Switch BitchIn Switch Bitch four tales of seduction and suspense are told by the grand master of the short story, Roald Dahl. Topping and tailing this collection are The Visitor and Bitch, stories featuring Dahl's notorious hedonist Oswald Hendryks Cornelius (or plain old Uncle Oswald) whose exploits are frequently as extraordinary as they are scandalous. In the middle, meanwhile, are The Great Switcheroo and The Last Act, two stories exploring a darker side of

Anderson's extraordinary novel takes place at a time when American Patriots rioted and battled to win liberty while African slaves were entreated to risk their lives for a freedom they would never claim

’ Helene Wecker'I absolutely devoured it

Here and now it's dangerous to listen to your inner voice

with only one unknown face in it Spike

a new slave arrives at the Virginia estate of farmer George Washington and is given the name Julius Caesar

Its a witty tale that poignantly plays with the different ways in which tourists and locals try and fail to communicate with each other on more than just the linguistic level

the young Alfred Tennyson

but it has power - and presence - and it can appear in alternative forms

PRAISE FOR THE KYDD SERIES:

who is both menacing and alluring

And perhaps those little knots of bones are more important than they look

is in the 54th year of her reign