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The Snows of Kilimanjaro and Other Stories
| Author: | Ernest Hemingway |
| Publisher: | Vintage |
| Catalogue number: | 120566 |
| Availability: | In stock: usually dispatched within 48 hours |
The Snows of Kilimanjaro contains some of Ernest Hemingway's most acclaimed and popular early works of fiction. In all these stories, which are partly autobiographical, men and women of passion live...
| Author: | Zadie Smith |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books |
| Catalogue number: | 148628 |
| Availability: | In stock: usually dispatched within 48 hours |
On Beauty is Zadie Smith’s wonderful homage to Howard’s End and it provides plenty of parallels for devotees to spot while remaining greatly enjoyable on its own terms. The action has transferred to...
| Author: | J. D. Salinger |
| Publisher: | Penguin |
| Catalogue number: | 129247 |
| Availability: | In stock: usually dispatched within 48 hours |
J.D. Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye is claimed by many to be the ultimate novel for disaffected youth, although such a simple classification would undermine it’s literary value, as this classic text...
| Author: | Jack Kerouac |
| Publisher: | Penguin |
| Catalogue number: | 88422 |
| Availability: | In stock: usually dispatched within 48 hours |
Regarded as the quintessential work of the Beat Generation’s literary output, Jack Kerouac wrote On the Road in a marathon peyote-fuelled writing session on one long piece of paper, prompting Truman...
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
| Publisher: | Harper Perennial |
| Catalogue number: | 132554 |
| Availability: | In stock: usually dispatched within 48 hours |
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas tells the tale of journalist Hunter S Thompson and his ‘attorney’, the Samoan, driving to Las Vegas to find the dark side of the American dream.
Roaring down the desert...
| Author: | Truman Capote |
| Publisher: | Penguin |
| Catalogue number: | 143192 |
| Availability: | In stock: usually dispatched within 48 hours |
When anyone says Breakfast at Tiffany’s, the image of Audrey Hepburn and her undeniable elegance always comes to the fore- even the cover of Truman Capote's classic tale is adorned with her delicate...
| Author: | Rory MacLean |
| Publisher: | Flamingo |
| Catalogue number: | 163715 |
| Availability: | In stock: usually dispatched within 48 hours |
A haunting tale of loss and discovery, "The Oatmeal Ark" is the story of one remarkable family and a candid, beautifully rendered portrait of the country that defined it.
After the death of his father...
| Author: | Stef Penney |
| Publisher: | Quercus |
| Catalogue number: | 155985 |
| Availability: | In stock: usually dispatched within 48 hours |
The Tenderness of Wolves is Steff Penney’s startling debut novel, a period tale of murder, community and one woman’s arduous journey to clear her son’s name. Set in Canada, in 1867, as winter tightens...
| Author: | John Kennedy Toole |
| Publisher: | Penguin |
| Catalogue number: | 143206 |
| Availability: | In stock: usually dispatched within 48 hours |
John Kennedy Toole’s A Confederacy of Dunces is a bittersweet classic- although bitingly funny, it is bittersweet as it’s one of those novels that has always been in danger of being overshadowed by...
Bill Amberg for Penguin Classic
| Relevant titles: | 3 |
| Publisher: | Penguin |
Bill Amberg and Penguin Books have collaborated to produce this series of luxury leather Penguin Classics. Bill has chosen six of his favourite modern novels for their enduring and cosmopolitan style...
Ghost Town - Tales of Manhattan Then and Now
| Author: | Patrick McGrath |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury |
| Catalogue number: | 145603 |
| Availability: | Temporarily out of stock: expected back within 10 weeks |
Ghost Town - Tales of Manhattan Then and Now is Patrick McGrath’s trio of stories weaves together different layers of narrative to give an incredible understanding of New York’s turbulent history:
A...
| Author: | Jay McInerney |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury |
| Catalogue number: | 145583 |
| Availability: | In stock: usually dispatched within 48 hours |
Jay McInerney's Brightness Falls takes place in the most iconic location of the 1980s New York and the pulsating heart at its very midst: Wall Street.
Corrine Calloway is a young stockbroker on Wall...
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