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Lawrence Osborne
The tense, atmospheric novel from the critically acclaimed, cult favourite Lawrence Osborne
A veteran British journalist living in Hong Kong investigates the disappearance of a student protestor amidst the pro-democracy…
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Cult favourite Osborne is perfectly suited to short stories; some of which have already been snapped up by film companies
'Brilliant' SUNDAY TIMES 'Compelling and unnerving' SPECTATOR
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The best intentions can be deadly During a white-hot summer on the idyllic Greek island of Hydra, two girls fall into one another’s lives to devastating effect.
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‘A modern Graham Greene’ - Sunday Times David and Jo Henniger are on their way to a party at their old friends’ home, deep in the Moroccan desert.
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For the sake of fun and friendship, and a few days under a fiercer sun, David and Jo Henniger accept the invitation to attend the annual bacchanal of old acquaintances…
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Develops a Christian environmental ethic, based on an understanding of the natural order as a dimension of God’s good creation. Contains suggestions for the practical action to conserve and care…
Asperger’s Syndrome, often characterized as a form of high-functioning autism, is a poorly defined and little-understood neurological disorder. Some parents hope their child will be the next Glenn Gould or…
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Since the days of the Early Fathers, sex and death have formed a theological equation known as sexual pessimism –an aversion to the carnal which consequently elevates the virginal and…
Adrift in Cambodia and eager to side-step a life of quiet desperation as a small-town teacher, 28-year-old Englishman Robert Grieve decides to go missing. As he crosses the border from…
The Ballad of a Small Player is a sleek, dark-hearted masterpiece: a ghost story set in the land of the living, and a decadent morality tale of a Faustian pact…
New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice * A veteran journalist in Hong Kong investigates the disappearance of a student protester in this "sensual, provocative, and riveting" (The Washington Post)…
Tourists come to Bangkok for many reasons - a sex change operation, a night with two prostitutes dressed as nuns, and a stay in a luxury hotel. This title takes…
On a summer break on the Greek island of Hydra, two girls make a startling discovery: a young Arab man washed up on shore, a migrant from Syria and a…
Lawrence Osborne brings one of literature’s most enduring detectives back to life-as Private Investigator Philip Marlowe returns for one last adventure.
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Private Investigator Philip Marlowe is living out his retirement sipping margaritas and playing cards when in saunter two men dressed like undertakers with a case that has his name written…
A tense, stunningly well-observed heist novel following an American woman on the run in the blazing heat of Bangkok, from ‘the bastard child of Graham Greene and Patrica Highsmith’ (Metro)…
‘A modern Graham Greene’ Sunday Times Robert Grieve - pushing thirty and eager to side-step a life of quiet desperation as a small-town teacher - decides to go missing.
A tense, stunningly well-observed heist novel from ‘the bastard child of Graham Greene and Patrica Highsmith’ (Metro) Sarah Talbot Jennings, a young American living in New York, has fled to…
‘I am taking a few months off to travel and wander, drinking my way across the Islamic world to see whether I can dry myself out, cure myself of a…
Lawrence Osborne,Osborne
Enchanting, delightful, entertaining, and, above all, down to earth, this wine book is like no other, as a journalist takes readers on a personal voyage through a little-known world.
A travelogue into that heart of darkness known as the Western mind, this volume is the most mordant and ambitious work to date from the author of The Accidental Connoisseur…
This is a great book’ Lionel Shriver ‘An heir to Graham Greene’ New York Times Book Review During a white-hot summer on the idyllic Greek island of Hydra, two girls…
Henry Fairfield 1857-1935 Osborn
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
This work is in the public…
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