- Location(s): Australia
- Genre(s): Travelogue
- Era(s): Modern
- Location(s): London
- Genre(s): Short Stories
- Era(s): Modern
Downriver is constructed as twelve interlocking narratives, in which Iain Sinclair traces the ruins of Margaret Thatcher’s reign through the lens of a fictional film crew that has been hired to make a documentary about what’s left of London’s...
- Location(s): Cuba (Republic of)
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 1930s-1980s
Here is the dreamy and bittersweet story of a family divided by politics and geography by the Cuban revolution. It is the family story of Celia del Pino, and her husband, daughter and grandchildren, from the mid-1930s to 1980....
- Location(s): Norway, Shetland Islands
- Genre(s): Fiction, Romance
- Era(s): Modern
Edvard Christiansen was only fifteen when he joined the Norwegian resistance. He took part in the Shetland Bus operation that helped people escape the Nazi occupation of Norway. Traumatised by his experiences, Edvard moved to Shetland after the war,...
- Location(s): New Jersey
- Genre(s): Short Stories
- Era(s): Late 20th Century
Originally published in 1997, Drown instantly garnered terrific acclaim. Moving from the barrios of the Dominican Republic to the struggling urban communities of New Jersey, these heartbreaking, completely original stories established Díaz as one of contemporary fiction’s most exhilarating...
- Location(s): Ghana
- Genre(s): Fiction, Romance
- Era(s): Modern
Drumbeats is the first novel in a trilogy. It is 1965 and the air is light with the idea of freedom, love and the Beatles, but eighteen year old Jess is feeling stifled by her puritanical religious family background...
- Location(s): Pennsylvania
- Genre(s): Thriller
When an elderly recluse discovers a corpse on his land, Officer Henry Farrell follows the investigation to strange places in the countryside, and into the depths of his own frayed soul. In Wild Thyme, Pennsylvania, secrets and feuds go...
- Location(s): Brazil
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Modern
On the banks of a sprawling Brazilian river lies Sao Tiago – a small town without a conscience, forsaken by its people and by God – the perfect place for a fallen priest to escape his past. Sam whiles...
- Location(s): Ouagadougou
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
With a global perspective, Babnik takes on the themes of racism, the role of women in modern society and the loneliness of the human condition. Dry Season is a record of an unusual love affair. Anna is a 62-year-old...
- Location(s): Dublin
- Genre(s): Crime, Short Stories
- Era(s): Modern
An anthology of stories, erring toward the noir set in Dublin, under the editorship of Ken Bruen










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