Isserley spends most of her time driving. But why is she so interested in picking up hitchhikers? And why are they always male, well-built and alone? An utterly unpredictable and macabre mystery, Michel Faber's debut novel is an outstanding piece of fiction that will stay with you long after you ha[...]
This is now a major motion picture. Isserley spends most of her time driving. But why is she so interested in picking up hitchhikers? And why are they always male, well-built and alone?[...]
Sugar er en forførende ung prostituert i bordellet til eiendommelige Mrs. Castaway. Hun drømmer om et bedre liv, og da hun møter William Rackham, den motstrebende arvingen til Rackham Perfumeries, griper hun sjansen han byr henne. Gjenom ham begynner Sugar å bevege seg oppover i det klassedelte [...]
At the Heart of this panoramic, multidimensional narrative is the compelling struggle of a young woman to lift her body and soul out of the gutter. Michel Faber leads us back to 1870s London, where Sugar, a nineteen-year-old whore in the brothel of the terrifying Mrs. Castaway, yearns for escape int[...]
One of the best-loved works of the nineteenth century, "Middlemarch" explores the complex social relationships in a town that moves and breathes with a life of its own.[...]
A monumental, genre-defying novel that David Mitchell calls "Michel Faber's second masterpiece," "The Book of Strange New Things" is a masterwork from a writer in full command of his many talents.
It begins with Peter, a devoted man of faith, as he is called to the mission of a lifetime, one th[...]
A monumental, genre-defying novel that David Mitchell calls "Michel Faber s second masterpiece," "The Book of Strange New Things" is a masterwork from a writer in full command of his many talents.
It begins with Peter, a devoted man of faith, as he is called to the mission of a lifetime, one th[...]
From "The New York Times" best-selling author of "The Crimson Petal and the White," Michel Faber's "The Fire Gospel" is a wickedly funny, acid-tongued, media-savvy picaresque that delves into our sensationalist culture. Theo Griepenkerl, a Canadian linguistics scholar, is sent to Iraq in search of a[...]
NOW A MAJOR BBC DRAMA STARRING Romola Garai, Chris O'Dowd, Gillian Anderson, Richard E. Grant, Shirley Henderson and Mark Gatiss 'Watch your step. Keep your wits about you; you will need them ...' So begins this irresistible voyage into the dark side of Victorian London. Amongst an unforgettable cas[...]
The Crimson Petal and the White is one of the best-loved novels of recent years. Now a major BBC TV drama, it captured hearts and left readers desperate for more. In The Apple, Faber returns to Silver Street to find it still teeming with life, and conjures further tantalising glimpses of Sugar, Clar[...]
'I am with you always, even unto the end of the world...' Peter Leigh is a missionary called to go on the journey of a lifetime. Leaving behind his beloved wife, Bea, he boards a flight for a remote and unfamiliar land, a place where the locals are hungry for the teachings of the Bible - his 'book o[...]
'Watch your step. Keep your wits about you; you will need them...' So begins this irresistible voyage into the dark side of Victorian London. Amongst an unforgettable cast of low-lifes, physicians, businessmen and prostitutes, meet our heroine Sugar, a young woman trying to drag herself up from the [...]
Equal parts historical thriller, romance and ghost story, this is an ingenious literary page-turner and is completely unforgettable.[...]
Theo Griepenkerl är en okänd akademiker med ett olympiskt ego. När han besöker ett skövlat museum i Irak på jakt efter skatter som han kan föra med sig tillbaka till Kanada, hittar han nio papyrusrullar som har legat gömda i tvåtusen år. När dessa väl översatts från arameiska visar det[...]
â... en strålande roman som jag bara kan anbefalla till läsning.â
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De fattigas armod, de rikas arrogans, sexuell frustration och ohämmad erotisk njutning fyller denna mångfasetterade och stort upplagda roman. Berättelsen tar sin början 1874 på Londons [...]