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“jane aitken”

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  • The Red Notebook

    by Antoine Laurain ...
    Translated by Jane Aitken, Emily Boyce ...
    **Described as “Parisian perfection” by Queen Camilla, you won’t want to miss this charming, quirky love story from one of the UK's favourite French authors!In this bestselling novel, a bookseller pursues a mystery woman—known only through the jottings in her red notebook—through the streets of Paris**Bookseller Laurent Letellier comes across an abandoned handbag on a Parisian street, and feels ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

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  • Red Is My Heart

    by Antoine Laurain ...
    Translated by Jane Aitken ...
    **A moving, evocative exploration of heartbreak and healing in Paris, told through words and images in this stunning collaboration with French street artist Le Sonneur“Enchanting. . . A heartbroken lover's obsession with his ex is reflected in both images and words” — Washington Post**How can you mend a broken heart? Do you write a letter to the woman who left you—and post it to an imaginary ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • The Readers' Room

    by Antoine Laurain ...
    Translated by Jane Aitken, Emily Boyce, Polly Mackintosh ...
    **From the author of The Red Notebook, described as 'Parisian perfection' by Queen Camilla, comes a thrilling murder mystery set in the world of publishing“A stylish whodunnit blended with an affectionate send-up of the world of books” — The Sunday Mirror“Blends mystery with comedy to great effect” — The Daily Mail**When the manuscript of a debut crime novel arrives at a Parisian publishing house, ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • French Rhapsody

    by Antoine Laurain ...
    Translated by Emily Boyce, Jane Aitken ...
    **A letter delivered 30 years late sets a middle-aged Parisian doctor off on a picaresque, nostalgic exploration of youthful dreams and the path not takenA “must-read. . . If it wasn't so funny, you'd weep for the roads not taken” — Le Figaro“Beautifully written, superbly plotted and with a brilliant twist at the end” — Daily Mail**Middle-aged doctor Alain Massoulier has received a life-changing ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Three Rival Sisters

    by Marie-Louise Gagneur ...
    Translated by Jane Aitken, Polly Mackintosh ...
    IT IS MOST UNWISE AND FOOLISH TO ENDEAVOUR TO MANIPULATE HUMAN EMOTION FOR ONE'S ENDS'One May morning in 1842 in the village of Domblans, sisters Henriette, Renée and Gabrielle finally have something beyond embroidery to occupy them: the eligible bachelor Monsieur de Vaudrey is to visit their father's chateau. Yet as they compete for his affections, they learn that marriage and happiness do not ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Carnage

    by Maxime Chattam ...
    Translated by Jane Aitken, Emily Boyce ...
    A seasoned New York detective is called to investigate a high school shooting in this gripping crime fiction novel. When a massacre takes place in a Harlem school, Lamar, a New York detective for twelve years, is called to the scene. A student, aged seventeen, has shot everyone in his path before shooting himself. Having collected all the evidence, Lamar reconstructs the blood-soaked morning of ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Wild Dog

    Sinister and savage psychological thriller

    by Serge Joncour ...
    Translated by Jane Aitken, Polly Mackintosh ...
    Franck and Lise, a Parisian couple in the film industry, rent a cottage in the quiet hills of the French Lot, with no phone signal, to get away from the stresses of modern life. A mysterious dog emerges, looking for a new master. Ghosts of a dark past run wild. They meet a German lion tamer, who took refuge during the First World War . . .Faced with nature at its most brutal, the holiday-makers ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Lean on Me

    by Serge Joncour ...
    Translated by Jane Aitken ...
    A prize-winning bestseller in France, this is the unlikely love story of two lonely people in Paris.When a flock of crows invades their shared apartment block, farmer-turned-debt collector Ludovic and fashion designer Aurore speak for the first time. With nothing but the birds in common, the two are destined for separate lives, yet are drawn inexplicably together.With one trapped in an unhappy ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • The President's Hat

    by Antoine Laurain ...
    Translated by Louise Rogers Lalaurie, Jane Aitken, Emily Boyce ...
    **This international bestseller is a charming “fable of romance and redemption” about an unsuspecting accountant who happens upon the life-changing power of a rather special hat (Telegraph)“As entertaining as it is original, this is the story to enjoy like a chocolate with a surprise centre” –Marie France“Impossible to resist” –L'Express**Dining alone in an elegant Parisian brasserie, accountant ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Gallic Noir

    Volume 3

    by Pascal Garnier ...
    Translated by Jane Aitken, Melanie Florence, Emily Boyce ...
    Written over a 15-year period from the mid '90s, Garnier's short novels weave a profound and darkly comic tapestry of human experience. Volume 3 includes The Eskimo Solution, which combines the story of a struggling writer with excerpts of the crime novel he's writing, which will spill over into his own life; Low Heights, in which a cantankerous retiree falls for his nurse and finds himself ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • Hell's Gate

    by Laurent Gaudé ...
    Translated by Jane Aitken, Emily Boyce ...
    When his son is killed by gangsters' crossfire on his way to school, Neapolitan taxi driver Matteo is consumed by despair.But just when he feels life has lost all meaning, he encounters a man who claims the living can find ways into the afterlife. And legend says that there's an entrance to the underworld beneath Naples. What if Matteo had a chance of bringing Pippo back from the dead? ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Vintage 1954

    by Antoine Laurain ...
    Translated by Jane Aitken, Emily Boyce ...
    **A very special bottle of wine sends 4 neighbors back to 1950s Paris, where they each find the key to a happy future“A glorious time-slip caper... Just wonderful” — Daily Mail**When Hubert Larnaudie, chair of the management committee at his Parisian apartment building, makes an out-of-character decision to invite some fellow residents to drink an exceptional bottle of 1954 Beaujolais, he has no ... Read more

    $13.99 USD