From the nights in old Soho, where an anonymous green door was the gateway to a decadently dingy paradise, to the days amid the shabby post-industrial elegance of Hackney's canalside warehouses, this is a love song to the drifters, the artists, the glamorous misfits, and, the degenerate waifs.
A title that brings together eight stories: 'The Next Glade', 'Bind Your Hair' and 'The Stains' appeared together in The Wine-Dark Sea in 1988 while 'The Unsettled Dust', 'The House of the Russians', 'No Stronger Than a Flower', 'The Cicerones' and 'Ravissante' first appeared in Sub Rosa in 1968.
Meet Willa Knox, a woman who stands braced against a world which seems to hold little mercy for her and her family - or their old, crumbling house, falling down around them.
SHORTLISTED FOR THE GOLD DAGGER AWARDThe latest bestselling Venice crime novel from celebrated author Donna LeonAs a favour to his wealthy father-in-law, the Count Falier, Commissario Guido Brunetti agrees to investigate the seemingly innocent wish of the Count's best friend, the elderly and childless Gonzalo, to adopt a younger man as his son.
"A gratifyingly unsound psychological odyssey . . . Cartwright destabilizes the novel's placid surface with aftershocks of historical tragedies." - The New York Times Book Review
Henry seemed to have it all. A successful business career, considerable wealth, and a reputation for being a principled man. But public virtues can conceal private failings, and as Henry faces retirement, his well-ordered life begins to unravel.
The Yankees are more astute when it comes to matters like these. They say "not guilty". They don't say "innocent". Because as far as innocence goes, no one can make that claim.
A new edition of Thomas More's Utopia—a 16th century socio-political critique made through a satirical account of an idealised fictional society. This edition is based on the first English translation of the text and provides novel insights into More's context and intentions, as well as the influence of the translator.