Classic Fiction

The inspiration for A Haunting in Venice – now a major motion picture. When a Hallowe’en party turns deadly, it falls to Hercule Poirot to unmask a murderer… During a night of party games, Joyce Reynolds boasts that she once witnessed a murder. No one believes her, but then she is found drowned, face down in an apple-bobbing tub. Set...

Emma Woodhouse, handsome, clever, and rich, with a comfortable home and a happy disposition...and had lived nearly twenty-one years in the world with very little to distress or vex her. Set in the fictional country village of Highbury and its surrounding estates, Emma involves the relationships among people from a small number of upper class families. It is a novel...

Elephants Can Remember follows the legendary Hercule Poirot as he is determined to solve an old husband and wife double murder that is still an open verdict. Hercule Poirot stood on the cliff-top where, many years earlier, there had been a tragic accident. This was followed by the grisly discovery of two more bodies—a husband and wife—shot dead. But who...

Agatha Christie’s most exotic murder mystery in a sumptuous hardback Special Edition. The tranquillity of a cruise along the Nile is shattered by the discovery that Linnet Ridgeway has been shot through the head. She was young, stylish and beautiful, a girl who had everything – until she lost her life. Hercule Poirot recalls an earlier outburst by a fellow...

A fresh, funny and accessible retelling of Jane Austen's classic story, with witty black and white illustrations throughout. Fanny Price is one of nine children, and her family are very poor. So when a distant relative offers to take her in—giving her the opportunity to grow up wealthy and comfortable—her parents jump at the chance. But money doesn't always bring...

A grand old London hotel. A series of alarming coincidences. Danger lurking down every corridor. Impeccable service. Luxurious rooms. Eccentric guests. There are worse places for Canon Pennyfather to find himself stranded than At Bertram’s Hotel. But when he gets his dates in a muddle and attempts to travel to Lucerne a day too late, he unwittingly sets off a...

A handful of grain is found in the pocket of a murdered businessman… Rex Fortescue, king of a financial empire, was sipping tea in his ‘counting house’ when he suffered an agonising and sudden death. On later inspection, the pockets of the deceased were found to contain traces of cereals. Yet, it was the incident in the parlour which confirmed...

An exotic holiday for Miss Marple is ruined when a retired major is killed… As Jane Marple sat basking in the Caribbean sunshine, she felt mildly discontented with life. True, the warmth eased her rheumatism, but here in paradise nothing ever happened. Eventually, her interest was aroused by an old soldier’s yarn about a strange coincidence. Infuriatingly, just as he...

Agatha Christie’s audacious mystery thriller, reissued with a striking new cover designed to appeal to the latest generation of Agatha Christie fans and book lovers. For an instant the two trains ran together, side by side. In that frozen moment, Elspeth witnessed a murder. Helplessly, she stared out of her carriage window as a man remorselessly tightened his grip around...

DISCOVER THE DU MAURIER DARK ROMANCE COLLECTION Du Maurier is mistress of the sleight of hand in fiction . . . brilliantly, marvellously chilling - MAGGIE O'FARRELL Moody and unnerving – GILLIAN FLYNN Sinuous and undeniably feral – JULIE MYERSON * Every day, haunted still by doubt, I ask myself a question which I cannot answer. Was Rachel innocent or...

Join Dr. Seuss and let your imagination run wild in this classic story to encourage the most out-there thinkers! Think left and think right, think low and think high! Learn to explore the fantasy world of the imagination with a little help from Dr. Seuss. With his unique combination of hilarious stories, zany pictures and riotous rhymes, Dr. Seuss has...

Three fantastic adventures with everyone’s favourite big-hearted elephant! Horton the Elephant is BIG, big-hearted, and one of Dr. Seuss’s most beloved creations! Join him in this collection of adventures and cheer for Horton as he saves the Whos, hatches the egg, and brings that special Horton kindness to everyone he meets. Horton Hears a Who! Horton Hatches the Egg Horton...

Celebrating 70 years of Horton, the kindly elephant determined to save the tiny Whos who live on a speck of dust. Because a person’s a person, no matter how small! Celebrate 70 years of Horton the elephant in this classic and hilarious tale about friendship and respect, from the inimitable Dr. Seuss. Horton the kindly elephant has his work cut...

