Serpent’s Tail

Serpent’s Tail, formed in 1986, publishes edgy fiction, literature in translation and non-fiction with emphasis on politics, music and popular culture. Now part of Profile Books, it publishes the bestselling Orange Prize novel WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN by Lionel Shriver, as well as three Nobel laureates, a John Llewellyn Rhys prize winner and the debuts of notable authors including David Peace, Michel Houellebecq, Attica Locke and more.