“Sex, science and unattainable women – this life of Goethe is a masterpiece”
A.N. Wilson’s GOETHE: HIS FAUSTIAN LIFE is “wild, brilliant and has all the intelligence to rival its subject,” says Francis Wilson in the Daily Telegraph.
Canongate has snapped up a new history of the British Museum by writer, historian and barrister Dominic Selwood
Spanning three centuries, the book is an unprecedented, behind-the-scenes biography of the iconic institution. Selwood has unrestricted access to all its papers and archives to tell the stories of the extraordinary people, discoveries, and objects without shying away from controversies.
Nine Eight signs Street Level Superstar: A Year With Lawrence by Will Hodgkinson, the chief rock and pop critic of The Times
Described by Jarvis Cocker as ‘essential reading’ and Bobby Gillespie as ‘wonderful’, Street-Level Superstar follows a year in the life of Lawrence, Britain’s most singular musical genius who never hit the big time.
Cocteau Twins’ Simon Raymonde announces new memoir
Described by Elton John as “a wonderful book of pop music history” and by Cillian Murphy as “beautiful, insightful and honest”, In One Ear: Cocteau Twins, Ivor and Me will be published by Nine Eight Books on September 12.
Constable sniffs out satirist John Crace’s The Adventures of Herbert Hound
Constable has landed The Adventures of Herbert Hound from the Guardian’s parliamentary sketch writer John Crace.
Published on 3rd October 2024, it charts the “picaresque journey” of Crace’s dog Herbie told through the British political landscape.