Discover five stories full of fantastically funny things in this brilliant treasury from Dr. Seuss! Featuring some of Dr. Seuss’s best-loved tales, including The Lorax and Oh, The Places You’ll Go! Step into the wonderful world of Dr. Seuss with five of his best-loved stories! Featuring Gox that box, Yinks that wink and Brown Bar-ba-loots eating Truffula Fruits, this brilliant...

When Mayzie sprouts a daisy, her world is soon turned upside-down in this hilarious rhyming Dr. Seuss classic! Poor Mayzie – she’s sprouted a daisy! Neither doctors nor florists can help… and when the daisy starts to wilt, so does Mayzie! Will Mayzie and her family learn to love her new floral friend? Or is it a case of they-love-you-not?...

90 classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin Books Known as Ireland's Chekhov, Frank O'Connor was a master of the modern short story, with an eye for capturing the spaces between our selves and our surroundings. The Genius brings together some of his very best stories, often told from the perspective of young children and forming a revealing portrait of...

Could a murder at an English school be Hercule Poirot’s toughest assignment? Can he find the cat before this most feline of killers strikes again? This brand new Special Edition hardback is a book no cat-loving Agatha Christie fan will want to miss. Schooldays can be tough. Who will learn the fatal lesson? Late one night, two teachers investigate a...

H.P. Lovecraft fused supernatural horror with visionary science fiction; this volume collects together all of these writings. In the 1920s and '30s, H.P. Lovecraft pioneered a new type of fiction that fused elements of supernatural horror with the concepts of visionary science fiction. Lovecraft's tales of cosmic horror revolutionised modern horror fiction and earned him the reputation of the most...

One of the most iconic characters in children’s books For the first time, you can own all 23 stories in The Adventures of Tintin series in this fantastic boxed set. This is the perfect present for Tintin fans of all ages. Complete set of 23 original Tintin albums in paperback presented in a slipcase. This beautifully designed box set contains...

Launching a major new paperback series - Penguin English Library The Penguin English Library Edition of Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë 'The more solitary, the more friendless, the more unsustained I am, the more I will respect myself' Passionate, poetic and revolutionary, Jane Eyre is a novel of naked emotional power. Its story of a defiant, fiercely intelligent woman who...

One of the most loved and enduring wartime novels, Carrie's War is a modern classic. WITH A NEW FOREWORD BY MICHAEL MORPURGO AND ILLUSTRATIONS BY ALAN MARKS 'A touching, utterly convincing book' JACQUELINE WILSON 'Poignant and realistic... Carrie's War captures the true reality of war for a child, and it doesn't sentimentalise war' SHIRLEY HUGHES, GUARDIAN 'I did a dreadful...

Dive into the splendiferous world of Roald Dahl in this interactive magnet book! What will you choose to feed the hungry tortoises? Who will you invite to a party on a fantastic peach? You're in charge! Choose your magnets to let the mischief begin! Packed with anarchy and favourite characters from the world of Roald Dahl, this interactive magnet book...

Roald Dahl's canon of family stories and poetry with collectible new covers featuring Quentin Blake's iconic illustrations and archive material provided by the Roald Dahl Museum. Ah-ha, you see, the plot grows thicker, and Cindy's luck starts looking sicker. This beautiful edition of Revolting Rhymes, part of The Roald Dahl Classic Collection, features official archive material from the Roald Dahl...

Roald Dahl's canon of family stories and poetry comes with collectable new covers featuring Quentin Blake's iconic illustrations and archive material provided by the Roald Dahl Museum. What should it be, this whopping terrific exploding shocker for Grandma? This beautiful edition of George's Marvellous Medicine, part of The Roald Dahl Classic Collection, features official archive material from the Roald Dahl...

Roald Dahl's canon of family stories and poetry with collectable new covers features Quentin Blake's iconic illustrations and archive material provided by the Roald Dahl Museum. 'Don't you worry about a little thing like that!' cried Mr Wonka. 'My great glass elevator is ready for anything!' This beautiful edition of Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator, part of The Roald...

