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Mia Couto's first novel, judged one of the twelve best African books of the 20th century

When Kierkegaard died at the age of forty-two, the papers found in his desk included Johannes Climacus, probably written in the winter of 1842-43. The book is a novel, as well as a work of philosophy, which tells the tale of what happens to the young Johannes Climacus as he decides to become a philosopher. At first in awe of the great thinkers, especially Hegel he sets out to follow their philosophical example by exploring the maxim 'Everythin...

Paperback edition of the novel set in the fictional northern valley of the Iron Towns. Follows a young man who plays football for Irontown FC, and evokes the landscape and myth of a forgotten corner of England.

Paperback edition of the latest historical crime novel from the author of "The Twilight Hour" and "War Damage". Set in London in 1956.

Legend has it that Count Julian opened the gates of Spain to the Moorish invaders and introduced eight hundred years of Islamic influence. The narrator dreams of another invasion of his fatherland. Destruction will be total - myths central to the Hispanic psyche will crumble: the myth of the Christian knight always ready to do battle to defend the faith, the myth of the macho male and its inverse the virgin female, and the myth of the heroic S...

Since 1993 over 400 women have been murdered in Ciudad Jußrez. Residents believe the true number of disappeared stands at 5, 000.When a new disappearance is reported, Kelly Courter, a washed-up Texan boxer, and Rafael Sevilla, a Mexican detective, are sucked into an underworld of organised crime, believing they can outwit the corruption all around. The DEAD WOMEN OF JU-REZ follows these two men obsessed with seeking the truth about the female ...

This macabre thriller from an established author weaves film, art and Internet voyeurism.

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First published in 1962, The Crust On Its Uppers, Derek Raymond?s first novel (written when he was Robin Cook) is a gripping tale of class betrayal. With ruthless precision, and a great deal of humour, it brings vividly to life a London of spivs, crooked toffs and bent coppers.

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An astonishingly assured debut from British writer Bethan Roberts.

OUTSOURCED is Zeltserman's most commercial book to date. A classic heist thriller pitched somewhere between Ocean's Eleven and Dog Day Afternoon, it's the story of a group of software engineers who lose their jobs due to an industry push to outsourcing. Desperate, and seeing their middle class lives crumbling apart, they come up with a brilliant plan to use their computing skills to rob a bank. But not even a systems analyst can foresee every ...

An extraordinary portrait of an Africa country after a civil war.

For HarukoLittle moves on sight blinded by histories as trivial or expansive as the rain seducing light into a blurred excitementThen she opens all of one eyeas accurate as longingas two hands beholden to the hunger of green leavesandrinsing them back into regular breath she who sees she frees each of these beggarly events cleansing them of dust and other deathPoem about ProcessAnd ProgressFor HarukoHey Baby you bettahurry it up!Becausesince y...

Reprint of a book that sold over 5000 copies in its first edition.

Trade paperback. A tough, terrifying novel about 2 men desperately fighting for justice in a world where lives have become worthless. 3rd novel from a popular crime writer.

There is nothing wrong with Fran. There is nothing wrong with her marriage to Nick, they've been married for more than 12 years, since they were eighteen. When 'a little stranger', in the form of baby Louis arrives, their lives are irrevocably changed. Fran finds it simply unbearable to be all alone with a baby, her old life merely a memory. So, one day, Fran simply walks away, to start a journey to rediscover her own family. As Fran travels f...

A strong crime debut from a new African American voice: hard-hitting and Mosley-esque.

Something very strange has been happening in Warchester, and local singer Rik Suntan is about to have his doors of perception blown wide open. It seems that during the 1970s, Jimmy Page's experiments with the occult wandered into the art of soulshifting - namely, swapping the souls of celebrity rivals with those of newly born babies in the Warchester maternity ward. Black magic inspires black comedy in STAIRWAY TO HELL.

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