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Mystery
The Secret History
Donna Tartt · 2004
<b><b><b><b>ONE OF <i>TIME MAGAZINE</i>'S 100 BEST MYSTERY AND THRILLER BOOKS OF ALL TIME • </b>INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER • A contemporary literary classic and "a<b>n accomplished psychological thriller ... absolutely chilling" (<i>Village Voice</i>)</b>, f<b>rom the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of <i>The Goldfinch.<br><br></i></b></b></b>One of <i>The Atlantic</i>’s Great American Novels of the Past 100 Years</b><br><br>Under the influence of a charismatic classics professor, a group of clever, eccentric misfits at a New England college discover a way of thought and life a world away from their banal contemporaries. But their search for the transcendent leads them down a dangerous path, beyond human constructs of morality.<br><br><b>“A remarkably powerful novel [and] a ferociously well-paced entertainment . . . Forceful, cerebral, and impeccably controlled.” —<i>The New York Times</i></b>
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The Symposium
Plato · 2003
The Long Walk
Stephen King · 2016
La Metamorfosis / The Metamorphosis
Franz Kafka
Play it as it Lays
Joan Didion · 2011
The Bell Jar
Sylvia Plath · 2005
<p><i>The Bell Jar</i> chronicles the crack-up of Esther Greenwood: brilliant, beautiful, enormously talented, and successful, but slowly going under -- maybe for the last time. Sylvia Plath masterfully draws the reader into Esther's breakdown with such intensity that Esther's insanity becomes completely real and even rational, as probable and accessible an experience as going to the movies. Such deep penetration into the dark and harrowing corners of the psyche is an extraordinary accomplishment and has made <i>The Bell Jar</i> a haunting American classic.</p> <p>This P.S. edition features an extra 16 pages of insights into the book, including author interviews, recommended reading, and more.</p>
Butter
Asako Yuzuki · 2024
<p>THE NUMBER ONE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING SENSATION</p> <p>WINNER OF WATERSTONES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024</p> <p>SHORTLISTED FOR THE BRITISH BOOK AWARDS DEBUT NOVEL OF THE YEAR 2025</p> <p>SHORTLISTED FOR THE CWA CRIME FICTION IN TRANSLATION DAGGER AWARD 2025</p> <p>A BBC BETWEEN THE COVERS BOOK CLUB PICK</p> <p>'A full-fat, Michelin-starred treat' SUNDAY TIMES</p> <p>'A cult phenomenon' iNEWS</p> <p>'Took the literary world by storm' BBC</p> <p>'A killer Japanese novel' THE TIMES</p> <p>'I have been glued to Butter' NIGEL SLATER</p> <p>The cult Japanese bestseller about a female gourmet cook and serial killer and the journalist intent on cracking her case, inspired by a true story, and translated by Polly Barton.</p> <p>There are two things that I can simply not tolerate: feminists and margarine.</p> <p>Gourmet cook Manako Kajii sits in Tokyo Detention Centre convicted of the serial murders of lonely businessmen, who she is said to have seduced with her delicious home cooking. The case has captured the nation's imagination but Kajii refuses to speak with the press. That is, until journalist Rika Machida writes a letter asking for her recipe for beef stew and Kajii can't resist writing back.</p> <p>Rika, the only woman in her news office, works late each night, rarely cooking more than ramen. As the visits unfold between her and the steely Kajii, they are closer to a masterclass in food than journalistic research. Rika hopes this gastronomic exchange will help her soften Kajii but it seems that she might be the one changing. With each meal she eats, something is awakening in her body. Might she and Kaji have more in common than she once thought?</p> <p>Inspired by the real case of the convicted con woman and serial killer, 'The Konkatsu Killer', Asako Yuzuki's Butter is a vivid, gripping exploration of misogyny, obsession and the transgressive pleasures of food in Japan.</p> <p>'It isn't entirely clear whether to read the novel or devour it' OBSERVER</p> <p>'Readers around the world are finding themselves utterly captivated' DAILY MAIL</p> <p>'I really enjoyed it' MEERA SYAL, on BBC Between the Covers</p> <p>'Compelling, delightfully weird' PANDORA SYKES</p> <p>'Unputdownable, breathtakingly original' ERIN KELLY</p> <p>'You'll be craving rice, butter and soy sauce in no time' STYLIST</p> <p>'Nothing short of ingenious' iNEWS</p> <p>'Ambitious and unsettling' GUARDIAN</p> <p>'Luscious ... I devoured this' IMOGEN CRIMP</p> <p>'A salty morsel with one hell of a bite' ALICE SLATER</p>
