The Dancer Upstairs, 1995 (Chosen by the American Libraries Association as the Best Novel of 1997) This novel explores one of the most astonishing stories in the whole history of twentieth century terrorism. Colonel Rejas was the policeman charged with the task of capturing the Peruvian guerrilla leader [...]

The High Flyer, 1993 (Longlisted for Booker Prize; selected for Granta’s Best of Young British Novelists, 1993) Thomas Wavery is the new Consul General at Abyla on the tip of North Africa. A career diplomat, Wavery was once a high flyer, but an affair with a younger woman [...]

The Vision of Elena Silves, 1989 (Somerset Maugham Award, Betty Trask Award) In the Amazon city of Belén, in the heart of the Peruvian jungle, three old men sit on a bench. They sit in the square every day under the hot sun, remembering the women they loved [...]