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When Nick Carraway moves to West Egg, Long Island, he has no idea that
the lavishly outfitted mansion next to his modest house is home to Jay
Gatsby. Eventually, Nick becomes aware of Gatsby’s intense interest in
his cousin Daisy Buchanan, and when Daisy’s brutish husband, Tom,
probes into Gatsby’s background, he uncovers unsavory revelations about
his rival’s wealth. First published in 1925, F. Scott Fitzgerald’s
third novel offers a definitive portrait of the opulence and
recklessness of the Jazz Age.
First published in 1944 Fell Murder sees E.C.R. Lorac at the height
of her considerable powers as a purveyor of well-made, traditional
and emphatic detective fiction. The book presents a fascinating
`return of the prodigal' mystery set in the later stages of the
Second World War amidst the close-knit farmerfolk community of
Lancashire's lovely Lune valley. The Garths had farmed their
fertile acres for generations and fine land it was with the
towering hills of the Lake Country on the far horizon. Garthmere
Hall itself was old before Flodden Field, and here hot-tempered
Robert Garth, still hale and hearty at eighty-two, ruled his
household with a rod of iron. The peaceful dales and fells of the
north country provide the setting for this grim story of a murder,
a setting in fact which is one of the attractive features of an
unusual and distinctive tale of evil passions and murderous hate in
a small rural community.
From the New York Times bestselling author of Mexican Gothic and
Velvet Was the Night comes a dreamy reimagining of The Island of
Doctor Moreau set against the backdrop of nineteenth-century
Mexico. 'ONE OF THE MOST ANTICIPATED BOOKS OF 2022' - She Reads
'The imagination of Silvia Moreno-Garcia is a thing of wonder,
restless and romantic, fearless in the face of genre, embracing the
polarities of storytelling' - New York Times Carlota Moreau: A
young woman, growing up in a distant and luxuriant estate, safe
from the conflict and strife of the Yucatan peninsula, the only
daughter of a genius - or a madman. Montgomery Laughton: A
melancholic overseer with a tragic past and a propensity for
alcohol, an outcast who assists Dr Moreau with his scientific
experiments, which are financed by the Lizaldes, owners of
magnificent haciendas with plentiful coffers. The hybrids: The
fruits of the Doctor's labour, destined to blindly obey their
creator while they remain in the shadows, are a motley group of
part-human, part-animal monstrosities. All of them are living in a
perfectly balanced and static world which is jolted by the abrupt
arrival of Eduardo Lizalde, the charming and careless son of Doctor
Moreau's patron - who will, unwittingly, begin a dangerous
chain-reaction. For Moreau keeps secrets, Carlota has questions,
and in the sweltering heat of the jungle passions may ignite.
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Yevgeny Zamyatin
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