SHOP

A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius is a memoir by Dave Eggers released in 2000. It chronicles his stewardship of his younger brother Christopher "Toph" Eggers following the cancer-related deaths of his parents. Very fine condition with accompanying dust cover.

A Walk in the Night and Other Stories reveals La Guma as one of the most important African writers of his time. These works reveal the plight of non-whites in apartheid South Africa, laying bare the lives of the poor and the outcasts who filled the ghettoes and shantytowns. A walk in the night follows the story in which the collection takes its name from, A Walk in the Night, relates the story of a young man who is overtaken by the oppression of apartheid as he walks through the night to calm his nerves after being unjustly fired by his white supervisor. Very fine condition, little to no marks on the front or back cover.

The Corrections is a 2001 novel by American author Jonathan Franzen. It revolves around the troubles of an elderly Midwestern couple and their three adult children, tracing their lives from the mid-20th century to "one last Christmas" together near the turn of the millennium. Condition is very good.

Black comedy about Hakim Felix Ellellou, ex-dictator of Kush, a fictional Islamic state in Sub-Saharan Africa, narrates the history of his life and his rule over his former desert empire from his current exile in France. With his drought ridden country ever on the verge of a humanitarian crisis, Ellellou's troubles begin when the hated Americans begin sending food aid to his starving people. The crazed dictator has the crates of food burned to keep out the Americans but his second-in-command turns against him, secretly negotiating a deal with the United States for rights to the country's oil. Condition is very fine, comes with dust cover.

The Bonfire of the Vanities is a 1987 novel by Tom Wolfe. The story is a drama about ambition, racism, social class, politics, and greed in 1980s New York City, and centers on three main characters: WASP bond trader Sherman McCoy, Jewish assistant district attorney Larry Kramer, and British expatriate journalist Peter Fallow. Condition is near fine and is accompanied by dust cover.

The Magical Record of the Beast 666 by John Symonds and Kenneth Grant gives us a fascinating glimpse into the magical activities of Aleister Crowley during the years of the Great War. They can be read as a continuation of the experiments he made with fellow magician and poet Victor Neuburg, during 1914 in The Paris Working - a series of 'operations' which were a transition between the ceremonial rituals as taught in the Golden Dawn and the sex rites of the Ordo Templi Orientis. The sexual force replaced the lengthy conjurations of the past and the records aim to show to what extent the sexual 'current' can determine or influence events. Condition is very good, however some scuffs towards the top of the cover.

The Duke of Auge dreams that he is Cidrolin, living on a barge alone with his daughter, while Cidrolin dreams that he is the Duke of Auge, travelling through the history of France. They will meet in 1964. Carl Reinecke, a critic writing for the London Times, has argued that this novel is an example of the archetypal "prodigal son" storyline. Very fine condition, comes with dust cover.

A classic in all aspects, King's pet sematary changed the horror genre for the good and will be known as one of the best in that genre for many more years to come. Condition is fine with some small marks due to age.

Interview with The Vampire, legendary book made into film starring Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt. First edition of this record-breaking novel, very fine condition with dust cover.

The Remains of the Day is a sad and humorous love story, a moving and witty meditation on the democratic responsibilities of the ordinary man, and a poignant tale of thwarted idealism. Characterized by the grace and sublety for which Kazuo Ishiguro's work has been acclaimed, it is his finest novel to date.

High-class call girls billed to Mastercard. A psychic 13-year-old dropout with a passion for Talking Heads. A hunky matinee idol doomed to play dentists and teachers. A one-armed beach-combing poet, an uptight hotel clerk and one very bemused narrator caught in the web of advanced capitalist mayhem. Combine this offbeat cast of characters with Murakami's idiosyncratic prose and out comes Dance Dance Dance.

Short and Brilliant - A firework of a novel - A month of Sundays is more densely packed with perceptions about the nature of love, of sex and of faith than any of John Updike's other work. Condition is fair, some creasing towards the spine but no other damage.

