By Boisserie, Guillaume & Maffre Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 9781800441675 Desperation, rivalry, and ruthlessness ooze from each page in this second volume. Former aristocrat Charlotte de Saint-Hubert, forced back to selling herself for the satisfaction of wealthy clients, is offered a glimmer of hope when France aims to compensate those that lost land and wealth at […]
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How To Make Life Better When It Feels Like It’s Getting Worse
By Simone Lia Publisher: Vintage ISBN: 9780224101455 Fluffy is a little white bunny coming to terms with growing up in a human world. Think Paddington, but with a little more edge. There’s an unmistakable charm here, plenty of humour, and a smidge of melancholy as Fluffy sets out to write a self-help book to navigate […]
The Bank Vol 1: First Generation 1815-1848
By Boisserie, Guillaume & Maffre Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 9781800441668 A story about a bank doesn’t sound like it’s going to grab your attention, but I learned long ago to sit up and take notice when Cinebook goes to all the trouble to translate a tale into English. Even so… a bank? The story begins in […]
Vintage
By David Ziggy Greene Publisher: David Ziggy Greene (Jam Bookshop) ISBN: 9780992892043 If you’re a Private Eye reader there’s a good chance you’ll be aware of the work of David Ziggy Greene. He produced the excellent Scene and Heard cartoon-illustrated journalism that catalogued snippets of UK life that was both amusing and revealling. He did […]
Raj: 2. An Oriental Gentleman
By Conrad & Wilbur Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 9781800440166 With three missing nabobs and now Lord Bullock’s disappearance to contend with, the East India Company is deeply concerned about a situation spiralling beyond their control. Unfazed by the pressures placed upon him, Alexander Martin remains level-headed as they track Bullock down – not that he wants […]
Tongues (Vol 1)
By Anders Nilsen Publisher: Jonathan Cape ISBN: 9781787330658 I do enjoy a book that takes you by surprise, and this one most certainly did that. Combining a fable with a modern-era war zone, this is, at its heart, the story of Prometheus. But Nilsen does so much more than just represent the tale in a […]
