
‘And there was the Horntail, at the other end of the enclosure, crouched low over her clutch of eggs, her wings half furled, her evil, yellow eyes upon him, a monstrous, scaly black lizard, thrashing her spiked tail, leaving yard-long…

Editor-in-Chief at Bloomsbury, Alexandra Pringle has acquired UK and Commonwealth rights (exc. Canada) to The Dutch House, the new novel by the Orange Prize-winning, New York Times number one bestselling author Ann Patchett, from Dan Kirshen at ICM Partners. The Dutch Housewill be published in the UK on 24th September…