'A masterly tale of transgression, acceptance, diplomacy, war, class conflict, love, forgiveness and jealousy ... the journey is provocative and exhilarating' The Times. TRESPASS is award-winning Valerie Martin's first full-length novel since the Orange Prize-winning PROPERTY. She always receives excellent reviews: 'TRESPASS is exquisitely balanced between a family story and a novel of ideas' Scotsman. 'An absolute joy to read ... This is a wise, intelligent novel' New Statesman. 'Valerie Martin writes beautifully and this novel is often moving and heartfelt' Sunday Telegraph. 'light-hearted ... inquisitive ... joyfully irreverent' Spectator. 'Fraught with tension, desperation and rage, all masterfully sustained until the bitter conclusion' LA Times. 'The cool assurance of Martin's voice, and her capacity to say surprising things about ordinary feelings - envy, rage, and despair figure prominently - make the collection a triumph' The New Yorker. 'Martin's diligent attention to the day-to-day details makes each story an intensely colourful and textured microcosm ... [she] breathes new life into the struggling-artist archetype' Time Out. Includes Reading Group Notes.

"An absorbing, if at times unsettling, look at the way violence can creep unannounced into your life at any time" DAILY MAIL "resonant and rewarding" SUNDAY TIMES "This lucid, beautifully written novel explores ideas of territory and ownership to great effect" DAILY TELEGRAPH

Valerie Martin is the author of two collections of short fiction and seven novels, including the 2003 Orange Prize-winning PROPERTY. She is also the author of a non-fiction work about St Francis of Assisi, Salvation. She lives in upstate New York.