Kate Atkinson

"De flesta författare önskar innerligt att de skulle kunna skriva ett mästerverk så bra som detta." Daily Telegraph

Kate Atkinson återvänder till andra världskriget med en spionroman som förnyar genren.

Året är 1940. Artonåriga Julia Armstrong blir motvilligt rekryterad till spionbranschen. Hon skickas till en obskyr liten avdelning tillhörande MI5, där hon får i uppdrag att dokumentera brittiska nazisympatisörers förehavanden. Ett arbete som gör henne både utmattad och skräckslagen. Men efter krigets slut tar hon för givet att den perioden i hennes liv har förpassats till historien för alltid.

Tio år senare är hon radioproducent på BBC, och blir oväntat konfronterad med sitt förflutna. Ett annat slags krig utspelar sig nu, på ett annat slagfält, men Julia känner sig återigen hotad. Räkenskapens timme är slagen, och hon börjar äntligen förstå att det inte finns några handlingar utan konsekvenser.

Kodnamn Flamingo är ett verk av sällsynt djup, en storartad och kraftfull roman, full av kvickhet och empati, från en av de bästa författarna i modern tid.

"Smart, rolig och med samma tempo som en spionthriller." The Guardian

Vinnare av Costa Novel Award och en av de bästa böckerna 2013 enligt New York Times.Den 11 februari 1910 föds Ursula Todd, det tredje barnet till en rik engelsk bankirfamilj. Ursula har ett synnerligen unikt liv framför sig, där hon föds och dör om och om igen under de ca 60 år vi får följa henne. Hon får uppleva flera av sin tids viktigaste händelser och på olika sätt vara med att påverka historien. Tänk om du skulle få ett oändligt antal chanser att leva om ditt liv. Skulle du till slut kunna rädda världen från ett oundvikligt öde? Skulle du ens vilja?"Outtömligt genial." - Hilary Mantel"¿En märkligt drabbande roman."¿ -- Kerstin Särneö, Tara"Det är gripande, det är starkt, det är också roligt". CG Karlsson, SVT Go"kväll"¿Liv efter liv är en fascinerande och fantasifull tankelek, där det inte spelar någon roll vad som är realistiskt och inte."¿ -- Cecilia Gustavsson, Aftonbladet"¿"¿ man förförs totalt av den myllrande familjen Todds öden under 1900-talets första hälft. "¿ -- Terri Herrera Eriksson, Damernas Värld4 av 5 hjärtan -- Kenneth Gysing, Femina"¿"¿påminner om en välgjord BBC-serie à la "Downton Abbey" med en touch av E M Forster och Jane Austens både milda och skarpa ironier. Vem vill inte sitta i en English garden, vänta på solen och om inte solen kommer ändå få dricka te med en brittisk överklassfamilj"¿ -- Nina Lekander, Expressen

The first Jackson Brodie novel: literary crime from the prizewinning, number-one bestselling author of Big Sky and Transcription. 'An astonishingly complex and moving literary detective story that made me sob but also snort with laughter. It's the sort of novel you have to start rereading the minute you've finished it' GuardianCambridge is sweltering, during an unusually hot summer. To Jackson Brodie, former police inspector turned private investigator, the world consists of one accounting sheet - Lost on the left, Found on the right - and the two never seem to balance. Surrounded by death, intrigue and misfortune, his own life haunted by a family tragedy, Jackson attempts to unravel three disparate case histories and begins to realise that in spite of apparent diversity, everything is connected...

I can think of few writers who can make the ordinary collide with the extraordinary to such beguiling effect...left me so fizzing with admiration' ObserverA stunning collection of short stories by the three-times Costa prizewinner Not the End of the World is Kate Atkinson's first collection of short stories. Playful and profound, they explore the world we think we know whilst offering a vision of another world which lurks just beneath the surface of our consciousness, a world where the myths we have banished from our lives are startlingly present and where imagination has the power to transform reality.From Charlene and Trudi, obsessively making lists while bombs explode softly in the streets outside, to gormless Eddie, maniacal cataloguer of fish, and Meredith Zane who may just have discovered the secret to eternal life, each of these stories shows that when the worlds of material existence and imagination collide, anything is possible.

The fourth Jackson Brodie novel: literary crime from the prizewinning number-one bestselling author of Big Sky and Transcription.

