Jen wrote about C

Despite – and often aided by – its morose tendencies, C is a highly comic novel. McCarthy gradually immerses us in Serge Carrefax's perspective, where we hurtle through the defining events of his life, experiencing them in our peripheral vision, all the while being confronted with the trails of codes and hidden meanings these events leave behind. C manages to examine the impossibility of communication and the encrypted codes we use to connect with each other without feeling bleak.

Jen Holt
Queens Park Books

JUST IN TIME FOR HALLOWEEN

WICKED PLANTS: The A – Z of Plants that Kill, Maim, Intoxicate and Otherwise Offend

by Amy Stewart

We are hosting an author event on Friday 29 October from 5pm when AMY STEWART, author of the New York Times bestseller WICKED PLANTS, will be here to talk about Mother Nature's most appalling creations in the plant world.

The event is also being aimed at adults who will find Amy's knowledge both entertaining and even alarming but she'll also enlighten children, drawing on history, medicine, science and legend to present tales of bloodcurdling botany.

To book places for you and your budding botanists - who will receive a complimentary trick or treat bag - please either come in person to the shop, or email us at shop@queensparkbooks.co.uk.

Places are limited and a £2.00 reservation charge per place will be made, redeemable against the purchase of the book.