'Glorious' New York Times'Endlessly inventive', Guardian, Best Books of 2016 'Wildly funny' Lauren Groff, author of Fates and Furies As Caravaggio, the libertine of Italy s art world, and the loutish Spanish poet Quevedo aim to settle scores over the course of one brutal tennis match, the old European order edges closer to eruption.
When the Americans make an offer to buy land in Iceland to build a NATO airbase after the Second World War, a storm of protest is provoked throughout the country.
"e;A darkly humorous work, but also very sada mortal struggle, where the joy of life grapples with the fear of death, and often there is no way of knowing which of the two is on top.
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'Readers can't get enough of this enchanting story' The Sun'A delightful journey into a fantasy realm where dreams make everything better' Daily Mail'Hugely inventive and wise, we adored this heart-lifting adventure' Heat Magazine|| THE NO.
From the author of Thirteen Hours - A Sunday Times '100 best crime novels and thrillers since 1945' pick***Why would a mathematics professor from Cambridge University, renting a holiday home outside Cape Town, require a false identity and three bodyguards?
INTRODUCED BY STUART EVERS: 'A genuine, fully fledged masterpiece of the twentieth century; one that remains just as terrifyingly relevant and truthful in the twenty-first'An existential, political, literary thriller first published in 1944, Transit explores the plight of the refugee with extraordinary compassion and insight.
'An irresistible Hitchcockian gem: a fiendishly-plotted crime novel told in crisp, elegant prose' Paula Hawkins, author of The Girl on the Train 'Matsumoto was Japan's Agatha Christie' Laura Hackett, The Sunday Times'It was a puzzle with no solution.
A subtle and insightful story about boredom, passion, curiosity and memory from the Nobel Prize-winner Jos SaramagoSenhor Jos is a lonely civil servant who spends his days labouring in the labyrinthine stacks of Lisbon's central registry.
'A book so astonishing that I immediately reread it, fearful it might disappear' Patti SmithThe war is over but Alexander Jessiersky, a wealthy Austrian aristocrat and industrialist, is haunted by guilt over the neighbour he inadvertently sent to a concentration camp, Count Luna.
Nach dem großen Erfolg von »Eierlikörtage« folgt mit »Tanztee« nun der zweite Streich des liebenswürdigsten und humorvollsten Rentners der westlichen Hemisphäre: Der Alt-aber-nicht-tot-Club von Hendrik Groen und seinen Freunden ist zwar noch ein bisschen älter geworden, aber auch im neuen Jahr sind sie voller Energie – und gewillt, sich die Zeit im Altersheim Amsterdam-Nord so angenehm wie möglich zu machen.
THE FIRST IN THE MILLION-SELLING DCI EWERT GRENS SERIES, WINNER OF THE GLASS KEY 2005 FOR BEST SCANDINAVIAN CRIME NOVEL OF THE YEAR, AND AS HARD-HITTING A CRIME NOVEL AS YOU WILL EVER READ.
'So clear is Ditlevsen's eye that it is impossible to tear yourself away' John Self, GuardianAn unforgettable collection of stories from the author of The Copenhagen Trilogy'The most important thing is probably always precisely the thing you can't have.
Denton Welch hat ein bewegtes Leben geführt, seine ganz eigene Sicht auf die Dinge korrespondiert mit seiner besonderen Persönlichkeit und zeigt sich in einer Fülle einzigartiger Sätze, die einen ebenso verwundern wie bezaubern.
Manchmal reichen neun Tage, um ein Leben für immer zu verändernElsie weiß: Ben ist ihre große Liebe, und so sagt sie Ja, als er nur ein halbes Jahr nach der ersten Begegnung um ihre Hand anhält.
No other voice has borne truer witness to the dark of our times George SteinerAfter an embarrassing sexual misadventure with a servant girl, sixteen-year-old Karl Rossman is banished to America by his parents.
"e;Flawlessly translated, Amanda Michalopolou's WIKMBF uses the backdrop of Greek politics, radical protests, and the art world to explore the dangers and joys that come with BFFs.
THE TWO-MILLION-COPY BESTSELLING INTERNATIONAL NOVELThe Top Ten Times bestsellerA Time Magazine Book of the Year'An undeniable page-turner' New York Times'I ADORED this uplifting, hopeful novel ' Daily Mail'It made me laugh and cry and feel comforted' 5***** Reader review'A tribute to the transformative power of books and libraries' Irish TimesAn inspirational tale of the love, comfort and growth you can find in the pages of a good book.
From the 2010 winner of the Best Translated Book Award comes a harrowing, controversial novel about a woman's revenge, Jewish identity, and how to talk about Adolf Hitler in today's world.
*PRE-ORDER HARUKI MURAKAMI S NEW NOVEL, THE CITY AND ITS UNCERTAIN WALLS, NOW*A mesmerising mystery story about friendship from the internationally bestselling author of Norwegian Wood and 1Q84Tsukuru Tazaki had four best friends at school.
"e;Absolutely captivating"e; ANDREA CAMILLERI"e;Monumental"e; GuardianDrawing comparisons with Shadow of the Wind, The Name of the Rose and The Reader, and an instant bestseller in ten languages, Confessions is an astonishing story of one man s life, interwoven with a narrative that stretches across centuries to create an addictive and unforgettable literary symphony.
