The most interesting book in the worldA miscellany of things too strange to be true, yet somehow are, by former BBC QI Elf turned bestselling author, Edward Brooke Hitching.

punishment and the exertion of power

poignant story of love and loss which reminds us of the comfort of memories

The story of Daniel Butler's relationship with two barn owls which

but have somehow forgotten along the way

he is forced to ask himself: what must he sacrifice to expose the truth

Their bodies are malleable

A darkly funny

and horses - and

people don't want to make a scene at a funeral

she must find the root of their sorrow - but the house won't give up its secrets so easily

Told from the point of view of 9-year-old Benjamin

Then finding his way back to the piano