books by Europa Editions     books:     Europa Editions      Via delle Oche (De Luca Trilogy 3) Carlo Lucarelli Europa Editions, 2008 "Who knows, maybe I've always been a whore down deep." Via Delle Oche, the third novel in the De Luca trilogy from Carlo Lucarelli finds Commisario De Luca back in Bologna. It's April 1948, and although De Luca has survived the downfall of Mussolini's government, he's now demoted to Special Sub Commisario assigned to the ...             Zeroville Steve Erickson Europa Editions, 2007 Amazing In college I double majored in Film and Creative Writing, so when I happened to stumble upon ZEROVILLE I felt I found the most perfect book I have ever come across. I felt like it was written FOR me. Not only does Erickson detail the GREAT gems of our cinematic ...             Total Chaos (Marseilles Trilogy) Jean-Claude Izzo Europa Editions, 2005 Gritty noir with a sentimental twist You want gritty noir with a sentimental twist? You've got it! This is the first volume in a masterful trilogy by French author Jean-Claude Izzo (unfortunately deceased). Taking place in and around Marseilles this story involves a retired cop, French mafia, North ...             Old Filth Jane Gardam Europa Editions, 2006 Gardam's "Loss," Our Gain? As is unanimously pointed out in the other reader reviews, OLD FILTH is a mordant, brilliantly written book that will impress even the most discriminating reader. The character profile that author Jane Gardam draws of its venerable protagonist is nuanced and thoroughly ...             Carte Blanche (De Luca Trilogy 1) Carlo Lucarelli Europa Editions, 2006 Noir Italian Style It is April, 1945. Mussolini's regime is in its death throes, clinging to power in the north of Italy. Chaos and anarchy is rapidly replacing repression and order as the predominant feature of Italian life. Yet there is still some semblance of law and order so when ...             The Queen of the Tambourine Jane Gardam Europa Editions, 2007 "I never knew my tribe. I've always been on the edge, just hanging about." (4.5 stars) Eliza Peabody begins writing to her neighbor Joan, not a close friend, almost immediately after Joan leaves her husband Charles and disappears, leaving behind only a series of addresses around the world where she may be contacted. Eliza takes it upon ...             The Elegance of the Hedgehog Muriel Barbery Europa Editions, 2008 Unusual, astonishing, deeply moving "All happy families are alike," she says. "Each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way," he finishes. She shudders; he recognizes the princess buried beneath the guise of an aging Cinderella. In what could be the beginning of a great love story, these ...             The People on Privilege Hill Jane Gardam Europa Editions, 2008 "Memory is a miracle. My memory is the best thing I have." Memories, and in many cases, the memories of the aged, infuse this collection of fourteen stories with surprises. Author Jane Gardam, two-time winner of the Whitbread Prize, creates ironies and absurdities for her readers, at the same time that she creates poignant ...             Clash of Civilizations Over an Elevator in Piazza Vittorio Amara Lakhous Europa Editions, 2008 "Human beings need dreams the way fish need water." (3.5 stars) Algerian author Amara Lakhous, now an Italian resident, pens a sly satire of an immigrant's life in Italy, exploring the murder of a young man in the elevator of an apartment building adjacent to Piazza Vittorio to show the hidden and not-so-hidden ...             Chourmo Jean-Claude Izzo Europa Editions, 2006 Thrilling and melancholic crime story. I read Chourmo in the german edition on a friend's recommendation and I swallowed it within 48 hrs. It's a witty, fast-paced and quite grim detective story - but first of all it's a love declaration to one of the most thrilling cities in Europe: Marseille. The story ...             Rancid Pansies James Hamilton-Paterson Europa Editions, 2008 Book three in the ?Gerald Samper? series (Cooking with Fernet Branca, Amazing Disgrace) When we last saw our hero he had taken to his bed in England, his beloved home in Tuscany having inexplicably capsized into a ravine. As Rancid Pansies opens, Samper is recuperating in Sussex at the home of the famous conductor Max Christ when he learns ...             Cooking with Fernet Branca James Hamilton-Paterson Europa Editions, 2005 Most hilarious, gorgeously written book I have ever read I don't know about the serious work of James Hamilton-Paterson, but this totally entertaining book is gorgeously written, with such a lavish attention to the craft of writing that some people might think he wasted staggering amounts of talent on fluff. But there's the ...             Eros Helmut Krausser Europa Editions, 2008 "but the publication of the crime, the disclosure of a wrong, will, I feel at least reduce the crime." In the intriguing novel "Eros" by Helmut Krausser, a novelist whose "life is in ruins" is summoned to Owl's Nest, the Bavarian neo-gothic style home of the elderly reclusive millionaire, Alexander von Brucken. Last seen in public over twenty years earlier, von ...             A Sun for the Dying Jean-Claude Izzo Europa Editions, 2008 "you've seen things no one has seen, lived through things no one had lived through. You're condemned." Fans of Jean-Claude Izzo's dark crime trilogy set in Marseilles (Total Chaos, Chourmo, Solea) will welcome A Sun for the Dying. While society tends to ignore those who live on the street, Izzo boldly creates an unusual protagonist--a middle-aged homeless man, named ...             Mosquito Roma Tearne Europa Editions, 2008 "We are not normal. We can not speak in normal voices ever again. Even if the peace comes." Theo Saramajeeva, a successful writer and film-maker in London, has returned to his native country, Sri Lanka, seeking solace in his spiritual "home" following the traumatic death of his Italian wife. The civil war is on, and Sinhalese government soldiers patrol the ...          products you might be interested in search for books civilizations, elegance, marseilles, privilege, tambourine, zeroville      toavi.com    web we recommend Gardam's "Loss," Our Gain? randomly chosen book: Scryed, Book 1