The American No is a fiction collection from the author of To the End of the World and Vanished Years. It contains seven stories of love and loss, drama and glamour, hope and rejection, drawing inspiration from the world of film and TV.

The collection includes a story of a chaotic and emotional funeral in Paris; Oscar Wilde's last night in Paris; a middle-aged Russian countess who confronts sex and age in a Cotswold teashop; the life of an L.A. talent agency and the unexpected twist that launches a different kind of career; the deathbed confession of a woman who left home for 1850s India, never to return; a story of emigration, love and grief; and a portrayal of Proust's creative life and his childhood.

The American No draws on film and TV ideas Rupert Everett has created over the course of his career.