Arturo Bandini arrives in Los Angeles with big dreams. But the reality he finds is a city gripped by poverty. When he makes a small fortune from the publication of a short story, he reinvents himself, indulging in expensive clothes, fine food, and downtown strip clubs. But Bandini's delusions take a worrying turn when he is drawn into a relationship...

A consistent best-seller! Beatrix Potter's famous tale of a naughty squirrel who loses his tail is as popular today as it was when it was first published over 100 years ago. Join Nutkin, his brother Twinkleberry, and all his cousins as they make their way over to Owl Island to gather nuts. See what happens when Old Brown, the terrifying...

A consistent best-seller! Peter Rabbit's cousin, Benjamin Bunny, has been a very popular character since this book's first publication in 1904. In this tale, we hear all about his and Peter's adventures in Mr. McGregor's vegetable garden, and what happens to them when they meet a cat! Even more frightening is what happens to the two pesky bunnies when Old...

The ideal introduction to some of Beatrix Potter's best-loved tales, including The Tale of Peter Rabbit. The perfect gift to introduce the classic tales of Beatrix Potter. This wonderful collection brings together the first four Beatrix Potter stories. Featuring a mischievous little rabbit and his friends, this gift set contains: The Tale of Peter Rabbit The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin...

When Tess Durbeyfield is driven by family poverty to claim kinship with the wealthy D'Urbervilles and seek a portion of their family fortune, meeting her 'cousin' Alec proves to be her downfall. A very different man, Angel Clare, seems to offer her love and salvation, but Tess must choose whether to reveal her past or remain silent in the hope...

The Penguin English Library Edition of A Room with a View by E. M. Forster "But you do," he went on, not waiting for contradiction. "You love the boy body and soul, plainly, directly, as he loves you, and no other word expresses it ..." Lucy has her rigid, middle-class life mapped out for her until she visits Florence with...

PRE-ORDER HOTEL UKRAINE, THE BRAND NEW ARKADY RENKO NOVEL FROM MARTIN CRUZ SMITH, COMING SUMMER 2025! ‘Martin Cruz Smith does more on a page than most writers manage in a chapter. He is unique and irreplaceable’ MICK HERRON, author of Slow Horses ARKADY RENKO IS BACK . . . Confined to a desk job by his superiors to keep him out of...

Jane and Colin are soulmates. He just doesn't know it yet. For twenty-four-year-old Jane, finding love in New York City is even harder than making it as a playwright. So, when Jane meets Colin, a sweet software engineer, she can't believe her luck: they're perfect for each other. Even when Colin breaks off their blooming relationship after six dates, Jane...

The bestselling author of international BookTok sensation If We Were Villains returns with a story of a group of misfits who meet in the local cemetery each night to unearth the secrets lurking in an open grave. Every night, in the college's ancient cemetery, five people cross paths as they work the late shift: a bartender, a rideshare driver, a...

Fifty new books at £1 each, celebrating the pioneering spirit of the Penguin Modern Classics series, from inspiring essays to groundbreaking fiction and poetry. The Three Electroknights poses the question, "What use to a being that lives beneath a sun are jewels of gas and silver stars of ice?" From a giant of twentieth-century science fiction, these four miniature space...

Roald Dahl's canon of family stories and poetry comes with collectable new covers featuring Quentin Blake's iconic illustrations and archive material provided by the Roald Dahl Museum. I have secret plans and clever tricks. This beautiful edition of The Enormous Crocodile, part of The Roald Dahl Classic Collection, features official archive material from the Roald Dahl Museum and is perfect...

The first English-language publication of one of the greatest Polish science fiction novels of all time. Is BER-66 a human or a machine? As he navigates the corridors and locked rooms of a strange bunker, he must solve the mysteries of murderous doppelgängers, a slow-motion city on the verge of destruction, and ultimately, the all-powerful Mechanism itself... Considered to be...

A darkly funny satire from the most acclaimed and popular Russian science-fiction writers. Astrophysicist Dmitri Malianov is on the precipice of a major discovery - a Nobel Prize-worthy breakthrough. Yet, home alone in his Leningrad apartment, his work is beginning to be stymied. Strange and improbable distractions are mounting around him - and he is not alone. Across the city,...

