A number-one bestseller; Room was published in 2010 to ecstatic reviews around the world and quickly became a word-of-mouth sensation. It has won or been shortlisted for more than a dozen awards (including shortlistings for both the Man Booker Prize and the Orange Prize) and has sold more than a million copies. Room is the story of Ma and Jack. They live in a single; locked room. Five-year-old Jack loves watching TV; but he knows that nothing he sees on the screen is truly real -- only him; Ma and the things in Room. Until the day Ma admits there's a world outside ...In 2012 Picador celebrates its 40th anniversary. During that time we have published many prize-winning and bestselling authors including Bret Easton Ellis and Cormac McCarthy; Alice Sebold and Helen Fielding; Graham Swift and Alan Hollinghurst. Years later; Picador continue to bring readers the very best contemporary fiction; non-fiction and poetry from across the globe. Discover more at picador.com/40