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Blind Argus

Blind Argus

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Blind Argus is a story about love, the search for love, the cheating that lovers practise on...

The Plague-Spreader’s Tale

The Plague-Spreader’s Tale

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Bufalino's first novel, written in 1950 but not published until 1981 after encouragement from...

Tommaso and the Blind Photographer

Tommaso and the Blind Photographer

Intrigue, blackmail and murder -- a dark satire from the great Italian humorist. Tommaso, a former...

Night’s Lies

Night’s Lies

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Four political prisoners spend their last night before facing the guillotine in the clifftop...

Involuntary Witness

Involuntary Witness

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The first of six novels in the Guido Guerrieri series by retired Italian anti-Mafia prosecutor...

Pereira Maintains

Pereira Maintains

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"One of the most intriguing and appealing character studies in recent European fiction." -Kirkus...

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1937 Japan government railway poster

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

Ears of wheat from below with a bright blue sky and clouds

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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