary performance that asks the fundamental questions about belief, meaning and love. JASPER GIBSON is the co-founder of thepoke.co.uk, Britain’s largest comedy site, and is the author of one previous novel, A Bright Moon for Fools. The Octopus Man Contemporary Fiction Jasper Gibson HB: 9781474616072 Royal, 288 pp, £14.99 TPB: 9781474616089 Royal, 288 pp, £13.99 eBook: 9781474616102 £14.99 East Sussex, UK Audio: 9781474616119 10 hrs, £19.99 How Kim Philby, master-spy and double agent, became the mentor of CIA boss James Angleton, then his mortal enemy Kim Philby’s life and career has inspired an entire literary genre: the spy novel of betrayal. His dramatic escape to Moscow in 1963 was a sensation. Philby was the mentor of James Jesus Angleton, who became the long-serving chief of the counter-intelligence staff of the Agency. Angleton and Philby were friends for six years. They were then enemies for the rest of their lives. This is the story of their intertwined JANUARY careers, and the dramatic effect of these on the Cold War. MICHAEL HOLZMAN is the author of James Jesus Angleton, the CIA and the Craft of Intelligence, as well as biographies Kim and Jim of Guy Burgess and of Donald and Melinda Maclean. Philby and Angleton, Friends and Enemies in the Cold War Espionage History Michael Holzman HB: 9781474617802 Royal, 256 pp, £20 TPB: 9781474617819 Royal, 256 pp, £14.99 eBook: 9781474617833 £20 Washington DC, USA Audio: 9781474617987 10 hrs, £19.99 4 The inspiring life stories of leading scientists as heard on BBC Radio 4 BBC Radio 4’s celebrated The Life Scientific has featured some of the world’s most renowned experts in the field of deadly viruses. The interviews included in this collection remind us that for the scientists working in the war against viruses, the arrival of Covid-19 came as no surprise. These pioneers have worked on the frontline tackling SARS, Ebola, HIV, swine flu and more, and their stories are as fascinating as they are inspiring. JANUARY ANNA BUCKLEY is the series producer of The Life Scientific Not final cover on BBC Radio 4. It is one of the most popular programmes on BBC Radio 4, attracting more than 2 million listeners every week. The Life Scientific Virus Hunters Anna Buckley Popular Science HB: 9781474607469 Demy, 288 pp, £18.99 Richmond, UK eBook: 9781474607476 £18.99 A cross-country novel of sisterhood set across post- capitalist America: the Odyssey meets Thelma & Louise ‘It blew me away’ Emma Donoghue ‘Large in scope and heart’ Patrick deWitt On the day of their estranged father’s wedding, half-sisters Cheyenne and Livy, who haven’t seen each other in years, set off to claim their inheritance. Except: instead of money, their father gives them information – a name – that reveals a stunning family secret. JANUARY Moving from Seattle’s underground to the hideaways of the southern swamps, this is an epic tale of sisterhood and free- dom, told with boundless verve. VANESSA VESELKA is the author of Zazen, which won the PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize for fiction. She has been, The Great at various times, a teenage runaway, a sex worker, a union Offshore Grounds organiser, an independent record label owner and a mother. Vanessa Veselka Contemporary Fiction HB: 9781474614269 Royal, 448 pp, £14.99 Portland, USA TPB: 9781474614276 Royal, 448 pp, £13.99 www.vanessaveselka.com eBook: 9781474614290 £14.99 @VanessaVeselka Audio: 9781474614306 10 hrs, £19.99 5 A deeply researched investigation into depression arguing the case for embracing both art and science in our understanding and treatment of the condition In Mending the Mind, Oliver Kamm uses his own experience of illness and treatment as a jumping-off point to investi- gate the mental disorders of depression. He uses the work of other writers who suffered from depression to illuminate the condition and explores the state of scientific remedies that have been devised in treating mental disorder. Oliver argues that cures for depression are attainable, and ulti- JANUARY mately that both art and science are essential to our under- standing, and treatment, of a condition that affects one in ten of us at some point in our lives. OLIVER KAMM is a leader writer and columnist for The Times. Mending the Mind His first book, Accidence Will Happen: The Non-Pedantic The Art and Science of Guide to English, was published by W&N in 2015. Overcoming Clinical Depression Oliver Kamm Popular Science HB: 9781474610827 Royal, 288 pp, £16.99 TPB: 9781474610834 Royal, 288 pp, £14.99 London, UK eBook: 9781474610858 £16.99 @OliverKamm Audio: 9781409186571 10 hrs, £19.99 ‘A feminist Western about a world in which women’s worth is determined by the vagaries of fertility. A masterpiece’ R. O. Kwon In the year of our Lord 1894, I became an outlaw. After a year of marriage and no pregnancy, in a town where barren women are routinely hanged as witches, 17-year-old Ada must leave behind everything she knows. She joins the Hole in the Wall Gang, a band of female out- laws. The Gang hatches a treacherous plan to create a safe JANUARY haven for outcast women. Ada must decide whether she’s willing to risk her life for the possibility of a new kind of future for them all. ANNA NORTH is a journalist working for the New York Times, whose writing has previously appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle, the Paris Review, Jezebel and BuzzFeed. She is Outlawed the author of The Life and Death of Sophie Stark. Anna North Contemporary Fiction HB: 9781474615341 Royal, 256 pp, £14.99 Brooklyn, USA TPB: 9781474615358 Royal, 256 pp, £13.99 www.annanorth.net eBook: 9781474615372 £14.99 @annanorthtweets Audio: 9781474615389 10 hrs, £19.99 6 An alternative history of humanity reflecting on how our relationship with dogs has changed over the centuries ‘Funny, fascinating and endearing’ Kate Humble In the last 200 years no inter-species relationship has come so far. Dogs accompany us in every walk of life, usually three times a day. How did this relationship begin? How has it changed over the centuries? Here we revisit the most important milestones in our shared journey. From ancient rock art to the first labradoodle in Australia. From an ill-fated poodle trainer to the mutniks of the Soviet space FEBRUARY programme. Dog’s Best Friend is all told with Garfield’s gift for witty and insightful storytelling. SIMON GARFIELD is the author of twenty books, including the bestsellers Just My Type, On the Map and Mauve. His study Dog’s Best Friend of AIDS in Britain, The End of Innocence, won the Somerset A Brief History of an Maugham Award. Unbreakable Bond Simon Garfield History HB: 9781474610735 Demy, 352 pp, £16.99 TPB: 9781474610742 Demy, 352 pp, £13.99 London, UK eBook: 9781474610766 £16.99 www.simongarfield.com Audio: 9781409186564 10 hrs, £19.99 Walter Mosley’s infamous detective Easy Rawlins is back, with a new mystery to solve on the sun-soaked streets of Southern California Ezekiel ‘Easy’ Porterhouse Rawlins is an unlicensed private investigator willing to do what it takes in the racially charged underbelly of Los Angeles. When he’s approached by a young white man claiming to have gotten into a fight, he knows he shouldn’t take the case. But Easy feels a kinship form between them. FEBRUARY He embarks upon an investigation that takes him through South Central and into the homes of the fabulously wealthy – crossing paths with old friends perhaps more dangerous than anyone else.