In the intriguingly titled Novel 11, Book 18 Norwegian writer Dag Solstad serves up another helping of his wan and wise almost-comedy.

He doesn’t write to please other people. Do exactly what you want, that’s my idea...the drama exists in his voice, in his comments and views, and that works, it helps connect the reader to the story

Bleak, funny, brilliantly observed

Unexpectedly moving...a wry, fantastic book

Brilliant and subtle... What matters is Solstad's dedicated application to the mysteries of human conduct and relations that his town treasurer illustrates

The existential novel is alive and well... Solstad has a dry and bleakly comic style

Solstad is a masterful investigator of human thought and behaviour, and, like the inside of anyone’s head, this novel is in turns funny, mournful, quizzical and insightful. And a real pleasure to read.

The hottest novel to come out of China this year

An inventive and highly topical novel by Chan Koonchung, is among the first to explore a scenario that much of the world is speculating about today

Chan’s story is not only absorbing in its own right, it also shines reflected light on the foibles of the West

A potent futuristic satire on the re-ordering of not just history by time itself

In Makkai's picaresque first novel, Lucy, a 26-year-old children's librarian, "borrows" her favorite patron, bright, book-loving 10-year-old Ian, after his fundamentalist parents enroll him in a program meant to "cure" his nascent homosexuality.