We’re giving one lucky reader a full set of John le Carré’s eight George Smiley novels in Penguin Modern Classics and a copy of Nick Harkaway’s new novel, Karla’s Choice! Featuring the quintessentially English spymaster George Smiley, these eight gripping, globetrotting classics defined John le Carré’s oeuvre and earned him a reputation as spy fiction’s […]

To celebrate the release of Danny Care’s memoir Everything Happens for a Reason, we’re giving you the chance to win a rugby shirt signed by Danny Care himself. Everything Happens for a Reason is Danny’s honest, end-of-career autobiography: “They say everything happens for a reason, and I think my life is proof of that. There […]

What is Gothic literature? Here, we trace the history of the genre, and its key themes and characteristics.