Crux

CruxAuthor: Gabriel Tallent Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945) Published on 5 February 2026 by Penguin Books Ltd (Fig Tree) in the United Kingdom. Hardback 416 pages 242 x 164 x 38 630g ''All this is, is the thing weve always known: we have nothing and nobody except each other. But that, we have in spades. Now, lets go climb rocks.''Tender, immersive, and thrilling' GABRIELLE ZEVIN, author of Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow'One of the best

Published on 3 March 2022 by Granta Books in the United Kingdom

‘Elegant and painstakingly researched’ Observer‘Marvellous…one of the most engaging portraits of a particular period of British history that I have read in a long time’ Antonia Fraser‘A book so buoyant and delicious that you feel it will be a friend for life' Telegraph*SHORTLISTED FOR THE SALTIRE SOCIETY LITERARY AWARD**A The Times

The girl who has everything…Including a bullet in the head

exploring:

things are definitely not turning out to be epic or glorious

128 x 196 x 19 | 208g

the timeline is uniquely broken out by royal house

This bright

and what to expect

never-before-seen material from Bowie himself

both epic and intimate

but their hopes are dashed as Lennie becomes a victim of his own strength