Patrick Gale

• Apr-2026
• / Literary

'Five threads of storytelling interweave to form the braid of a novel both poignant and elegiac. A story of missed opportunities and, ultimately, a memorable story of forgiveness' Sarah Winman'Love Lane is the story of a family, told beautifully and...

• Nov-2022
• / General Fiction

'Tender, evocative' TLS'Richly engaging' SpectatorA Radio 4 Serial Fiction Book of the Week 'A characteristically tender novel about a young man growing up in the shadow of one war and the whispers of the next' Observer'A wonderful novel about relati...

• Aug-2019
• / General Fiction

With nationalism and the far right on the rise across Europe and North America, there has never been a more important moment to face up to what we, in Britain, are doing to those who seek sanctuary. Still the UK detains people indefinitely under immi...

• Dec-2018
• / Literary

THREE DECADES OF STORIES is a unique collection in one volume of Patrick Gale's two editions of dark, moving, often witty and eccentric stories, GENTLEMAN'S RELISH and DANGEROUS PLEASURES. It also includes the acclaimed long story, CAESAR'S WIFE. Ran...

• Jul-2018
• / Literary

From the bestselling author of A PLACE CALLED WINTER comes a compassionate, compelling new novel of boyhood, coming of age , and the confusions of desire and reality . 'It's delicious, it's dear, it's heart-breaking and very funny' Rachel ...

• Jun-2018
• / Literary

Two deeply empathetic novels about families in crisis from an international bestselling British writer "with heart, soul, and a dark and a naughty wit" (The Observer).   Armistead Maupin says of Patrick Gale: "Few writers have graspe...

• Jan-2018
• / General Fiction

Eleven electric stories of lost women, gay men, curious children, and nostalgic adults from the bestselling author of Notes from an Exhibition. A woman tries on a wig and it unlocks a side of herself she never knew existed. Visiting his old boarding ...

• Aug-2016
• / General Fiction

• Aug-2016
• / General Fiction

Eleven electric stories of lost women, gay men, curious children, and nostalgic adults from the bestselling author of Notes from an Exhibition. A woman tries on a wig and it unlocks a side of herself she never knew existed. Visiting his old board...

• Jul-2016
• / Literary

Patrick Gale’s perennially popular debut novel takes a wry and romantic look at love both in and out of the closet.   At fifteen years and eleven months, violinist Seth Peake is a musical prodigy who’s secretly attracted to men. Scheduled to...

• Jul-2016
• / Literary

Bestselling British author Patrick Gale casts an empathetic and ferocious eye on the domestic wounds inflicted by families and lovers in this dark comedy.   One minute Deborah Curtis's husband, Julian, is alive, a handsome figure lea...

• Jul-2016
• / Literary

Three generations of a British family struggle through war, intolerance, infidelity, and illness in this "extraordinary blockbuster" (Time Out London). In the Roundel, an odd, secluded, eight-sided house in the English countryside, Edward Pepper ...

• May-2016
• / Literary

A nine-year-old English girl must look after the dysfunctional adults in her life in this novel from the bestselling British author of Notes from an Exhibition   Everyone needs Dido. All the adults in her life -- grown-ups who act li...

• Mar-2015
• / General Fiction

"Patrick Gale has written a book which manages to be both tender and epic, and carries the unmistakable tang of a true story. I loved it." -- Jojo Moyes A privileged elder son, and stammeringly shy, Harry Cane has followed convention at every step...

• Mar-2012
• / General Fiction

The bestselling British novel about love, marriage, family, secrets, and how the power of faith can transform lives even in the midst of inconsolable loss   After being paralyzed in a rugby accident, twenty-year-old, wheelchair-bound...

• May-2011
• / Literary

Love -- common and uncommon, vengeful and transformational -- is the theme of this superb collection from the bestselling author of Notes from an Exhibition.   From subtle tales of domestic unease to a story featuring a caravan that ...

• May-2011
• / General Fiction

This bestselling bittersweet story of love and second chances takes place over the course of a single summer day . . . or does it?   The only child of eccentric academics who never married, Laura Lewis was an undergrad...

• Jul-2008
• / General Fiction

Four siblings discover truths about their late mother, a troubled artist -- and themselves -- in this "uplifting, immensely empathetic novel" (The Guardian).   Gifted painter Rachel Kelly lived a life of manic highs and suicidal lows...

• May-2006
• / General Fiction

Youthful beauty, intellectual brilliance, physical passion, tragedy and disgrace are all in this wonderful novel as told through the eyes of a 14-year-old girl. Sophie is a self-contained, exceptionally bright child who has no known parents and has s...

• May-2001
• / General Fiction

Beautifully written and deeply compassionate, Rough Music is a novel of one family at two defining points in time. Seamlessly alternating between the present day and a summer thirty years past, its twin stories unfold at a cottage along the eastern c...

• Jul-2000
• / General Fiction

• Jun-1990
• / General Fiction

A young man returns to London from a monastery to become a godfather -- and gets a second chance at love -- in this "blithe, original, engaging satire" (The New York Times). Robin has not gone outside for five years. When he first arrived at the ...

• May-1989
• / General Fiction

Bestselling author Patrick Gale’s quirky and hilarious novel of English country life is “a ridiculously crazy tour de force” (Publishers Weekly). The town of Barrowcester -- pronounced “Brewster” -- is English as can be. From its cozy littl...

• Apr-1988
• / General Fiction

A riotous dark comedy set in the backstreets of London about an unconventional love triangle, a lonely teacher, and a lost baby. Hilary Metcalfe is an English teacher who loathes his work so thoroughly that he requires a half bottle of scotch in orde...

• Nov-1986
• / General Fiction

A world-weary playwright takes on a fake name and a sleazy apartment -- and learns to live again -- in this charming novel from bestselling author Patrick Gale. Success came quick to Domina Tey. An award-winning playwright, Domina was famous before s...