'An indescribable, aching, futile longing for myself'The young Danish aristocrat Malte Laurids Brigge has been left rootless by the early death of his parents.
Botchan 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.
The first book in the bestselling, mouth-watering Japanese sleuthing series, The Kamogawa Food Detectives is perfect for fans of Toshikazu Kawaguchi's Before the Coffee Gets Cold.
The Sunday Times bestselling, twenty-eighth and final novel in the thrilling, wickedly funny Inspector Montalbano Mysteries series by Andrea Camilleri.
'His artistry is supreme' John Banville Standing here at the window in the middle of the morning, vaguely observing the comings and goings in the street, he had a feeling that reminded of certain days in his childhood, when his mother was still alive and he was off school because he had the 'flu or it was the end of term.
Faith führt ein Leben in Luxus – doch sie zahlt dafür einen hohen Preis: Ihr Mann Ross, ein herrischer Schönheitschirurg, will sie nach seinen Idealen von Vollkommenheit umoperieren.
»Memoiren und Falschinformationen« ist ein furchtloser semi-autobiographischer Roman, eine Dekonstruktion der Person Jim Carrey, eine Geschichte über die Schauspielerei, Hollywood, Privilegien, Freundschaft, Romantik, die Sucht nach Relevanz, die Angst vor persönlicher Auslöschung, Kanada, und ein katastrophales Ende der Welt - Apokalypsen innen und außen.
A breathless page-turner from an international master of suspense - a story about dependency, justice, and the sometimes fine line between right and wrong.
Selected by Marcel Berlins in The Times as one of the 50 best crime novels of the last 50 years: 'Deon Meyer is acclaimed for his portrayals of crime and the police after the end of apartheid.
Ciccio already has many problems: romantic failure, an older brother who seems intent on breaking the heart of every beautiful woman in Sao Paulo, a distant and larger-than-life father.
With an introduction by award-winning novelist Colm ToibinOpening with a crime of passion after a years-long love affair has soured, The Dead Girls soon plunges into an investigation of something even darker: Serafina Baladro and her sister run a successful brothel business in a small town, so successful that they begin to expand.
*PRE-ORDER HARUKI MURAKAMI S NEW NOVEL, THE CITY AND ITS UNCERTAIN WALLS, NOW*An assault on the senses, part murder mystery, part metaphysical speculation; a fable for our times as catchy as a rock song blasting from the window of a sports car.
A collection of eight ingenious short stories following Inspector Montalbano's investigations into Sicily's murky underworld, all served with Camilleri's trademark wit, and Montalbano's typical appetite.
The third instalment in a prize-winning series charting the rise of the House of Medici as they become Masters of Florence and progenitors of the Renaissance.
In this frightening and surprising novel, the eccentric, wayward genius of Commissaire Adamsberg is pitted against the deep-rooted mysteries of one Alpine village's history and a very present problem: wolves.
Texte auf Deutsch / Text in EnglishDie Reihe "Die Goldenen Bücher" entsteht in Zusammenarbeit des belgischen NTGent mit dem Berliner Verbrecher Verlag und veröffentlicht programmatische Texte zu Theater, Ästhetik und Politik sowie Begleitbücher zu Inszenierungen und Projekten des NTGent: eine Textreihe zu Praxis und Theorie eines "Stadttheaters der Zukunft".
'An understated fantasy with an unlikely but likeable hero' The TimesWhen Igor accidentally travels back to 1957 Kyiv, he finds out that the past isn't as rosy as it seems.
'He thought he could see, in a flash, the future of the Rougon-Macquart family, a pack of wild satiated appetites in the midst of a blaze of gold and blood.
