B. Traven

A moving portrayal of loss, consolation and belonging in a remote community. It seemed that even the jungle fell silent for a moment as if it wanted to help save a little child. In the depths of the Mexican jungle, American traveller Gerard Gales is hunting for alligators when he comes across a small village along the banks of the...

The Death Ship is a cult masterpiece and a darkly comic tale of survival on the high seas. Whoever survived the Yorikke could never be frightened any more during his lifetime by anything. Stateless and stranded after he loses his passport, sailor Gerald Gales flees arrest and persecution across Europe, until he finally finds work on the Yorikke, a decrepit...

Three desperate prospectors embark on a perilous quest for gold in 1920s Mexico. 'Gold is a very devilish sort of a thing, believe me, boys' Deep in the wild heart of Mexico's Sierra Madre mountains lies treasure beyond reckoning, just waiting to be found by those who know where to look. Or so believe three Americans—Dobbs, Curtin and Howard—down on...