''Crime has given Atkinson the freedom to write an ambitious, panoramic work, full of excitement, colour and compassion'' Sunday Times

A day like any other for security chief Tracy Waterhouse, until she makes a shocking impulse purchase. That one moment of madness is all it takes for Tracy''s humdrum world to be turned upside down, the tedium of everyday life replaced by fear and danger at every turn.

Witnesses to Tracy''s outrageous exchange in the Merrion Centre in Leeds are Tilly, an elderly actress teetering on the brink of her own disaster, and Jackson Brodie, who has returned to his home county in search of someone else''s roots. All three characters learn that the past is never history and that no good deed goes unpunished.

The PRIZE-WINNING BESTSELLER, now a major BBC1 DRAMA SERIES starring Thomasin McKenzie, Sian Clifford and James McArdle, directed by BAFTA award-winning John Crowley. 'Dazzling, witty, moving, joyful, mournful, profound... one of the best novels I've read this century' Gillian Flynn, bestselling author of GONE GIRL'A box of delights ... it grips the reader's imagination on the first page and never lets go.' HILARY MANTEL, author of THE MIRROR AND THE LIGHT___________________________________What if you had the chance to live your life again and again, until you finally got it right?During a snowstorm in England in 1910, a baby is born and dies before she can take her first breath. During a snowstorm in England in 1910, the same baby is born and lives to tell the tale. What if there were second chances? And third chances? In fact an infinite number of chances to live your life? Would you eventually be able to save the world from its own inevitable destiny? And would you even want to?Life After Life follows Ursula Todd as she lives through the turbulent events of the last century again and again. With wit and compassion, Kate Atkinson finds warmth even in life's bleakest moments, and shows an extraordinary ability to evoke the past. Here she is at her most profound and inventive, in a novel that celebrates the best and worst of ourselves. ____________________'Merging family saga with a fluid sense of time and an extraordinarily vivid sense of history at its most human level. A dizzying and dazzling tour de force' Daily Mail'Absolutely brilliant...it reminded me a bit of her first book Behind the Scenes at the Museum, which is one of my most favourite books ever.' Marian Keyes, author of Rachel, Again'An exceptional writer' Guardian'[A] magnificently tender and humane novel' Observer'A ferociously clever writer...a big, bold novel that is enthralling, entertaining' New Statesman'Exceptionally captivating' New York Times'Truly brilliant...Think of Audrey Niffenegger's The Time Traveler's Wife or David Nicholl's One Day.. a rare book that you want to start again the minute you have finished.' The Times

The third Jackson Brodie novel, winner of Richard & Judy's Best Read: literary crime from the number-one bestselling author of Big Sky and Transcription. 'An exhilarating read. Her wry humour, sharp eye for the quirks of human behaviour and subtle characterisation are a constant joy' Daily MailIn a quiet corner of rural Devon, a six-year-old girl witnesses an appalling crime. Thirty years later the man convicted of the crime is released from prison. In Edinburgh, sixteen-year-old Reggie, wise beyond her years, works as a nanny for a G.P. But her employer has disappeared with her baby, and Reggie seems to be the only person who is worried. Across town, Detective Chief Inspector Louise Monroe is also looking for a missing person, unaware that hurtling towards her is a former acquaintance Jackson Brodie himself on a journey that becomes fatally interrupted.

Emotionally Weird is a thoroughly original and hilarious novel about mothers, daughters, and love, by the author of Behind the Scenes at the MuseumOn a weather-beaten island off the coast of Scotland, Effie and her mother, Nora, take refuge in the large, mouldering house of their ancestors and tell each other stories. Nora, at first, recounts nothing that Effie really wants to hear--like who her real father was. Effie tells various versions of her life at college, where in fact she lives in a lethargic relationship with Bob, a student who never goes to lectures, seldom gets out of bed, and to whom Klingons are as real as Spaniards and Germans. But as mother and daughter spin their tales, strange things are happening around them. Is Effie being followed? Is someone killing the old people? And where is the mysterious yellow dog?In a brilliant comic narrative which explores the nonsensical power of language and meaning, Kate Atkinson has created another magical masterpiece.

WINNER OF THE 2015 COSTA NOVEL AWARD AND BESTSELLING LITERARY PAPERBACK OF THE YEAR

''Atkinson''s finest work, and confirmation that her genre-defying writing continues to surprise and dazzle'' Observer

A God in Ruins relates the life of Teddy Todd ? would-be poet, heroic World War II bomber pilot, husband, father, and grandfather ? as he navigates the perils and progress of the 20th century. For all Teddy endures in battle, his greatest challenge will be to face living in a future he never expected to have.

