Jonathan Trigell

After the crucifixion, Jesus' followers - led by his brother James the Just - remained devout Jews, vigorously opposed to the Roman occupiers. But a rival faction emerged, via the charismatic itinerant Paul of Tarsus. Some called him a Saint and some a liar. But Paul began telling stories that would transform a small sect of Judaism into a world religion. The Tongues of Men or Angels is a dazzling act of imagination and learning. Jonathan Trigell shows the night sky of the Galilee lit not by guiding stars, but by flames of terror; he shows contested soil, on which miracles were performed and battles raged; he shows men of flesh and of blood, by turns loving and brutal. In doing so he unseals a tale that has been waiting through long ages.

This book is the winner of the World Book Day - Books to Talk About Prize 2008. Winner of the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize 2005. Winner of the Waverton Good Read Prize 2005. A is for Apple. A bad apple. Jack has spent most of his life in juvenile institutions, to be released with a new name, new job, new life. At 24, he is utterly innocent of the world, yet guilty of a monstrous childhood crime. To his new friends, he is a good guy with occasional flashes of unexpected violence. To his new girlfriend, he is strangely inexperienced and unreachable. To his case worker, he''s a victim of the system and of media-driven hysteria. And to himself, Jack is on permanent trial: can he really start from scratch, forget the past, become someone else? Is a new name enough? Can Jack ever truly connect with his new friends while hiding a monstrous secret? This searing and heartfelt novel is a devastating indictment of society''s inability to reconcile childhood innocence with reality.

In the Britain of a few tomorrows time, physical perfection is commonplace and self improvement has become an extinct expression: all the qualities men and women could aspire to can be purchased prior to birth. GENUS is a time of genetic selection and enrichment - life chances come on a sliding scale according to wealth. For some there is no money or choice, and an underclass has evolved; Londons Kings Cross, or The Kross as it is now known, has become a ghetto for the Unimproved. In The Kross, the natural, the dated, the cheap and the dull, live a brittle and unenviable existence. But unrest is growing; tension is mounting and a murderer is abroad in these dark quarters...Acclaimed author Jonathan Trigells third novel is a breathtaking tour de force, exploring a dystopia of the not-too-distant-a future which will leave readers wondering not what if, as the original audience of Huxleys Brave New World did, but when. Praise for Jonathan Trigell:A compelling narrative, a beautifully structured piece of writing, and a thought-provoking novel of ideas. Its a wonderful debut. - Sarah Waters, Chair of the Judges for the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize on Boy AA fine and moving debut novel... compulsively readable... a rare treatThe Independent on Boy ADoes for extreme winter sports what Alex Garlands The Beach did for backpacking. - Financial Times on Cham.

After the crucifixion, Jesuss followers - now led by his brother, James the Just - remained devout Jews, vigorously opposed to the Roman occupiers. But a rival faction emerged, via the charismatic itinerant Paul of Tarsus. Some called him Saint, some called him a liar, but Paul began telling the stories that would transform a small sect of Judaism into a world religion.In The Tongues of Men or Angels Jonathan Trigell shows the night sky of Biblical-era Galilee lit, not by guiding stars, but by flames of terror. He shows contested soil, on which miracles were performed and battles raged. He shows men of flesh and of blood, by turns loving and brutal. In so doing, he unseals a tale of the ages. The Tongues of Men or Angels is a dazzling act of imagination and learning.

Byron started it. The original rockstar. It was thanks to Byron that Itchy wound up living in Chamonix Mont Blanc, the death-sport capital of the world, among the high mountains and low morals. For the last few years he tried to numb the pain of his past with alcohol and adrenaline, but now a serial rapist is stalking Chams tourist-thronged streets, haunting the same shadows as Itchy and triggering an obsession which will lead him far from Europes peaks, to the depths of the valley and himself. The promise of Jonathan Trigells first novel, Boy A, is confirmed in this depiction of the world of extreme sports and adrenaline junkies, where all the violent mistakes of a mans life come back to haunt him.

Jack tiene veinticuatro años y ha pasado la mayor parte de su corta vida en prisiones juveniles. En realidad, Jack no es su verdadero nombre, sino el que él mismo ha elegido para empezar una nueva vida en Manchester; solo Terry, su tutor y unico amigo, conoce el terrible pasado que esconde. Mientras Jack camina libre e intenta adaptarse a una nueva identidad, la gente se pregunta donde se encuentra el monstruo que años atras cometio un crimen espantoso. Que un monstruo haya sido perdonado, y viva en libertad en Inglaterra, es algo inadmisible para la opinion publica y la prensa sensacionalista, que no cejaran en su empeño de darle caza.