Gore Vidal's Narratives of Empire series spans the history of USA from the Revolution to the post-WWII years. With their large cast of fictional and historical characters, the novels in this series present a panorama of the American political and imperial experience as interpreted by Gore Vidal. Vidal's 1876 gives us the news of the day through the eyes of Charlie Schuyler, who has returned from exile to regain a lost fortune and arrange a marriage into New York society for his widowed daughter.Vintage; 364 pp.; EN; pbVan/List Price € 17,00 Voor/Our Price € 7,50Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 56 %
A beautiful society wife from St. Petersburg, determined to live life on her own terms, sacrifices everything to follow her conviction that love is stronger than duty. A socially inept but warm-hearted landowner pursues his own visions instead of conforming to conventional views. The adultress and the philosopher head the vibrant cast of characters in Anna Karenina, Tolstoy's tumultuous tale of passion and self-discovery.Dover, 2004; 740 pp.; EN; pbpb € 5,99
You do see, don't you, that she's got to be killed. Hercule Poirot overhears a young man saying these chilling words, then days later, the man's stepmother, known to all as a sadistic tyrant, is found dead. Black Dog; 255 pp.; EN; hbVan/List Price € 14,00 Voor/Our Price € 6,95Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 50 %
Bertie Wooster withdraws to the village of Maiden Eggesford on doctor's orders, to sleep the sleep of the just. Only the presence of the irrepressible Aunt Dahlia shatters the rustic peace.Arrow, 2008; 184 pp.; EN; pbVan/List Price € 15,95 Voor/Our Price € 6,99Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 56 %
This novel by Nobel Prize winner Cela almost defies the definition, a crux, or a denouement. Instead he gives us a mix of folklore, tradition, autobiographical snatches, cooking directions, and a litany of nautical disasters on Spain's Coast of Death.New Directions, 2002; 211 pp.; EN; hbVan/List Price € 25,95 Voor/Our Price € 7,95Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 69 %
Who but P.G. Wodehouse could have extracted high comedy from the game of golf. Take the story of Cuthbert, who is helplessly in love with Adeline, but what use are his holes-in-one when she's in thrall to Culture and prefers rising young writers to winners of the French Open. Then look at what happens to Mitchell Holmes, who misses short puts because of the uproar of the butterflies in the adjoining meadows. His career seems on the skids, but can golf redeem it.Arrow, 2008; 224 pp.; EN; pbVan/List Price € 15,95 Voor/Our Price € 6,99Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 56 %
Since tales of his exploits began appearing in The New Yorker more than 40 years, Henry Bech, John Updike's playfully irreverent alter-ego, has charmed readers with his aesthetic dithering and his seemingly inexhaustible libido. The Bech stories, collected in 1 volume for the first time- cast an affectionate eye on the famously unproductive Jewish-American writer, offering up a stream of wit, whimsy, and lyric pungency unmatched in American letters.Everyman; 509 pp.; EN; hbVan/List Price € 25,00 Voor/Our Price € 10,90Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 56 %
When Maud Marsh flings herself into American George Benson's cab in Picadilly, he believes he has met a damsel in distress. George traces his mysterious travelling companion to Belpher Castle, home of Lord Marshmoreton, where life is hilariously muddled.Arrow, 2008; 256 pp.; EN; pbVan/List Price € 15,95 Voor/Our Price € 6,99Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 56 %
Linnet Doyle is young, beautiful, and rich, she has everything, including the man her best friend loves. Linnet and her new husband take a cruise on the Nile, where they encounter Hercule Poirot. It should be an idyllic trip... Black Dog; 351 pp.; EN; hbVan/List Price € 14,00 Voor/Our Price € 6,95Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 50 %
A Dutch actor and actress travel to 1970s Rome in hopes of finding their big break in this novel by Dutch novelist Arthur Japin. Gala and Maxim have been companions for years, each is overjoyed when the other finds work. But when Gala comes under the spell of celebrated Italian director Snaporaz, Maxim is besieged by worry.Knopf, 2010; 352 pp.; EN; hbVan/List Price € 27,95 Voor/Our Price € 9,50Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 66 %
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