A 19th-century whaling ship sets sail for the Arctic with a killer aboard in this dark, sharp and highly original novel, longlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2016

A celebrated writer makes an anonymous confession and defends a habit: his son supplies him with Ecstasy. Other contributors include Nicholas Shakespeare on the evil of his ancestors, David Feuer…

Reportage, fiction and opinion from outsiders in America, and Americans on themselves.

Country Life: how it is lived, how it has changed, and how the changes are far from over

This issue of Granta contains writing from people whose experience of life, sometimes in departed worlds, suggests they have something to tell us about survival.

Providing a brief account of the life of Sir Walter Scott, this text charts his development as a poet and novelist, and justifies his claims to attention as a major…

This is the story of Jack, a Jack Russell/Chihuahua mixed breed, and Frankie, a young boy who’s curiosity always tends to steer him into trouble. Frankie, Jack’s eventual owner, finds…

This volume contains some of Browning’s finest and best-loved poetry. All significant textual variants are recorded, and each of the Bells is accompanied by an introduction and full annotation.