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The Late Mattia Pascal

The Late Mattia Pascal

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Nobel Prize winner Luigi Pirandello is among the most teasing and profound of modern masters and...

The Seville Communion

The Seville Communion

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Murderous goings-on in a tiny church draw the Vatican into the dark heart of Seville. A hacker...

The Luminous Novel

The Luminous Novel

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"It all began with some ruminations prompted by a dog..." A writer attempts to complete the novel...

The Rabbit Factor

The Rabbit Factor

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What makes life perfect? Insurance mathematician Henri Koskinen knows the answer because he...

Death and the Penguin

Death and the Penguin

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No one wants to publish Viktor's short stories, but one day he gets a call from a newspaper asking...

The Brewer of Preston

The Brewer of Preston

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For all fans of Inspector Montalbano, did you know that Andrea Camilleri, creator of Italy's...

The Postman (Il Postino)

The Postman (Il Postino)

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We first meet Mario, a failed fisherman, as he finds work in the Chilean postal service,...

Why We Took The Car

Why We Took The Car

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You're the most boring boy in the class. Your mum's in rehab and your dad has taken off with a...

Game for Five

Game for Five

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At the Bar Lume, in a small coastal resort in Northern Italy, between shots of espresso and hands...

The Breaking of a Wave

The Breaking of a Wave

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Italian seaside resorts are perhaps not so different from towns like Blackpool or Skegness, except...

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Tokyo Express

Author: Seichō Matsumoto

In a rocky cove in the bay of Hakata, the bodies of a young and beautiful couple are discovered. Sta

Night Train to Lisbon

Night Train to Lisbon

Author: Pascal Mercier

Night Train to Lisbon follows Raimund Gregorius, a 57-year-old Classics scholar, on a journey that t

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I'm Not Scared

Author: Niccolò Ammaniti

One relentlessly hot summer, six children explore the scorched wheat fields that enclose their tiny

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