Fiction
The Zenith
Duong Thu Huong
Duong Thu Huong’s novel contains three different yet related threads of narration. The first narrative centers on the Chairman and his closest political ally and loyal friend, the second is about a vi…
Dial M for Merde
Stephen Clarke
Paul West is in the South of France, having received an offer he can’t refuse: two weeks in the sun, all expenses paid, with a beautiful blonde called Gloria Monday. Gloria, an oceanographer, is down…
Mortal Eternity
Denis Marquet et Elisabeth Barrière
August 2007, New York: Lucie Milton has just finished analyzing a chemical substance, stolen from a wealthy and important business man. The results of the experiment are mind blowing. But an hour late…
Adan & Eva
Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Ayaan Hirsi Ali, internationally renowned Somali-born author, politician and essayist, addresses here in the form of a children’s book the cultural divisions that shape individuals born into clashing…
All Those Things We Never Said
Marc Levy
As far back as Julia Walsh could remember, she always had a difficult relationship with her father. They hardly ever saw each other. Hardly ever spoke, and on the rare occasions they did, they never s…
The Shadow of the Dead
Danielle Thiéry
Tough-as-nails Police Commissioner Edwige Marion has fallen in love. It was a chance meeting between her and Victor de la Ferrière in the Gare du Nord — the huge train station for which she’s respons…
A Shadow, No Doubt
Michel Quint
George has returned to the village in northern France where he was born. His parents died a few weeks earlier – within days of each other – and he has come to empty their home. Every day he meets Augu…
Merde Happens
Stephen Clarke
Paul West is driving across the USA in a Mini, and feeling just as foreign as he ever did in France. He has accepted a job promoting the UK as a tourist destination. His tiny car is supposed to symbol…
Travels in Erotica
Miklós Vámos
In his new novel, Miklos Vamos captures the life of a man through the stories of the ten women he has loved throughout his life. Our hero is a Hungarian man of letters who has devoted his career to st…
Journey into Childhood
Duong Thu Huong
Set in rural Vietnam in the late 1950s, Journey into Childhood is a unique, enchanting coming-of-age story. It follows a lively young girl – both naive and daring, as a 12 year-old can be – who sets o…