Egdar "e;Lefty"e; Mendieta investigates the death of a notorious stripper in this second sweltering "e;Narco-lit"e; noir from the Godfather of Mexican crime fictionAn intelligent, atmospheric police procedural series for fans of John Le Carr and Mick HeronWhen the mutilated body of Mayra Cabral de Melo is found in a dusty field, Detective Edgar "e;Lefty"e; Mendieta has personal reasons for bringing the culprit to justice.
The first part in an epic historical trilogy - The Estonian answer to Wolf Hall - by the nation's greatest modern writer Jaan Kross's trilogy dramatises the life of the renowned Livonian Chronicler Balthasar Russow, whose greatest work described the effects of the Livonian War on the peasantry of what is now Estonia.
Yalo was a soldier on one of the many sides in Lebanon's sectarian civil war, before becoming a deserter and a thief, a nightwatchman in Paris, an arms smuggler, and then a rapist.
When Sarah leaves him - heartbroken by their inability to conceive - Pietro reverts to a younger self, leaving the dishes unwashed, his bed unmade and the post unopened.
Set in the cities and islands of the Mediterranean, and linked thematically, the eight stories in The Foxes Come At Night read more like a novel, a meditation on memory, life and death.
This volume makes available for the first time in English the work of a significant Indian nationalist author, Pandey Bechan Sharma, better known in India as "e;Ugra,"e; meaning "e;extreme.
The first translation of The Countess von Rudolstadt in more than a century brings to contemporary readers one of George Sand's most ambitious and engaging novels, hailed by many scholars of French literature as her masterpiece.
While the marquis de Sade was drafting The 120 Days of Sodom in the Bastille, another libertine marquis in a nearby cell was also writing a novelone equally outrageous, full of sex and slander, and more revealing for what it had to say about the conditions of writers and writing itself.
Der Debütroman von Irene Solà – der Autorin von »Singe ich, tanzen die Berge«Nach dem dreijährigen Studium in England kehrt Ada in das Bauerndorf ihrer Kindheit zurück.
The NEXT irresistibly uplifting read for fans of BEFORE THE COFFEE GETS COLD set in a magical laundryThe #1 International word-of-mouth bestsellerHeartwarming and inspirational, MARIGOLD MIND LAUNDRY will remind you there is always a reason to feel positive'A life-changing novel' ***** reader review'A book that makes me reflect on my life' *****'Even better when you read it with a loved one' *****'I took leave from work because I needed to finish it in one sitting' *****_______________________We will wash away your pain and iron away any creases in your heart.
A PROFOUND REFLECTION ON THE HUMAN CONDITION IN THE SHADOW OF LOSS, DESIRE AND DECAYOne night, a boy glimpses a dragon slipping into his bedroom - or thinks he does.
Recounting the hilarious misadventures of a reckless young man who rebels against 'the system' in a country school, this irresistible coming of age tale is one of Japan's most popular novelsBotchan is a modern young man from the Tokyo metropolis, sent to the ultra-traditional Matsuyama district as a Maths teacher after his the death of his parents.
'A fable becoming reality of a woman becoming herself: Tehila Hakimi's Hunting in America just purely bangs' Joshua CohenAn Israeli woman relocates to America on assignment from her tech company.
THE NEW NOVEL FROM THE WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE"e;A wildly enjoyable book; the 85-year-old Vargas Llosa is as sharp and mordantly funny as ever.
LONGLISTED FOR THE EDINBURGH FESTIVAL FIRST BOOK AWARDThe Sun on My Head is a collection of thirteen stories set in Rio's largest favela, gravitating around the lives of young boys and men who, in spite of having to deal with the anguish and difficulties inherent to their age, also struggle with the violence involved in growing up on the less favoured side of the 'Broken City'.
**SOON TO BE A MAJOR HBO SHOW STARRING NICOLE KIDMAN AND MAYA ERSKINE**THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERA RICHARD AND JUDY PICKWINNER OF THE DEBUT NOVEL OF THE YEAR AT THE BRITISH BOOK AWARDSA SUNDAY TIMES TOP 100 NOVEL OF THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY'Creepy, shocking, compulsive' The Times, BOOKS OF THE YEAR'Unnerving, addictive.
In this masterful novel by the acclaimed Indian writer Vivek Shanbhag, a close-knit family is delivered from near-destitution to sudden wealth after the narrator's uncle founds a successful spice company.