A classic of intergalactic, metaphysical science fiction and one of Philip Pullman's favourite books. After journeying across the stars, a man from Earth finds himself lost among the scarlet deserts, black cliffs, and semi-sentient oceans of Tormance, a world lit by the star Arcturus. Pulled northward by the sound of drums, and undergoing strange physical transformations, the Earthman's adventures with...

The night after a shooting star is seen streaking through the sky from Mars, a cylinder is discovered on Horsell Common in London. At first, naive locals approach the cylinder armed just with a white flag, only to be quickly killed by an all-destroying heat-ray, as terrifying tentacled invaders emerge. Soon the whole of human civilisation is under threat, as...

The story of the orphan Oliver, who runs away from the workhouse only to be taken in by a den of thieves, shocked readers when it was first published. Dickens's tale of childhood innocence beset by evil depicts the dark criminal underworld of a London peopled by vivid and memorable characters - the arch-villain Fagin, the artful Dodger, the menacing...

"May you not rest, as long as I am living. You said I killed you - haunt me, then." - Emily Brontë, Wuthering Heights Rediscover Emily Brontë's powerful tale of love, violence, and obsession. "May you not rest, as long as I am living. You said I killed you - haunt me, then." Wuthering Heights is the tale of two...

This indispensable translation is as close to the original as it is possible to get while at the same time being a clear and fluid translation. If you've never read it, now is the moment. This translation will show that you don't read War and Peace, you live it - The Times Tolstoy's enthralling epic depicts Russia's war with Napoleon...

The Bright Young Things of 1920s Mayfair, with their paradoxical mix of innocence and sophistication, exercise their inventive minds and vile bodies in every kind of capricious escapade, whether it is promiscuity, dancing, cocktail parties or sports cars. A vivid assortment of characters, among them the struggling writer Adam Fenwick-Symes and the glamorous, aristocratic Nina Blount, hunt fast and furiously...

Shocking, banned and the subject of obscenity trials, Miller's first novel is a Penguin Modern Classic for the first time. One of the most scandalous and influential books of the 20th century, Tropic of Cancer redefined the novel. Set in Paris in the 1930s, it features a starving American writer who lives a bohemian life among prostitutes, pimps, and artists....

A haunting portrayal of addiction and a troubled young woman. She understands Karma, she says- "What I do, I reap" Her name means sadness, yet Tristessa, a prostitute and morphine addict, lives without cares in her shabby room with a menagerie of pets and an altar to the Virgin Mary. Based on Jack Kerouac's own real-life love affair in Mexico...

A compulsive novel from one of the most influential writers of the twentieth century. A recently divorced actor and a no less lonely woman meet by chance in a New York diner. The city—its bars, its cheap motels, and its rented rooms—becomes the cinematic setting of the couple's escalating and mysterious relationship. A move against desperation and drift, their affair...

A story of a frustrated, confined woman who becomes lost in a psychological maze of her own creation—a labyrinth of jealousy, loneliness, and longing. Etsuko is a trapped woman who lays traps for others... After the early death of her philandering husband, Etsuko moves into her father-in-law's house, where she numbly submits to the old man's advances. Meanwhile, she develops...

A gripping tale of small town suspicion and revenge, part of the new Maigret series. 'There was an exaggerated humility about her. And yet he sensed, beneath that image, glints of pride held firmly in check. She was anaemic. Her flat chest was not formed to rouse desire. Nevertheless, she was strangely appealing, perhaps because she seemed troubled, despondent, sickly.'...

New to Penguin Modern Classics, the seminal work of gay literature that sparked a notorious legal trial. The Well of Loneliness tells the story of tomboyish Stephen, who hunts, wears trousers and cuts her hair short - and who gradually comes to realise that she is attracted to women. Charting her romantic and professional adventures during the First World War...

The Waves is Woolf's innovative modernist novel. Tracing the lives of a group of friends, this novel follows their development from childhood to middle age. While social events, individual achievements, and disappointments form its narrative, the novel is most remarkable for the rich poetic language that expresses the inner life of its characters—their aspirations, their triumphs and regrets, their awareness...

