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VIS + I
Farideh Razi - -
Vis + I is an interior monologue during a harrowing cab ride through the streets of Tehran as Pardis rushes to the airport to stop her lover from leaving. Multiple narrative threads and flashbacks, real and imaginary voices—primarily that of Vis, the heroine of the Persian epic romance, Vis + Ramin—interweave in this gritty, postmodern love story. Vis + I poses ...
Poirot Investigates (Wisehouse Classics Edition)
Agatha Christie - -
Poirot Investigates is a short story collection written by Agatha Christie and first published in the UK by The Bodley Head in March 1924. In the eleven stories, famed eccentric detective Hercule Poirot solves a variety of mysteries involving greed, jealousy, and revenge. The American version of this book, published ...
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Daniel Curzon - -
"Tell the truth till it hurts." - Daniel Curzon
"This lucid and chatty book is perceptive, wry, and penetrating to the last drop of bile." - Robert Patrick
"Angry, bitter, with chips on both shoulders, Daniel Curzon is also ferociously honest and very funny." - Ian Young
"He has been everywhere, he has met everyone, and now that he has your attention, ...
Whose Body? (Wisehouse Classics Edition)
Dorothy L. Sayers - -
Whose Body? is a 1923 mystery novel by Dorothy L. Sayers, in which she introduced the character of Lord Peter Wimsey. Thipps, an architect, finds a dead body wearing nothing but a pair of pince-nez in the bath of his London flat. Lord Peter Wimsey—a nobleman who has recently developed an interest in criminal investigation ...