This gripping, often deliriously funny yet emotionally devastating book looks at war ? that great fall of Man from grace ? and the effect it has, not only on those who live through it, but on the lives of the subsequent generations. It is also about the infinite magic of fiction. Few will dispute that it proves once again that Kate Atkinson is one of the most exceptional novelists of our age.

''A dazzling read...ends on one of the most devastating twists in recent fiction'' DAILY TELEGRAPH

Kate Atkinson''s brilliant and unforgettable first novel, which won the Whitbread (now Costa) Book of the Year Prize.

''Delivers its jokes and its tragedies as efficiently as Dickens...outrageously funny...will dazzle readers for years to come'' - HILARY MANTEL, author of The Mirror and the Light

Ruby Lennox was conceived grudgingly by Bunty and born while her father, George, was in the Dog and Hare in Doncaster telling a woman in an emerald dress and a D-cup that he wasn''t married. Bunty had never wanted to marry George, but here she was, stuck in a flat above the pet shop in an ancient street beneath York Minster, with sensible and sardonic Patricia aged five, greedy cross-patch Gillian who refused to be ignored, and Ruby...

Ruby tells the story of The Family, from the day at the end of the nineteenth century when a travelling French photographer catches frail beautiful Alice and her children, like flowers in amber, to the startling, witty, and memorable events of Ruby''s own life.

''Little short of a masterpiece...Fizzing with wit and energy, Kate Atkinson''s hilarious novel made me laugh and cry'' Daily Mail

''An astounding book...without doubt one of the finest novels I have read for years'' THE TIMES

From the NUMBER 1 bestselling author of LIFE AFTER LIFE, SHRINES OF GAIETY and NORMAL RULES DON''T APPLY

On a peat and heather island off the west coast of Scotland, Effie and her mother Nora take refuge in the large mouldering house of their ancestors and tell each other stories.

Nora, at first, recounts nothing that Effie really wants to hear, like who her father was - variously Jimmy, Jack, or Ernie. Effie tells of her life at college in Dundee, where she lives in a lethargic relationship with Bob, a student who never goes to lectures, seldom gets out of bed, and to whom the Klingons are as real as the French and the Germans (more real than the Luxemburgers).

But strange things are happening. Why is Effie being followed? Why is everyone writing novels? Is someone killing the old people? And where is the mysterious yellow dog?

''Sends jolts of pleasure off the page...Kate Atkinson''s funniest foray yet...it is a work of Dickensian or even Shakespearean plenty'' SCOTSMAN

''A brilliant and profoundly original writer'' DAILY TELEGRAPH

The second Jackson Brodie novel (after Case Histories): literary crime from the prizewinning, number-one bestselling author of Big Sky and Transcription.

''An absolute joy to read...the pleasure of One Good Turn lies in the ride, in Atkinson''s wry, unvanquished characters, her swooping, savvy, sarcastic prose and authorial joie de vivre'' Guardian

It is summer, it is the Edinburgh Festival. People queuing for a lunchtime show witness a road-rage incident - a near-homicidal attack which changes the lives of everyone involved. Jackson Brodie, ex-army, ex-police, ex-private detective, is also an innocent bystander - until he becomes a murder suspect.

As the body count mounts, each member of the teeming Dickensian cast''s story contains a kernel of the next, like a set of nesting Russian dolls. They are all looking for love or money or redemption or escape: but what each actually discovers is their own true self.

'The stand-out read of the summer. It's a masterclass in brilliant writing and whether you've read the earlier books in the series or not, you'll enjoy it.' Independent'Like all good detectives, he is a hero for men and women alike.' The Times'Laced with Atkinson's sharp, dry humour, and one of the joys of the Brodie novels has always been that they are so funny.' ObserverJackson Brodie has relocated to a quiet seaside village in North Yorkshire, in the occasional company of his recalcitrant teenage son Nathan and ageing Labrador Dido, both at the discretion of his former partner Julia. It's a picturesque setting, but there's something darker lurking behind the scenes. Jackson's current job, gathering proof of an unfaithful husband for his suspicious wife, seems straightforward, but a chance encounter with a desperate man on a crumbling cliff leads him into a sinister network-and back into the path of someone from his past. Old secrets and new lies intersect in this breathtaking new literary crime novel, both sharply funny and achingly sad, by one of the most dazzling and surprising writers at work today. _________What readers are saying:***** 'A glorious tapestry of storytelling.'***** 'An intelligently written, gripping book with characters you fall in love with.'***** 'Sheer genius, with the characteristic thread of humour.'

