Books by Russell Banks

A stunning novel of our times with a unique character - Bone - who will stay with you long after this book has ended

John Brown is America's most famous political terrorist, who in 1859 raided the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia, intending to galvanise the Southern slaves into rebellion. This is John's story, told by his son. It recreates pre-Civil War America, and tells of one man's passage from abolitionist to guerrilla fighter and, finally, martyr.

An addictively readable story of lives lived under the encroaching shadow of WWII

A vast, complex novel about colonialism and its legacy on modern-day Africa