The palace of Eros'A brilliant and luminous writer' MADELINE MILLER, author of THE SONG OF ACHILLES and CIRCE Theirs was a love that defied the gods?

From Nicola Davies and Emily Sutton

and village life in a series of rich

such as a fearsome Tyrannosaurus skull

the local authorities know they are out of their depth

his routes of escape are being shut off

In this book she focuses on pies

one sun-drenched afternoon at a party

Francis Meadowes is running a crime-writing course at a beautiful villa in the remote Umbrian countryside

Adam shares some childhood tales

Robert finds that the ancient skills and knowledge of the properties of ash

her eyes are opened to the wonders of the real city around her

and fine-tuned outrageousness have all become inescapably part of our times