Hen's Teeth

5 best books like Hen's Teeth (Manda Scott): Agent Running in the Field, The Tiger's Wife, Ethel and Ernest, The Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy, A Rising Man

Agent Running in the Field
AuthorJohn le Carré
ISBN1984878875
A new novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author John le Carré

Set in London in 2018, Agent Running in the Field follows a twenty-six year old solitary figure who, in a desperate attempt to resist the political turbulence swirling around him, makes connections that will take him down...
AuthorTéa Obreht
ISBN0385343833
Weaving a brilliant latticework of family legend, loss, and love, Téa Obreht, the youngest of The New Yorker’s twenty best American fiction writers under forty, has spun a timeless novel that will establish her as one of the most vibrant, original authors of her generation.

In a Balkan...
Ethel and Ernest
AuthorRaymond Briggs
ISBN0375407588
Poignant, funny, and utterly original, Ethel & Ernest is Raymond Briggs's loving depiction of his parents' lives from their first chance encounter in the 1920s until their deaths in the 1970s.Ethel and Ernest are solid members of the working class, part of the generation (Brokaw's "Greatest...
AuthorRachel Joyce
ISBN0385682824
  When Queenie Hennessy discovers that Harold Fry is walking the length of England to save her, and all she has to do is wait, she is shocked. Her note had explained she was dying. How can she wait?

A new volunteer at the hospice suggests that Queenie should write again; only this time she must tell...
A Rising Man
AuthorAbir Mukherjee
The winner of the Harvill Secker/Daily Telegraph crime writing competition

Captain Sam Wyndham, former Scotland Yard detective, is a new arrival to Calcutta. Desperately seeking a fresh start after his experiences during the Great War, Wyndham has been recruited to head up a new post in...
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