2013, pp. 176, $ 15.00 Region: Italy Book collection: World Noir
Allusive, mysterious, rife with double-meanings, saturated with an exotic, almost esoteric musicality, Patrizia Rinaldi has found a radically new way of writing to tell the story of a thrilling new kind of heroine
“[The Companion is] brilliantly achieved... Roche handles his materials well, never losing control over his narrative, keeping his reader’s attention throughout.”—The Irish Times “Masterfully written, and truly wickedly funny.”—Sunday Independent
This luminous debut novel follows a young woman from her childhood in Vietnam to her life as an immigrant in the United States – and her necessary return to her homeland.
Something has got Aurel Timescu’s attention: an unsolved and apparently unsolvable crime. A vacationer has been found hanged. And it is a crime that will go unpunished if Aurel isn’t ready for the fight of his life.
Based on the true story of Jacques Coeur, The Dream Maker is the story of a Steve Jobs of the Middle Ages. Coeur was the King of France’s visionary First Banker who contributed to bringing France out of darkness and toward the Renaissance and modernity. An adventure novel, a novel of ideas, and...
A work of suspense and psychological tension set in the world of international humanitarian aid, Checkpoint is the latest bestselling novel by the founder of Doctors Without Borders, Jean-Christophe Rufin.