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A Fine Line

A Fine Line

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When Judge Larocca becomes the subject of corruption allegations, counsel for the defence Guido...

If this is a man

If this is a man

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"With the moral stamina and intellectual poise of a twentieth-century Titan, this slightly built,...

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...

Reasonable Doubts

Reasonable Doubts

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The third novel in the Guido Guerrieri series of legal thrillers by retired anti-Mafia prosecutor...

Charlie Chaplin’s Last Dance

Charlie Chaplin’s Last Dance

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After hearing this 2012 novel highly praised by a Sicilian YouTuber who describes it as one of the...

The Garden of the Finzi-Continis

The Garden of the Finzi-Continis

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Aristocratic, rich and seemingly aloof, the Finzi-Contini family fascinate the narrator of this...

Pereira Maintains

Pereira Maintains

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

Hunting Season

Hunting Season

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

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 Story of a New Name

The Story of a New Name

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The second novel in the acclaimed Neapolitan Novels series. The first installment is also...

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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

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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

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

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