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THE NO.1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER BY AWARD WINNER KATE ATKINSON

''An unapologetic novel of ideas which is also wise, funny and paced like a thriller'' Observer

In 1940, eighteen-year old Juliet Armstrong is reluctantly recruited into the world of espionage. Sent to an obscure department of MI5 tasked with monitoring the comings and goings of British Fascist sympathizers, she discovers the work to be by turns both tedious and terrifying. But after the war has ended, she presumes the events of those years have been relegated to the past for ever.

Ten years later, now a producer at the BBC, Juliet is unexpectedly confronted by figures from her past. A different war is being fought now, on a different battleground, but Juliet finds herself once more under threat. A bill of reckoning is due, and she finally begins to realize that there is no action without consequence.

Transcription is a work of rare depth and texture, a bravura modern novel of extraordinary power, wit and empathy. It is a triumphant work of fiction from one of this country?s most exceptional writers.

''How vehemently most novelists will wish to produce a masterpiece as good'' Telegraph
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The brilliant and profound second novel from the three-times Costa prizewinner and number one bestseller Kate Atkinson.'Vivid, richly imaginative, hilarious and frightening by turns' ObserverOnce it had been the great forest of Lythe. And here, in the beginning, lived the Fairfaxes, grandly, at Fairfax Manor.But over the centuries the forest had been destroyed, replaced by Streets of Trees. The Fairfaxes have dwindled too; now they live in 'Arden' at the end of Hawthorne Close and are hardly a family at all.But Isobel Fairfax, who drops into pockets of time and out again, knows about the past. She is sixteen and waiting for the return of her mother - the thin, dangerous Eliza with her scent of nicotine, Arp ge and sex, whose disappearance is part of the mystery that still remains at the heart of the forest.

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Einst belegte die erste Lady Fairfax alle nachkommenden Generationen mit einem Fluch. Die junge Isobel spürt diesen noch immer.Ist ihre Mutter tatsÿchlich fortgegangen, oder hat der Vater seine schöne Frau aus Eifersucht umgebracht? Tapfer versucht Isobel, die Geheimnisse in ihrer Familie zu lüften.

Alles beginnt im Jahr 1888, als Rubys Urgroÿmutter Alice, obwohl mit ihrem siebten Kind schwanger, den Verführungskünsten eines durchreisenden Fotogra-fen erliegt und bald mit ihm für immer verschwindet. Zurück bleiben die Kinder und die Generationen, die auf sie folgen¿- und die Fotos, an die sich vor allem die Trÿume und Sehnsüchte der Frauen knüpfen. Die heiteren wie traurigen Geschichten, die sich um diese Fotos ranken, werden von Ruby erzÿhlt. Und sie besitzt die Gabe, noch im Tragischen das Komische zu entdecken, eine Gabe, die ihr die Kraft gibt, zu überleben und ihr Glück zu finden.

Kate Atkinsons groer Roman uber das Drama des 20. Jahrhunderts - Platz 1 der Times-Bestsellerliste. Was bleibt von einem Menschen und seinen Mglichkeiten? Zwischen den Weltkriegen erlebt Teddy Todd, geboren 1914, eine idyllische lndliche Jugend auf dem Anwesen seiner Familie nahe London. Mag sein, dass er, der charmante Naturfreund und Mchtegern-Poet, mit seiner Sandkastenliebe Nancy einst eine Tochter haben wird (die er nicht versteht und die ihn nicht versteht). Und vielleicht wird die Tochter ihm eine Enkelin schenken, die alle Enttuschungen wettmacht. Zuvor aber kommt der Krieg ins Spiel, und Teddy Todd hat als todesmutiger Kampfpilot fast tagtglich die Stdte Hitler-Deutschlands zu bombardieren Ein Roman ber den heroischen Alltag eines wunderbar normalen Mannes; ein Buch voll hintergrndigem Witz, das sich anfhlt wie vier Generationen gelebtes Leben. "Fr mich ist diese feinsinnige, dramatische und bewegende Familiensaga aus England eines der besten Bcher des Jahres." Brigitte