A collected edition of Bruce Chatwins acclaimed, captivating novels On the Black Hill,UtzandThe Viceroy of Ouidah with an introduction by Hanya Yanagihara

While Bruce Chatwin is best known as a master of travel literature, his three acclaimed novels must not be overlooked. Here we see a writer exploring human life, from its freedoms to its limits, in ever more exhilarating and unexpected ways.

InOn the Black Hill, twin brothers begin to realise that the world beyond their familiar fields is changing. InUtz, a scholar visits a communist state to meet an eccentric porcelain collector. And inThe Viceroy of Ouidah, an ambitious slave trader makes a choice that could threaten his ultimate dream.

Bruce Chatwinwas born in Sheffield in 1940. He worked for Sothebys and theSunday Timesbefore announcing his departure in a telegram: Gone to Patagonia for six months. This trip inspired the first of his books,In Patagonia, which won the Hawthornden Prize and the E.M. Forster Award and launched his writing career. Two of Chatwins books have been made into feature films:The Viceroy of Ouidah(retitledCobra Verde), directed by Werner Herzog, and Andrew GrievesOn the Black Hill.The Songlineswas a Number 1 bestseller whileOn the Black Hillwon the Whitbread First Novel Award andUtzwas shortlisted for the 1988 Booker Prize. He died in January 1989, aged forty-eight.