Discover our pick of the best novels sharing raw emotion in 2021!
1. Mayflies by Andrew O’Hagan (Faber)
- Novel about a group of young Scottish guys confronting a crisis in middle age
2. Contacts (HarperCollins) by Mark Watson
- Isolation and connection are the theme of this striking book
3. The Magnificent Sons (Little, Brown) by Justin Myers
- A story of coming out in modern times
4. This Lovely City (HarperCollins) by Louise Hare
- A novel set in London
5. The Wild Silence (Michael Joseph) by Raynor Winn
- A spiritual journey instead of a physical one into the past and into grief
6. Who They Was (Fourth Estate) by Gabriel Krauze
- A story of a search for belonging. A life of crime or an academic future?
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by The Raven Brothers
Out of shape and unprepared, The Raven Brothers return to the road in a collection of ten quests to travel to their dream destinations against all odds! After two decades pioneering new routes across the globe, you would expect the authors of 'Driving the Trans-Siberian' to be hotshot explorers, with a sixth sense and an ability to survive in almost any situation. Think again! With virtually zero knowledge of the workings of the internal combustion engine and very limited skills of wilderness survival, Simon and Chris struggle into their hiking boots and power across three continents by river, tarmac and trail.
Venture to the top of Norway, cruise the road to Damascus, hike the Camino trail into Spain’s Wild West, row the Ganges, explore Frida Kahlo’s world in Mexico City, hangout with the dead in Sicily’s eerie catacombs, crawl deep inside Bolivia’s notorious silver mine, seek lions in Gujarat, wellness in Berlin and journey into the Naga Hills where tribal kings still rule.
Noted by Lonely Planet for their talent to portray an “accurate view of what to expect”, 'Hike, Drive, Stayin’ Alive!' signals a return to the duo writing “buttock clenching” travel comedy with the first in a series of candid stories of adventure by The Raven Brothers.