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James Baldwin
Giovanni's Room

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One of the BBC's '100 Novels That Shaped Our World'Baldwin's ground-breaking second novel , which established him as one of the great American writers of his time'Audacious... remarkable... elegant and co…

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Wang Xiaobo,
Golden Age

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The bestselling novel by cult writer Wang Xiaobo, a satire of the Cultural Revolution, in its first full English translation'Wang Xiaobo is a truly unique writer, and there are very few writers like him' …

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Shirley Jackson
Haunting of Hill House

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Vier unterschiedliche Charaktere treffen sich im abweisenden Hill House, um seinem Spuk auf die Spur zu kommen: Dr. Montague, ein okkulter Gelehrter und Theodora, seine fröhliche Assistentin; die Polterge…

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George Orwell
Homage to Catalonia

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Describes the hopes and cynical betrayals of the author's experiences as a militiaman in the Spanish Civil War. 'Every line of serious work that I have written since 1936 has been written, directly or ind…

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Philip Guston
I Paint What I Want to See

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Illuminating reflections on painting and drawing from one of the most revered artists of the twentieth century 'Thank God for yellow ochre, cadmium red medium, and permanent green light'How does a painter…

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Truman Capote
In Cold Blood

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Ein dramaturgisch geschickter Roman, der aus der Perspektive der Mörder, der ermordeten Familie und der ermittelnden Beamten erzählt. Spannend, psychologisch stimmig, fesselnd von der ersten bis zur letzt…

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Seicho Matsumoto,
Inspector Imanishi Investigates

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'An absolute classic, and a whole new world to explore ... irresistible' Lee Child'Beautiful and melancholic, Inspector Imanishi Investigatesis not just an ingenious and elegant mystery, but a fascinating…

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Sinclair Lewis
It Can't Happen Here

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Sinclair Lewis was born in 1885 in Minnesota. He attended Yale University and subsequently worked as a reporter and editor. In 1920, he had a major breakthrough with Main Street (1920), which was followed…

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William S. Burroughs,
Junky

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Burroughs' first novel, a largely autobiographical account of the constant cycle of drug dependency, cures and relapses, remains the most unflinching, unsentimental account of addiction ever written. Thro…

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Aharon Appelfeld,
Katerina

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'Read this book . . . what a gift of lyric language and style, of emotion purified by pain this is' Los Angeles TimesFleeing an abusive home, Katerina, a teenager in 1880s Ukraine, is taken in by a Jewish…

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Elsa Morante,
Lies and Sorcery

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'Thrillingly addictive, magnificent, luxurious . . . as staggering and absorbing as a great 19th-century novel' Telegraph'I loved it and it had been a long time since I had read anything that gave me such…

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Alexander Lernet-Holenia,
Mars in Aries

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Vienna, 1939. Count Wallmoden, an officer and veteran of the First World War, is preparing to take part in a mysterious 'military exercise'. One evening, while off duty, he meets the austere and beautiful…

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Virginia Woolf,
Mrs Dalloway

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'One of the most moving, revolutionary artworks of the twentieth century' Michael CunninghamClarissa Dalloway, elegant and vivacious, is preparing for a party and remembering those she once loved. In anot…

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William S. Burroughs
Naked Lunch

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At long last William S. Burroughs's cult classic and undoubted masterpiece enters Penguin Modern Classics Nightmarish and fiercely funny, William Burroughs' virtuoso, taboo-breaking masterpiece Naked Lunc…

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Terry Pratchett
Night Watch

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A definitive annotated edition of one of the greatest of Terry Pratchett's multi-million-bestselling Discworld novels'A master storyteller' A.S. Byatt'Both comic and dark, blending high fantasy, twisted s…

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James Baldwin
No Name in the Street

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'Candid, insightful, moving . . . a memoir, a chronicle of and commentary on America's abortive civil-rights movement' -The New York TimesIn this deeply personal book, Baldwin reflects on the experiences …

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Torborg Nedreaas,
Nothing Grows by Moonlight

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'Breathtakingly powerful' Guardian'This startling, absorbing book will leave you fizzing with anger and possibility' Noreen MasudIn the blue dusk of a spring evening, a man is drawn to a lonely, beautiful…

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John Steinbeck
Of Mice and Men

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Streetwise George and his big, childlike friend Lennie are drifters, searching for work in the fields and valleys of California. They have nothing except the clothes on their back, and a hope that one day…

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John Steinbeck
Of Mice and Men

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Nobel Prize-winning author John Steinbeck is remembered as one of the greatest and best-loved American writers of the twentieth century. His complete works will be available in Penguin Modern Classics.

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Gabriel Garcia Marquez,
One Hundred Years of Solitude

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Equally tragic, joyful and comical, Gabriel García Márquez's masterpiece of magical realism, One Hundred Years of Solitude is a seamless blend of fantasy and reality, translated from the Spanish by Gregor…

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