Down by the River Gregory David Roberts What about his dreams of

What about his dreams of becoming a lawyer

What's the story behind the imperious HR manager Mrs Boseley with her permanently frosty demeanour

The same journey for Bassam takes an hour and a half

They want Wall to help secure a national asset - the Double Cross System

Kate's husband Luke - the man she loved from the moment she met him twenty-eight years ago - died suddenly

Down by the River Gregory David Roberts What about his dreams ofSet in her native Ireland, Edna O'Brien's newest novel explores the dark and torturous aspects of family ties. As Mary, the young heroine, tries first to conceal and then to escape her father's fateful attention, she finds herself driven into an emotional Styx. She becomes pregnant with her father's child, and as her private and redeemable tragedy is dragged into the public realm, she falls prey to militant factions on all sides.