VINTAGE CLASSICS FRENCH SERIES - stunning flapped paperback editions showcasing the bestselling, most acclaimed French writers of the twentieth century. All for one, and one for all! The young D'Artagnan and the legendary musketeers Athos, Porthos, and Aramis are 'the inseparables' - ready to sacrifice everything in a duel or game of dice in order to defend their honour or...

A beautiful paperback edition of Elizabeth Bowen's short stories, selected and introduced by Tessa Hadley. 'Bowen's stories are novels that have been split open like rocks and reveal the glitter of the naked crystals which have formed them' - Vogue Selected and with a new introduction by Tessa Hadley. A girl shares her secret den. A couple stroll through a...

Spine-tingling, mind-altering and deliciously atmospheric, journey into the dark side of America with nine of its most uncanny classics. VINTAGE CLASSICS' AMERICAN GOTHIC SERIES The Scarlet Letter introduces us to Hester Prynne, a beautiful young woman who is also an outcast. In the eyes of her neighbours, she has committed an unforgivable sin. Everyone knows that her little daughter, Pearl,...

The Magic Mountain is a European masterpiece from the Nobel prizewinner, exploring the lure and degeneration of ideas in an introverted community on the eve of World War I. As Seen on BBC Between the Covers The Magic Mountain presents Hans Castorp as 'a perfectly ordinary, if engaging young man' when he visits his cousin in an exclusive sanatorium in...

New to Penguin Classics, this is the funny and deeply moving story of the apocalypse - as seen from one small village in England. Self-important and more or less friendless, retired teacher Edgar Hopkins lives for the thrill of winning poultry prizes. But his narrow world is shattered when he discovers that the moon is about to come crashing to...

VINTAGE DECO - Nine blazing, daring novels to celebrate the 1920s - 100 years on. Now she had taken off her goodness and left it behind her like a heap of rain-sodden clothes, and she only felt joy. Mrs Wilkins and Mrs Arbuthnot, cowed and neglected by their husbands, make a daring plan—they will have a holiday. Leaving a drab...

Another addition to Penguin Modern Classics' key Kerouac holdings. The Dharma Bums appeared just one year after the author's explosive On the Road had put the Beat Generation on the literary map and Kerouac on the best-seller list. The same expansiveness, humour, and contagious zest for life that sparked the earlier novels sparks this one too, but through a more...

The Day of the Triffids introduces readers to the triffids, a monstrous species of stinging plant; they walk, they talk, they dominate the world. The narrator of this novel wakes up in hospital to find that, by missing the end of the world, he has survived to witness a new world. But the new world that awaits him is both...

A charming, mind-bending, and anarchic book of imagined civilizations. 'Most cosmic civilizations long for things, in the depths of their souls, they would never openly admit to...' Trurl and Klapaucius are 'constructors'—they travel around the universe creating machines of astonishing inventiveness and power, visiting a bewildering variety of violent, peculiar, and morose civilizations. The Cyberiad is oddly reminiscent of Gulliver's...

The Complete Short Stories by Franz Kafka showcases the brilliance of the 20th century's greatest visionary. This collection is universally acknowledged as highlighting Kafka’s profound impact on literature and modern thought. As W. H. Auden famously stated, "Kafka is important to us because his predicament is the predicament of modern man." His works encapsulate the existential challenges of contemporary life,...

"In oldentimes, when wishing still helped, there lived a king whose daughters were all beautiful..." - 'The Frog King', The Complete Fairy Tales. Your favourite fantastic Grimm fairy tales and bedtime stories in the only complete edition of this classic collection. Wolves and grandmothers, ugly sisters, a house made of bread, a goose made of gold... the folk tales collected...

Available in English for the first time, The Chandelier is one of Lispector's most radical books and a key part of what made her a Brazilian legend. 'She found the best clay that one could desire- white, supple, sticky, cold ... She would get a clear and tender material from which she could shape a world' Like the clay from...

An exhilarating satire of Eighties excess that captures the effervescent spirit of New York, from one of the greatest writers of modern American prose. The Bonfire of the Vanities follows the story of Sherman McCoy, a WASP, bond trader, and self-appointed 'Master of the Universe'. He enjoys a fashionable lifestyle with a wife, a Park Avenue apartment, and a Southern...

