A History Of The World In 10 1/2 Chapters

Julian Barnes

Beginning with an unlikely stowaway's account of life on board Noah's Ark, A History of the World in 10 ½ Chapters presents a surprising, subversive, fictional history of earth told from several kaleidoscopic perspectives. Noah disembarks from his ark but he and his Voyage are not forgotten: they are re...

The Quiet Girl

Peter Hoeg

Set in Denmark in the here and now, "The Quiet Girl" centres around Kaspar Krone, a world-renowned circus clown with a deep love for the music of Johann Sebastian Bach, and an even deeper gambling debt. Wanted for tax evasion and on the verge of extradition, Krone is drafted into the service of a myster...

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and the Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes

Arthur Conan Doyle

A collection of the most famous cases faced by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's peerless creation   This collection of The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and the Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes includes many of the famous cases - and great strokes of brilliance - that made the legendary detective one of fiction's mos...