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  • Against Nature

    by Joris-Karl Huysmans, Patrick McGuinness ...
    Translated by Patrick McGuinness ...
    The hero of this curious novel is des Esseintes, a neurasthenic aristocrat who has turned his back on the vulgarity of modern life and retreated to an isolated country villa. Here, accompanied only by a couple of silent servants, he pursues his obsessions with exotic flowers, rare gems, and complex perfumes and embarks on a series of increasingly strange aesthetic experiments, starting with the ... Read more

    $11.59 USD

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  • A C. H. Sisson Reader

    by C. H. Sisson ...
    This book is the most comprehensive collection of essays, criticisms, and analyses of the author C. H. Sisson, dubbed as "one of the great translators of our time" by the Times Literary Supplement. This work provides an insightful look into C. H. Sisson's work and that of his peers, and provides readers with a better understanding of the state of literature in Britain and Europe in the 20th ... Read more

    $32.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Last Hundred Days

    A Novel

    by Patrick McGuinness ...
    Once the gleaming "Paris of the East," Bucharest in 1989 is a world of corruption and paranoia, in thrall to the repressive regime of Nicolae Ceau?escu. Old landmarks are falling to demolition crews, grocery shelves are empty, and informants are everywhere. Into this state of crisis, a young British man arrives to take a university post he never interviewed for. He is taken under the wing of Leo O ... Read more

    $11.59 USD

  • Collected Poems: Lynette Roberts

    by Lynette Roberts ...
    The work of an original, haunting, and experimental modernist poet is made available again for the first time in 50 years in this volume. Lynette Roberts is principally a war poet, in that her two published collections take as their subject a woman's life in wartime. A late modernist, she works on two scales at the same time: the mythic and the domestic. As a Welsh writer, her best work stands ... Read more

    $22.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Throw Me to the Wolves

    by Patrick McGuinness ...
    “Compulsively readable.”-New York Times Book Review"A significant literary achievement that also happens to be a terrific page-turner."- Jonathan Lee"Elegantly written, darkly entertaining."- John Banville"An extraordinary writer of great compassion . . . Stunning."- Denise MinaIn the aftermath of Brexit, the body of a young woman is found by the river Thames, and a neighbor, a reti... ... Read more

    $15.49 USD

  • The Conquest of Plassans

    Translated by Helen Constantine ...
    by Patrick McGuinness, Émile Zola ...
    Series series Oxford World's Classics
    'Abbé Faujas has arrived!' The arrival of Abbé Faujas in the provincial town of Plassans has profound consequences for the community, and for the family of François Mouret in particular. Faujas and his mother come to lodge with François, his wife Marthe, and their three children, and Marthe quickly falls under the influence of the priest. Ambitious and unscrupulous, Faujas gradually infiltrates ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • The Penguin Book of French Short Stories: 2

    From Colette to Marie NDiaye

    Edited by Patrick McGuinness ...
    'Beautiful and deep ... **a sumptuous treat for any book lover' The Independent'Food for short story lovers everywhere' Irish Times***A major celebration of the French short story and Spectator Book of the Year*The short story has a rich tradition in French literature. This feast of an anthology celebrates its most famous practitioners, as well as newly translated writers ready for rediscovery. ... Read more

    $14.59 USD

  • The Penguin Book of French Short Stories: 1

    From Marguerite de Navarre to Marcel Proust

    by Various ...
    Translated by Siân Reynolds, David Bellos, Christine Donougher, Ros Schwartz, Dr Will McMorran ...
    'Beautiful and deep ... **a sumptuous treat for any book lover' The Independent'F**ood for short story lovers everywhere' Irish Times*A major celebration of the French short story and Spectator Book of the Year*The short story has a rich tradition in French literature. This feast of an anthology celebrates its most famous practitioners, as well as newly translated writers ready for redisco... ... Read more

    $16.79 USD

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    Translated by Valerie Minogue ...
    by Émile Zola ...
    Series series Oxford World's Classics
    'The irresistible power of money, a lever that can lift the world. Love and money are the only things.' Aristide Rougon, known as Saccard, is a failed property speculator determined to make his way once more in Paris. Unscrupulous, seductive, and with unbounded ambition, he schemes and manipulates his way to power. Financial undertakings in the Middle East lead to the establishment of a powerful ... Read more

    $10.49 USD

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  • All That’s Dead

    The new Logan McRae crime thriller from the No.1 bestselling author

    by Stuart MacBride ...
    Series Book 12 - Logan McRae
    The stunning new thriller from No. 1 Sunday Times bestseller Stuart MacBride.One down…A dark night in the isolated Scottish countryside. Nicholas Wilson, a prominent professor known for his divisive social media rants, leaves the house with his dog, as he does every night. But this time he doesn’t come back…Two down…The last thing Inspector Logan McRae wants is to take on such a high-profile case. ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

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  • Eight Perfect Murders

    A Novel

    by Peter Swanson ...
    New York Times bestseller“Swanson rips us from one startling plot twist to the next… A true tour de force.” —Lisa Gardner“[A] multilayered mystery that brims with duplicity, betrayal and revenge.” —USA TodayFrom the hugely talented author of The Kind Worth Killing comes a chilling tale of psychological suspense and an homage to the thriller genre tailor-made for fans: the story of ... ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • The Chestnut Man

    A Novel

    by Soren Sveistrup ...
    International Bestseller • A New York Times Book Review Best Book of the Year • Winner of the Barry Award for Best First Mystery/Crime NovelA NETFLIX Original Series. Don't miss the sequel series, "The Chestnut Man: Hide and Seek" streaming now.“A full-throttle thriller in the tradition of classic Stieg Larsson” —A.J. Finn, author of The Woman in the Window**From S... ... Read more

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