Most of the other residents in the cavernous Victorian house - and the friends and acquaintances Al meets in tow local pubs, the bohemian and relaxed crowd at the Nevern and the slightly more ambiguous and dangerous crowd at the Knacker’s - are Londoners by adoption, some temporary exiles, some permanent.  Meer

Their lovemaking throughout the book forms a recurring lietmotif, a counterpoint to the examination of the spiritual death of the characters. In a South London environment of pub and fairground, home and work, the wounds of 20th century experience are evoked in prose which is both lyrical and precise.  Meer

The new novel from ‘a major writer by any standards: technique, curiosity, erudition, plus the sheer body, range and quality of her work’ (Independent on Sunday).  Meer

A new addition to the SF Masterwork series - the tale of the first human/gorilla hybrid, from his birth and growth to his inevitable end.  Meer

As he listens he grows convinced they are predicting London's future. Meepers, homeless and dishevelled, yet an enlightened and mystically knowing amateur archeologist, seeks to understand the destruction of London in the Dark Ages, hoping to predict the capital's future.  Meer