''A cracking mystery''GUARDIAN

''Entertaining, intelligent, and effortlessly readable''SUNDAY TIMES

''Stunning''NEW YORK TIMES

''A kickass mystery from a superb storyteller''DAVID BALDACCI, author of The 6:20 Man

''Tense and enthralling''DAILY MAIL

''Taut and enjoyable''DAILY TELEGRAPH

It''s an early morning on a beach in Virginia when Arman Bajalan discovers a dead body. Convinced that the murder is connected to his work as an interpreter in Iraq, he knows he''s still not safe.

Seasoned detective Catherine Wheel and her fresh-off-the-beat partner have little to go on beyond a bus ticket in the man''s pocket. But as victims mount around Arman, they find themselves in a deadly race, committed to unravelling the truth and keeping Arman alive - no matter the cost.

WINNER OF THE GUARDIAN FIRST BOOK AWARD

NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER and BOOK OF THE YEAR

''Extraordinary . . . a must-read'' Guardian

''A masterpiece . . . a classic'' The Times

''A stunning achievement'' Sunday Times

''Remarkable . . . every line is a defiant assertion of the power of beauty to revivify'' Hilary Mantel

''Harrowing, inexplicably beautiful, and utterly, urgently necessary'' Ann PatchettEverywhere John looks, he sees Murph.

He flinches when cars drive past. His fingers clasp around the rifle he hasn''t held for months. Wide-eyed strangers praise him as a hero, but he can feel himself disappearing.

Back home after a year in Iraq, memories swarm around him: bodies burning in the crisp morning air. Sunlight falling through branches; bullets kicking up dust; ripples on a pond wavering like plucked strings. The promise he made, to a young man''s mother, that her son would be brought home safely.

Written with profound emotional insight, especially into the effects of a hidden war on families at home, THE YELLOW BIRDS is one of the most haunting, true and powerful novels of our time.

A NEW YORK TIMES, INDEPENDENT, TIMES, TLS, EVENING STANDARD, SUNDAY EXPRESS, GUARDIAN, SCOTSMAN, SUNDAY HERALD, IRISH TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR

Shortlisted for the 2014 TS Eliot PrizeShortlisted for the 2014 Forward Prize for Best First CollectionPoetry Book Society ChoiceIn this remarkable debut poetry collection, National Book Award finalist and Iraq war veteran Kevin Powers creates a startling, affecting portrait of a life shaped by war. LETTER COMPOSED DURING A LULL IN THE FIGHTING captures the many moments that comprise a soldier''s life: driving down the Texas highway; waiting for the unknown in the dry Iraq heat; writing a love letter; listening to a mother recount her dreams. Written with honesty and insight, these poems strive to make sense of war and its echoes through human experience.Just as THE YELLOW BIRDS was hailed as the ''first literary masterpiece produced by the Iraq war,'' (Los Angeles Times) this collection will prove to be a powerful, enduring classic.

* One of the Amazon Editors'' Best Books of 2018 *''Achingly relevant'' - Grazia''Gorgeous and devastating'' New York Times''An American Civil War epic [which] confirms Powers as a significant talent'' - Andrew Motion, Observer''Contains moments that burn'' Daily MailA stunning novel about violence, power and love by Kevin Powers, the acclaimed author of The Yellow Birds and winner of both the 2012 Guardian First Book Award and the Hemingway/PEN Award. A nighttime whipping in a lamplit barn.A ruined leg tossed onto a pile of discarded limbs. A hand snuffing out a desperate cry behind a bedroom''s locked door.In A Shout in the Ruins, Kevin Powers returns to the battlefield and its aftermath, this time in his native Virginia, just before and during the Civil War and ninety years later. The novel pinpoints with unerring emotional depth the nature of random violence, the necessity of love and compassion, and the fragility and preciousness of life. It will endure as a stunning novel about what we leave behind, what a life is worth, what is said and unsaid, and the fact that ultimately what will survive of us is love.Written with the same emotional intensity, harrowing realism, and poetic precision that made The Yellow Birds one of the most celebrated novels of the past decade, A Shout in the Ruins cements Powers'' place as one of the most important novelists of our time.''Beautifully formed sentences express unsettling truths about humanity, yet tendrils of hope emerge, showing how love and kindness can take root in seemingly barren earth.'' - Sarah Johnson, Booklist

''A cracking mystery''GUARDIAN

''Entertaining, intelligent, and effortlessly readable''SUNDAY TIMES

''Stunning''NEW YORK TIMES

''A kickass mystery from a superb storyteller''DAVID BALDACCI, author of The 6:20 Man

''Tense and enthralling''DAILY MAIL

''Taut and enjoyable''DAILY TELEGRAPH

It''s an early morning on a beach in Virginia when Arman Bajalan discovers a dead body. Convinced that the murder is connected to his work as an interpreter in Iraq, he knows he''s still not safe.

