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One of the most significant novels in Latin American literature, written by Cuba's most important modern novelistto win a bet with Gabriel Garcia Marquez.In the early 1970s, friends Gabriel Garca Mrquez, Augusto Roa Bastos and Alejo Carpentier reached a joint decision: they would each write a novel about the dictatorships then wreaking misery...

A Novel"e;This book is wild. And smart. And hilarious. And weird ... in all kinds of good ways. Prepare to be weirded out. And to enjoy it."e; Charles Yu, author of How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional UniverseWhat do you do when you wake up hung over and late for work only to find a stranger on your couch? And what if that stranger...

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A NovelBook two in The Mysteries of New Venice, the steampunk adventure series The Guardian called a "e;magnificent achievement"e; It's 1907 in the icily beautiful New Venice, and the hero of the city's liberation, Brentford Orsini, has been deposed by his arch-rival -- who immediately assigns Brentford and his friends on a...

A NovelA New York Times Editors' Choice "e;[T]he stuff of great literature."e; The New York Times"e;Red or Dead is a winner."e; The Washington PostFrom the bestselling author of The Damned Utd and The Red Riding Quartet comes a major new novel The place where the swinging sixties started Liverpool, England, birthplace of the...

A NovelI'm never coming back to my home town.A major Italian author's tale of growing up with Italy's most brutal criminal enterprise, the Camorra.  This striking novella is based on first-hand research of the Camorra, an Italian organized crime network more powerful and violent than the Mafia. It's the...