A delightfully illustrated cult novel, literary satire and epic adventure. 'Within the first 15 pages I was carried away by the sheer craziness of it all. Part science fiction, …
This collection of playful, deadly febles is populated with waifs and strays, a gluttonous thief and a mischievous gardener. The grimly comic story The Argentine Ant moved Gore …
From the acclaimed author of Atlas of Unknowns, a bravura collection of short stories--set, by turns, in London, Sierra Leone, and the American Midwest--that captures the yearning …
Mari sips her coffee and reads a book, but soon her solitude is disturbed: a girl has been beaten up at the Alphaville hotel, and needs Mari's help. Meanwhile Mari's beautiful …
A collection of stories inspired by the January 1995 Kobe earthquake and the poison gas subway attacks two months later takes place between the two disasters and follows the …
The story is told by a young 'unknown soldier' in the trenches of Flanders during the First World War. Although there are vividly described incidents which remain in mind, there is …
In settings that range from small town Illinois to the Upper East Side of Manhattan, these stories are distinguished by Maxwell's inimitable wisdom and kindness, his sense of the …
'Kurkov is hugely talented. Truly very funny' Time OutMarital troubles? Sick of life? Suicide the answer? Why not get yourself a contract killer? Nothing easier, provided you …
A seductive collection of stories from the 'magnificent story-teller' (Independent on Sunday). And in the grandest house of all, Danni the Polish housekeeper catches the eye of an …
When Sophie Brinkmann meets Hector Guzman, she knows everything that she needs to: heââ?¬â?¢s handsome, heââ?¬â?¢s charming and he makes her happy. But what she doesnââ?¬â?¢t …
