Kitchen Venom - Philip Hensher Jaakko Pallasvuo The War of the Worlds

The War of the Worlds is a fantasy that is startlingly up-to-date yet in touch with the most ancient of human fears

Hexes of the Deadwood Forest by Agnieszka Szpila / 368-page hardback published in 2026 by Pantheon / ISBN 9780593700891

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But what do you do when that reason stops benefitting you

Kitchen Venom - Philip Hensher Jaakko Pallasvuo The War of the WorldsKitchen Venom by Philip Hensher 288 page paperback with flaps published in 2026 by McNally Editions (first published in the UK in 1996) ISBN 9781961341906 *** [An] elegant novel of poisoned love and intimate violence . . . Sharp and funny . . . a beautifully polished performance. James Lakeman, The Times Literary Supplement Political intrigue, sexual chicanery, disappointment, betrayal combine with dazzling effect (Jane Shilling, The Sunday Telegraph)