- Location(s): Western Australia
- Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
- Era(s): Late 1900s
On childhood holidays to the western coast, Tim Winton’s days followed a joyous rhythm. In the mornings, the sun and surf kept him outside, in the water. In the afternoons, as the horizon wobbled with mirages and the wind...
- Location(s): South Korea, West Virginia
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Mid 20th Century
At the centre of this unforgettable novel are two children: Lark and her brother, Termite, who is unable to walk or talk but is deeply loved by his family. The two are raised by their aunt Nonie in place...
- Location(s): Las Vegas
- Genre(s): Crime, Short Stories
- Era(s): Modern
16 stories under the editorship of Jarret Keene and Todd James Pierce. Las Vegas provides the classic sophistication and darkness necessary for a deadly noir story. Stylish, sultry, brimming with ambition and greed, the characters who populate this literary...
- Location(s): Bristol, Havana
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 1950s and 2012
Cuba, 1958. Elisa is only sixteen years old when she meets Duardo and she knows he’s the love of her life from the moment they first dance the rumba together in downtown Havana. But Duardo is a rebel, determined to...
- Location(s): Brooklyn
- Genre(s): Fiction, Horror
- Era(s): Mid 20th Century
Last Exit to Brooklyn remains undiminished in its awesome power and magnitude as the novel that first showed us the fierce, primal rage seething in America’s cities. Selby brings out the dope addicts, hoodlums, prostitutes, workers, and thieves brawling...
- Location(s): Rome
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Late 1960s
A cult classic of Italian literature published in English for the first time, with a foreword by André Acimen, author of Call Me By Your Name In the late 1960s, Leo Gazzara left his family in Milan and moved...
- Location(s): Dublin, Liguria, London
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 1930s and 1990s
From the bestselling Irish novelist, here comes a sweeping tale of consequences that spans from the 1930s to the 1990s. “Last Train from Liguria” takes us on a journey from claustrophobic Dublin and the tense formality of London, to...
- Location(s): Denmark, Copenhagen
- Genre(s): Crime, Noir
- Era(s): Modern
“Copenhagen is a mysterious city where strange and sinister things often happen. Menacing and at times darkly humorous there are echoes of Roald Dahl and Daphne du Maurier in these stories, many of which have been specially commissioned for...
- Location(s): Hong Kong, Bangkok, Manila
- Genre(s): Thriller
- Era(s): Modern
Welcome to Bangkok. Bribery, corruption, money laundering and murder. They re not out to get you it s just how they do business. Once a high-flying international lawyer and renowned expert on global money laundering, the urbane and straight-shooting...
- Location(s): London
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): Early WW2, 1939/40
BATTERSEA: London at war – set in 1939 and 1940, Lavender Road follows the entwined lives of the women who live in one South London street during World War 2. Lavender Road boasts a pawnbroker, a pub, two rows...
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