Carmen Callil: 3 books
The Modern Library
The 200 Best Novels in English Since 1950
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2011
For Colm Toíbín and Carmen Callil there is no difference between literary and commercial writing - there is only the good novel: engrossing, inspirational, compelling. In their selection of the best 200 novels written since 1950, the editors make a case for the best and the best-loved works and...
Bad Faith
A Forgotten History of Family, Fatherland and Vichy France
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2008
Bad Faith tells the story of one of history’s most despicable villains and con men—Louis Darquier de Pellepoix, Nazi collaborator and “Commissioner for Jewish Affairs” in France’s Vichy government.Darquier set about to eliminate Jews in France with brutal efficiency, delivering 75,000 men,...
by Mark Haddon, Michael Rosen, Zadie Smith
Language: English
Release Date: December 29, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: December 29, 2011
In any 24 hours there might be sleeping, eating, kids, parents, friends, lovers, work, school, travel, deadlines, emails, phone calls, Facebook, Twitter, the news, the TV, Playstation, music, movies, sport, responsibilities, passions, desires, dreams.
Why should you stop what you're doing and...