Harper Collins

If this was the central character from a film, it would be John Cusack in High Fidelity.

If this was a private schoolkid, it would be the one who runs the odds on the nags and earns thousands of pounds from students and teachers alike before he's hit grade nine. And every year his parents receive an uninspiring report card bemoaning his lack of interest in the smallest measure of academic self-improvement.

If this was a play, it would be called "The Extraordinarily Talented But Oddly Modest Playwright Who, It's Easy To Imagine, Finds All This Fuss Amusing".

I always knew I liked David Mitchell, but now it's official; he's like, in my top ten favourite people of all time list.

The fat man of crime is back - in a tale of word games, murder, mayhem, and divine intervention.

Divine Secrets Of The Ya Ya Sisterhood is a book that every daughter should read - an explosion of friendships, lies, honesty, despair, raw emotion, and the complex relationships between generations of women.