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Candia McWilliam

    Candia McWilliam's fiction delves into the complexities of human relationships, exploring themes of loneliness and exile. Her novels are often described as disturbing and insightful, probing the darker corners of domestic life and interpersonal dynamics. McWilliam excels with her distinctive stylistic flair and her ability to craft intricate characters whose inner worlds resonate with readers.

    Candia McWilliam
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    The Blue Flower
    A Little Stranger
    The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
    What to Look for in Winter
    A Case of Knives
    • A Case of Knives

      • 256 pages
      • 9 hours of reading

      The debut novel from the author of "What to Look for in Winter," which has won awards.

      A Case of Knives
    • What to Look for in Winter

      • 496 pages
      • 18 hours of reading
      3.8(11)Add rating

      Candia McWilliam had just joined the judging panel of the Man Booker Prize for fiction in 2006 when she started to lose her sight.

      What to Look for in Winter
    • The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie

      • 164 pages
      • 6 hours of reading
      3.8(43895)Add rating

      The critically acclaimed story of an independent-minded Scottish schoolteacher returns in a new edition. Includes an updated author biography and a history of the book's publications. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.

      The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
    • The Blue Flower

      • 320 pages
      • 12 hours of reading
      3.5(4818)Add rating

      Penelope Fitzgerald's final masterpiece. One of the ten books - novels, memoirs and one very unusual biography - that make up our Matchbook Classics' series, a stunningly redesigned collection of some of the best loved titles on our backlist.

      The Blue Flower
    • 20 Under 35

      Original Stories by Britain's Best New Young Writers

      A collection of short stories by young British writers, this provides an introduction to the work of Iain Banks, Peter Benson, H.S. Bhabra, James Buchan, Patricia Ferguson, Ronald Frame, Patrick Gale, Carlo Gebler, James Lasdun, Deborah Levy, Adam Lively, Aidan Mathews, Candia McWilliam, Geoff Nicholson, Tim Parks, Philip Ridley, Joan Smith, Rupert Thomson, Daisy Waugh and Mathew Yorke. Many of these have already received critical acclaim. The collection is introduced by Graham Swift, author of "Waterland" and "Out of this World".

      20 Under 35