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A Literary Tour of Italy by Tim Parks
24.99 NZD
Category: Literature
An acclaimed author of novels and short stories, Tim Parks - who was described in a recent review as "one of the best living writers of English" - has delighted audiences around the world with his finely observed writings on all aspects of Italian life and customs. This volume contains a selection of hi ...Show more
A Season with Verona by Tim Parks
27.95 NZD
29.99 (6% off)
Category: Non-Fiction
Is Italy a united country, or a loose affiliation of warring states? Is Italian football a sport, or an ill-disguised protraction of ancient enmities? This book follows the fortunes of Hellas Verona football club, to pay a different kind of visit to some of the world's most beautiful cities.
An Italian Education by Tim Parks
27.95 NZD
29.99 (6% off)
Category: Non-Fiction
After living in Italy for ten years and having married into an Italian family, novelist Tim Parks describes his experiences of the country and its people. How does an Italian become Italian? Focusing on his own children, Parks builds a picture of contemporary family life.
Cleaver by Tim Parks
36.99 NZD
Category: Thriller
In the autumn of 2004, shortly after his memorable interview with the President of the United States and following the publication of his elder sons novelised autobiography, cruelly entitled Under His Shadow, celebrity journalist, broadcaster and documentary film-maker Harold Cleaver boarded a British A ...Show more
Cleaver by Tim Parks
26.99 NZD
29.99 (10% off)
Category: General Fiction
Overweight and overwrought, Howard Cleaver, London's most successful journalist, abruptly abandons home, partner, mistresses and above all television, the instrument that brought him identity and power. It is the autumn of 2004 and Cleaver has recently enjoyed the celebrity attending his memorable inter ...Show more
Dreams of Rivers and Seas by Tim Parks
28.99 NZD
Category: Fiction
'For some time now, I have been plagued, perhaps blessed, by dreams of rivers and seas, dreams of water'. Just days after Albert James writes these lines to his son John, in London, he is dead. Abandoning a pretty girlfriend and the lab where he is completing his PhD, John flies to Delhi to join his mot ...Show more
Dreams of Rivers and Seas by Tim Parks
34.99 NZD
Category: General Fiction
'For some time now, I have been plagued, perhaps blessed, by dreams of rivers and seas, dreams of water'. Just days after Albert James writes these lines to his son, John, in London, he is dead. Abandoning a pretty girlfriend and the lab where he is completing his PhD, John flies to Delhi to join his mo ...Show more
Hell and Back by Tim Parks
27.95 NZD
Category: Non-Fiction
A collection of essays from one of Britain's finest writers. Subjects covered include Svebo, Saba and Joyce in Trieste, Borges, Rushdie and psychopathology; also Saramago, Sebald, Seth, Henry Green, Christina Stead, Leopardi, Sironi in Fascist Italy, Buzzati, Bateson and Neugeboren.
Hotel Milano by Tim Parks
40.00 NZD
Category: Contemporary Fiction
Set in a grand hotel as Milan shuts down in early 2020, this is a classic story of a man's emotional reckoning and the unexpected kindness of strangers From the bestselling writer of Italian Ways, Europa and The Hero's Way, a story set during the first days of lockdown in Europe, about the unexpected k ...Show more
Italian Neighbours: An Englishman in Verona by Tim Parks
27.99 NZD
29.99 (6% off)
Category: Biographies & Memoirs
Tim Parks celebrates ten years of living in Italy with this account of the delights and foibles of Italian life. With an Italian wife and family, he is able to introduce the reader to a gallery of characters. Tim Parks won the Somerset Maugham Award for
Italian Ways: On and Off the Rails from Milan to Palermo by Tim Parks
26.99 NZD
Category: Travel Writing | Reading Level: very good
"All Italy is here". (Sunday Times). From the bestselling author of Italian Neighbours In Italian Ways, bestselling writer Tim Parks brings us a fresh portrait of Italy today through a wry account of his train journeys around the country. Whether describing his daily commute from Milan to Verona, his re ...Show more
Judge Savage by Tim Parks
26.95 NZD
Category: Fiction
Promoted young to the position of Crown Court Judge- because of his ability, because of the political convenience of promoting a man with coloured skin- it's time for Daniel Savage to settle down. Perhaps his marriage is happy enough after all. Teenage children require a father's attention. His career d ...Show more