The History of Bees Koji Suzuki beginning as a labourer and

beginning as a labourer and rising to a tenancy-for-life

the investigation started with a surprise visit from an ex-colleague at California Fidelity - the company that had fired her nine months previously

But a vampire soul is not easily shed

That is how a book should end' John Marrs

'Full of heart and strangeness' Nell Stevens

The History of Bees Koji Suzuki beginning as a labourer and***THE NUMBER ONE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER*** In the spirit of Station Eleven and Never Let Me Go, this dazzling and ambitious literary debut follows three generations of beekeepers from the past, present, and future, weaving a spellbinding story of their relationship to the bees and to their children and one another against the backdrop of an urgent, global crisis. England, 1851. William is a biologist and seed merchant, who sets out to build a new