Archipelago

A NovelLearning to survive in the harsh interior of Southern Africa, a former slave seeks shelter in the hollow of a baobab tree. For the first time since she was a young girl her time is her own, her body is her own, her thoughts are her own. In solitude, she is finally able to reflect on her own existence and its meaning, bringing her a semblance...

A Dan Stagg MysteryJames Lear does Lee Child in his latest sexy and suspenseful mystery. Dan Stagg is an ex-military man who fell foul of Don't Ask Don't Tell. Like Jack Reacher, he's prone to violence, always upholding what he views as justice. With no personal ties and little money, Dan accepts a job protecting a young male...

"e;If it be permitted to speak of love at first sound, then thats what I experienced in my first encounter with this poet of prose."e; So said Thomas Mann of the work of PeterAltenberg. A virtuoso Fin-de-Sicle Viennese innovator of what he called the "e;telegram style"e; of writing, Altenbergs signature short prose straddles the...

Ready to Burstfollows the lives of two young men and their individual attempts to make sense of the deeply troubled society surrounding them. An informed critique of the ';brain drain' prompted by the Duvalier dictatorship,Ready to Burstis, in Franketienne's words, a portrait of ';the extreme bitterness of doom in the face of...

Our hero and narrator is the ageing caretaker of cottages at a summer resort. A mysterious visitor inspires him to share the story of his long life: we witness a happy childhood cut short by the war, his hiding from the Nazis buried in a heap of potatoes, his plodding attempts to play the saxophone, the brutal murder of his family, loves lost but...

A compelling examination of how secrets can tear one family apart and reverberate down the generations. Helen has always known her grandfather was a famous author, but her parents had severed connections with him whilst she was still young. After embarking on a whirlwind affair she decides to visit her reclusive grandfather and sets in motion a...