The story follows a female narrator who, accompanied by her tiny poodle and 3-foot-tall servant, comes across a gothic cathedral whilst walking in a city.
First published in 1923, "e;The Fascinating Stranger and Other Stories"e; is a fantastic collection of classic short stories by American dramatist and Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Newton Booth Tarkington (1869-1946).
"Un mundillo de luchadores, djs, santería, traileros, música norteña, San Judas Tadeo, torrentes de cerveza, conectes de droga, cantinas, exmojados que llegaron para quedarse, burritos, machaca, sombras paródicas de la historia patria, Burroughs y Kerouac, revistas gruperas, gordas titánicas, etcétera, en medio de un territorio que incluye Monterreycillo, Gómez Pancracio, San Pedrosburgo, Monkloyork, Monterrey, Estación Marte y Capital Federal.
When the famed 18th century astrologer, John Partridge, publicly discredited the Christian church, Jonathan Swift developed an immense distaste for the man.
Ernest Hemingway's first piece of long-form literature, The Torrents of Spring, is a satirical novella that the great American author wrote in just ten days and is a rare early example of his work.
Fabulously funny, sharp and totally unputdownable first novel from a great new talent'My name is Katie Castle, and this is the story of how I had everything, lost it all, and then found it again, but not quite all of it, and not in the same form, and, if I'm perfectly frank (which, I have to confess, doesn't come naturally) not nearly so good.
Stylish and witty tale of city life from the author of THE FAVOURS AND FORTUNES OF KATIE CASTLEAlice is content to drift along in her job at Enderby's, the fusty auction house, among colleagues who are toffs, tarts or swots.
Social mores come under bestselling author Philippa Gregory's acute scrutiny in this reissue of a long-unavailable novel of betrayal, revenge and liberation.
Richard Littlejohn exposes the madness of modern Britain in this thrill-packed rollercoaster ride of a novel, bursting with all the humour and irreverence that have made him Britain's No 1 newspaper columnist.
Phineas Redux - Anthony Trollope - This is the fourth of the 'Palliser' series of novels and the sequel to the second book of the series,_Phineas Finn.
A deft parody of the American fame factory and a piercing portrait of young and old desire, WONDER BOYS is a modern classic from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of THE ADVENTURES OF KAVALIER & CLAY.
Set in 1984, at a time when political and social change is sweeping through Britain and the last Labour battle is soon to usher in a new economic order, Zombie Park follows the story of Roland Cauldron, who considers himself lucky to be starting a new career as a student psychiatric nurse, living and training on an old asylum in the outskirts of London.
