Dickens

Peter Ackroyd

Dickens was a landmark biography when first published in 1990. This is a specially edited shorter version of the title that ties-in with the 3-part series on BBC 2 shown in March 2002. It takes the reader into the life of one of the world's greatest writers and is a study of both a culture and period, a...

Wind/ Pinball: Two Novels

Haruki Murakami

'If you're the sort of guy who raids the refrigerators of silent kitchens at three o'clock in the morning, you can only write accordingly. That's who I am.' Hear the Wind Sing and Pinball, 1973 are Haruki Murakami's earliest novels. They follow the fortunes of the narrator and his friend, known only by ...