Sex, intrigue and adultery in the world of high politics and huge wealth in late eighteenth-century England... Zobraziť viac
My Secret Life is a dark work of Victorian erotica, and an explicit memoir of unspoken desires in the English class system — encapsulating the joy of hidden sins in an age of moral fervour... Zobraziť viac
Venus in India is set in colonial Hindustan, and reveals the story of Captain Devereux, a man who finds it hard to keep his hands off other soldiers' wives... Zobraziť viac
Moving effortlessly across the decades and between England and America, Cunningham's elegant, haunting prose explores the pain and trauma of creativity and the immutable relationship between writer and reader... Zobraziť viac
In this hypnotic chronicle of quiet desperation, 45-year-old English psychoanalyst David McBride has an intense and personally illuminating session with a suicidal patient that unlocks his own past... Zobraziť viac
Welcome to Interzone! Say hello to Bradley the Buyer, the best narcotics agent in the business... Zobraziť viac
The limits of fifteen-year-old Kambili's world are defined by the high walls of her family estate and the dictates of her repressive and fanatically religious father. Her life is regulated by schedules: prayer, sleep, study, and more prayer... Zobraziť viac
Justine was the Marquis de Sade's first novella, written in 1787, whilst imprisoned for two weeks in the Bastille. Although published anonymously, de Sade was eventually indicted for blasphemy and obscenity... Zobraziť viac
'Lady Pokingham' and 'La Rose d'Amour' are taken from The Pearl (A Magazine of Facetiae and Voluptuous Reading), which was first published between 1879 and 1880 and revelled unashamedly in its reputation for salubrious gossip from the upper echelons... Zobraziť viac
Sex, intrigue and adultery in the world of high politics and huge wealth in late eighteenth-century England... Zobraziť viac
Based on Mailer’s own experience of military service in the Philippines during World War Two, ‘The Naked and the Dead’ is a graphically truthful and shattering portrayal of ordinary men in battle... Zobraziť viac
Sadopaideia is a shocking, explicit, classic tale of Sado Masochism at the heart of English high society. Set in London and the Dorset coast, in an era of English history where corporal punishment was freely dispensed... Zobraziť viac
A brilliant memoir from the celebrated Chilean novelist on friends, family and life in California, her adopted home. Isabel Allende has sold more than 50 million copies of her books worldwide... Zobraziť viac