Any new play by Arthur Miller is. a major event in the theatre. But this latest work is even more stirring news for its e;e,emt pf sparomg amd daring comedy within the frame of a dramatic settomg equal to any he has ever assayed. Miller has described his theme as "the terms on which man is man, particularly having a choice of action in a world that is stacked against man having any choice at all." Very good condition although some scuffs on front and back cover as usual with a book of this age.

Those who know the book consider it to be a guide and preamble to Beckett's trilogy and plays. The precision of his English prose is nowhere as remarkable as in this early novel, nowhere else does his writing attain such perfection. Nowhere else does his world of metaphysical humour and kaleidoscopic enigmas attain such sombre intensity than this book before you.

A savage, funny, literary and outrageously explicit novel, Sanctity takes the reader on an underground trip through the worlds of drugs, transvestism and truth-seeking and delivers him in time for an ending so unexpected and terrifying as to make Rosemary's Baby read like a PTA diary. Condition is very good although some scuffs from previous use.

Terry Southern was known for understanding the aspirations of 'would-be hipsters', 'on-the-ball journalists', failed bullfighters and veterans. Whether recreating a crazy car journey in Mexico, staging a hilarious drama with Freud and Kafka, he was an addictive story-teller, one that was wise and cruel simultaneously. The stories in this collection were written over a twelve year period ending in 1971. The condition is very good however some scuffs and marks on the top and spine of the cover as common with a book of this age.

Jerry Conant and Sally Mathias are in love. Ruth Conant is not a suspicious wife and Richard Mathias is often away, so their happiness is exquisite, a passion of tender sexuality almost as delicious to read about as to experience. Great condition, some light marks due to use but no scuffs or tears to be seen.

Jay McInerney's 'Ransom' is a novel about exile, accompanied by the wry, engaging wit he brought to 'Bright Lights, Big City' ; his previous novel. However, with Ransom's humor, also comes its dark and disturbing message at its centre. Condition is very fine, accompanied by protective dust cover.

A toughly professional spy thriller and a first novel at that, mostly in Berlin with excellently set up quadruple crossing traffic; and, what's more, long enough for shapely working out. It is told with restrained irony and is full of unexpected angles. Condition is very fine with dust cover included.

The creation of the book came about in November 1911, Crowley carried out a ritual during which he reports being commanded to write Book 4 by a discarnate entity named "Abuldiz", in Crowley's incomplete record of the working, which came around the time that Liber Legis was ready to be published in The Equinox No VII. The condition is very fine, with a tight and intact binding.

This copy of the book was signed by Ginsberg in 1988. Planet News is a collection of philosophical poems Allen Ginsberg created from 1961 to 1967. It contains all his best from that time period including titles such as; The Change 1963, King Prague 1965 and Wales Visitation among others. Condition is very good, however, some marks and yellow as is common with books of this life span.

This book contains the lively selection of contemporary Cuban writing and influences, with authors such as Kafka, Eliot and Apollinaire among them. Above all however, it introduces us to a new generation of writers who, irrespective of politcs, are in the new found sense of nationhood, as exciting as any in the world.

At the height of the religious ferment of the 1970s, David Van Zandt studied firsthand the most vilified of the new radical religious movements--the Children of God, or the Family of Love. First feigning membership and later gaining the permission of the Family, the author lived full-time in COG colonies in England and the Netherlands. From that experience, he has produced an informed, insightful, and humane report on how COG members function in what seems at first to be a completely bizarre setting. This book is a great read for anyone as it provides interesting insight into one of the most infamous and mysterious groups. Condition is immaculate with almost no sign of use.

"Kaddish" is about a son who is both mourning and celebrating the life of his mother. It stands in stark contrast to the wild, confrontational, and irreverent tone of "Howl". The piece shows a much more tender side of Ginsberg; Beats were, if nothing else, very human. And, believe it or not, they all had mothers, too. This copy was personally signed by Ginsberg on the front page. Condition is very fine with very slight tearing to the spine.