Claire Harman blends a riveting true-crime whodunit with a fascinating account of the rise of the popular novel and the early battle for its soul among the most famous writers of the day
winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1954
Patrick Joyce creatively and originally develops Foucauldian approaches to historiography to reflect on the nature of modern liberal society
is angrily sulking in his tent and refusing to fight
The Incendiaries is a fractured love story that explores what can befall those who lose what they love most
The Portable Conrad UPDATE:Default Title Claire Harman blends a rivetingAuthor Contributor(s): Conrad, Joseph; Gorra, Michael Publisher: Penguin Classics Date: 11 27 2007 Binding: Paperback Condition: NEW A collection of Conrad's most enduring work, edited by Pulitzer Prize finalist Michael Gorra A great novelist of the sea, a poet of the tropics, a critic of empire and analyst of globalization, a harbinger of the modern spy novel, an unparalleled observer of the moments in which people are stripped of their illusions