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The author of the Commissario Ricciardi series "manages to conjure up the terrifying darkness at the heart of a serial killer in this chilling procedural" (Publishers Weekly, starred review).The chaotic, shadowy city of Naples proves the perfect hunting ground for a killer dubbed "The Crocodile" by the press. Like a crocodile, when he devours his own children, he cries. And like a crocodile he is a perfect killing machine: He waits and watches...

Amélie Nothomb brings humor, intelligence, and a refreshing honesty to this highly autobiographical work. Her storytelling appeals to those who feel that their own immediate and personal sense of love is seldom adequately represented in popular fiction. Amélie is a young language teacher living in Tokyo. When she succumbs to the attentions of her one and only student-the shy, wealthy, and sincere Rinri-the two find themselves in an vibrant aff...

The Pulitzer Prize-winning book critic shares recollections and reviews from his career at the Washington Post.In this book, Jonathan Yardley considers lesser-known works from renowned authors and underappreciated talents, and offers fresh takes on old favorites. Yardley's reviews of sixty titles include fiction by Gabriel García Márquez, John Cheever, and Henry Fielding, the autobiography of Louis Armstrong, essays by Nora Ephron, and Margare...

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In the summer of 1977, a young woman named Calista finds work on famed Hollywood director Billy Wilder's film set. The filming takes them to Munich, where Wilder grapples with his family history. This tender and intimate novel examines the nature of time and fame, of family, and of the treacherous lure of nostalgia.

Imagine a British John Waters crossed with David Sedaris."-The New York Times Book Review Set both in Tuscany and in the trendy haunts of London, this hilarious sequel to the popular Cooking with Fernet Branca is further evidence of Hamilton-Paterson's wit and comic inventiveness. The inimitable Gerald Samper is back, with his musings on the absurdities of modern life and his entertaining asides during which he comments on everything from pub...

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Ofelia e Thorn affrontano un universo colmo di allegorie e di realtà interiori profonde, di orizzonti antichi e di sentimenti nuovi, fino a scovare la verità che da sempre è nascosta dietro lo specchio. Crollati gli ultimi muri della diffidenza, Ofelia e Thorn si amano ormai appassionatamente. Tuttavia non possono farlo alla luce del sole: la loro unione deve infatti rimanere nascosta perché possano continuare a indagare di concerto sull'indec...

Here, in these four crisp essays, Ferrante offers a rare look at the origins of her literary powers. She writes about her influences, her struggles, and her formation as both a reader and a writer, she describes the perils of "bad language" and suggests ways in which it has long excluded women's truth, she proposes a choral fusion of feminine talent as she brilliantly discourses on the work of Emily Dickinson, Gertrude Stein, Ingeborg Bachmann...

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