Seasoned detective Catherine Wheel and her fresh-off-the-beat partner have little to go on beyond a bus ticket in the man''s pocket. But as victims mount around Arman, they find themselves in a deadly race, committed to unravelling the truth and keeping Arman alive - no matter the cost.

WINNER OF THE GUARDIAN FIRST BOOK AWARD

NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER and BOOK OF THE YEAR

''Extraordinary . . . a must-read'' Guardian

''A masterpiece . . . a classic'' The Times

''A stunning achievement'' Sunday Times

''Remarkable . . . every line is a defiant assertion of the power of beauty to revivify'' Hilary Mantel

''Harrowing, inexplicably beautiful, and utterly, urgently necessary'' Ann PatchettEverywhere John looks, he sees Murph.

He flinches when cars drive past. His fingers clasp around the rifle he hasn''t held for months. Wide-eyed strangers praise him as a hero, but he can feel himself disappearing.

Back home after a year in Iraq, memories swarm around him: bodies burning in the crisp morning air. Sunlight falling through branches; bullets kicking up dust; ripples on a pond wavering like plucked strings. The promise he made, to a young man''s mother, that her son would be brought home safely.

Written with profound emotional insight, especially into the effects of a hidden war on families at home, THE YELLOW BIRDS is one of the most haunting, true and powerful novels of our time.

A NEW YORK TIMES, INDEPENDENT, TIMES, TLS, EVENING STANDARD, SUNDAY EXPRESS, GUARDIAN, SCOTSMAN, SUNDAY HERALD, IRISH TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR

Shortlisted for the 2014 TS Eliot PrizeShortlisted for the 2014 Forward Prize for Best First CollectionPoetry Book Society ChoiceIn this remarkable debut poetry collection, National Book Award finalist and Iraq war veteran Kevin Powers creates a startling, affecting portrait of a life shaped by war. LETTER COMPOSED DURING A LULL IN THE FIGHTING captures the many moments that comprise a soldier''s life: driving down the Texas highway; waiting for the unknown in the dry Iraq heat; writing a love letter; listening to a mother recount her dreams. Written with honesty and insight, these poems strive to make sense of war and its echoes through human experience.Just as THE YELLOW BIRDS was hailed as the ''first literary masterpiece produced by the Iraq war,'' (Los Angeles Times) this collection will prove to be a powerful, enduring classic.

* One of the Amazon Editors'' Best Books of 2018 *''Achingly relevant'' - Grazia''Gorgeous and devastating'' New York Times''An American Civil War epic [which] confirms Powers as a significant talent'' - Andrew Motion, Observer''Contains moments that burn'' Daily MailA stunning novel about violence, power and love by Kevin Powers, the acclaimed author of The Yellow Birds and winner of both the 2012 Guardian First Book Award and the Hemingway/PEN Award. A nighttime whipping in a lamplit barn.A ruined leg tossed onto a pile of discarded limbs. A hand snuffing out a desperate cry behind a bedroom''s locked door.In A Shout in the Ruins, Kevin Powers returns to the battlefield and its aftermath, this time in his native Virginia, just before and during the Civil War and ninety years later. The novel pinpoints with unerring emotional depth the nature of random violence, the necessity of love and compassion, and the fragility and preciousness of life. It will endure as a stunning novel about what we leave behind, what a life is worth, what is said and unsaid, and the fact that ultimately what will survive of us is love.Written with the same emotional intensity, harrowing realism, and poetic precision that made The Yellow Birds one of the most celebrated novels of the past decade, A Shout in the Ruins cements Powers'' place as one of the most important novelists of our time.''Beautifully formed sentences express unsettling truths about humanity, yet tendrils of hope emerge, showing how love and kindness can take root in seemingly barren earth.'' - Sarah Johnson, Booklist