Keith Ridgway Book order

A collection of brand-new short stories written by prize-winning, bestselling writers and inspired by Kafka - published to commemorate the centenary of his death Chosen as a 2024 highlight in the Guardian, the Financial Times, the Daily Mail, New Statesman, Esquire and the New European Franz Kafka is widely regarded as one of the great geniuses of twentieth-century literature. What happens when some of the most original literary minds of today take an idea, a mood or a line from his work and use it to spark something new?From a future society who ask their AI servants to construct a giant tower to reach God; to a flat hunt that descends into a comically absurd bureaucratic nightmare; to a population experiencing a wave of unbearable, contagious panic attacks, these ten specially commissioned stories are by turns mind-bending, funny, unsettling and haunting. Inspired by the visionary imagination of a writer working one hundred years ago, they speak powerfully to the strangeness of being alive today.

An unsparing and slippery, but thrilling and memorable novel from the fringes of urban life by cult writer Keith Ridgway.

Set against the backdrop of a mysterious shooting in North London, the story follows Hawthorn and his partner Child as they navigate an investigation filled with unreliable witnesses and scarce clues. The case becomes increasingly complex as Hawthorn grapples with fatigue and unsettling dreams, leading to a tapestry of interconnected lives: a pickpocket, a troubled editor, a girl at the Tate Modern, and a madman linked to a former Prime Minister. The enigmatic figure of Mishazzo looms over the narrative, blurring the lines between reality and illusion.

A novel peppered with unnerving scenes of real, confused London life, the lives of functioning-but-marginal Londoners revealed in all their vulnerabilities and misapprehensions, with immense observational brilliance.

A novel of confusion and paranoia, love and doubt, fear and hysteria: unsettling, unhinged, provocative and bestially funny, 'Animals' is for human beings everywhere.

An acidic, comic de-mythologising portrait of modern Dublin.

Set against the backdrop of rural Ireland, the story follows Grace Quinn, an Englishwoman trapped in an abusive marriage and struggling with her relationship with her son, Martin, whose homosexuality is rejected by her husband. In a moment of desperation, Grace travels to Dublin in search of Martin, navigating her doubts and fears. The narrative poignantly explores the emotional landscapes of both mother and son, highlighting their separate sanctuaries and the gaps that divide them.