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Brief Lives that Live Forever
This Russian author writes in French and has been translated into English (are you still with me?). A middle-aged Russian…
Hornet’s Sting
This novel vividly describes the multitude of characters and exploits of Hornet Squadron of the Royal Flying Corps and opens with…
War Story
War Story is set in 1916 and chronicles Second Lieutenant Oliver Paxton’s first few weeks as a member of the…
Hullo Russia, Goodbye England
“You’ve got to be demented to want to fly,” Flight Lieutenant Silk of 409 Squadron Royal Air Force tells Air…
Piece of Cake
Derek Robinson has been writing wartime ‘ripping yarns’ (his own words) for over 40 years now, and Piece of Cake…
Where I Left My Soul
André Degorce is a man whose life has been both formed and distorted by the history of France in the…
Mesmerized
Alissa Walser’s Mesmerized is set against the backdrop of Vienna in the late 1700s. It follows the story of the…
The Minotaur’s Head
Fans of the wonderful Polish crime writer Marek Krajewski will be thrilled at this, his latest story in translation, featuring…
Memory of the Abyss
Returning home late one night, Felice Stocchino and his young son, Samuele, are refused a glass of water at a…
A Journey to Nowhere
While living in Montreal in 1969, the author had an affair with a blonde called Māra. She told him that…
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