Place called winter: costa shortlisted 2015, paperback/patrick gale

Paperback edition of the latest novel from the author of Notes From An Exhibition, which sold more than 300,000 copies.

This has been picked for the BBC Radio 2 Simon Mayo Book Club, and is based on a true story from Gales own family history.

Set in the early 20th century, it follows Harry Crane as hes forced to emigrate from Edwardian England to Canada.

A master storyteller.

Independent On Sunday.