Part of the Vintage Classics Austen Series — all six of Jane Austen's major novels, beautifully designed by writer and illustrator Leanne Shapton and introduced by our finest contemporary writers. Persuasion is a sort of private novel. In the heroine Anne Elliot, we have glimpses of Austen and what happened to her; the lost romance and the lost youth. Eight...

Vintage Minis bring you the world's greatest writers on the experiences that make us human - from birth to death and everything in between. Well, Watson, we seem to have fallen upon evil days Sherlock Holmes—the quintessential British hero and the world's most popular detective. Through his powers of deduction, and with the help of his faithful companion Dr Watson,...

One man's fight for revenge against a corrupt justice system. Kleist's influential German novella has been newly translated by the renowned Michael Hofmann. 'I finished it in one sitting. Probably for the tenth time... it carries me along waves of wonder' — Franz Kafka Michael Kohlhaas has been wronged. He will have justice. Based on the real life of an...

Part of the Vintage Classics Austen Series- all six of Jane Austen's major novels, beautifully designed by writer and illustrator Leanne Shapton and introduced by our finest contemporary writers. Read Jane Austen's unsung masterpiece. 'The most perfect artist among women, the writer whose books are immortal' - Virginia Woolf Fanny Price's rich relatives offer her a place in their home...

Part of the Vintage Classics Brontë Series - three sisters, three major novels, beautifully designed. A beautiful deluxe gift edition of Charlotte Brontë's masterpiece With an Introduction by Maggie O'Farrell As an orphan, Jane's childhood is full of trouble, but her stubborn independence and sense of self help her to steer through the miseries inflicted by cruel relatives and a...

VINTAGE QUARTERBOUND CLASSICS- Bound to be beautiful A beautiful hardback edition of one of the most subversive anti-war novels ever written - reading Catch-22 is a rite of passage. Set in the closing months of World War II, this is the story of a bombardier named Yossarian who is frantic and furious because thousands of people he has never met...

The graphic novel adaptation of the classic dystopian masterpiece. From Fred Fordham, graphic novelist behind the sensational To Kill a Mockingbird graphic novel. Originally published in 1932, Brave New World is one of the most revered and profound works of twentieth-century literature. Touching on themes of control, humanity, technology, and influence, Aldous Huxley's enduring classic is a reflection and a...

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times... Lucie Manette has been separated from her father for eighteen years while he languished in Paris's most feared prison, the Bastille. Finally reunited, the Manettes' fortunes become inextricably intertwined with those of two men, the heroic aristocrat Darnay and the dissolute lawyer Carton. Their story, which encompasses violence,...

Babi Yar is a Ukrainian classic - the gripping account of Kyiv during the Second World War as told by a young boy who witnessed it all. This gripping story captures the experience of Kyiv during the Second World War through the eyes of a young boy who saw it all. 'Rightly hailed a masterpiece' - Daily Mail "So here...

The remarkable new work of fiction from the Booker Prize-winning author of Last Orders, Wasteland, Here We Are and Mothering Sunday In the aftermath of the Second World War, Private Joseph Caan, a young Jewish soldier stationed in Germany, seeks the truth about lost family members. In the 1960s, a father focuses on his daughter's wedding even as the Cuban...

Dorothy Edwards’ playful stories and Shirley Hughes’ beautiful illustrations have charmed generations of children and adults alike for nearly 75 years. My naughty little sister is stubborn and greedy and full of mischief. She tries to cut off the cat’s tail and eats all the trifle at Harry’s party! How much bother can one little sister be? Dorothy Edwards’ classic...

Twenty-two of the finest science fiction short stories from one of the genre’s greatest writers, Isaac Asimov. Isaac Asimov was the Grand Master of the Science Fiction Writers of America, the founder of robot ethics, and one of the world's most prolific authors of fiction and non-fiction. Asimov’s short fiction has been enjoyed by millions for more than half a...

What will two children do to win an island? From Costa-winning author of Voyage of the Sparrowhawk. Skylar's old friends felt sorry for her but they were too afraid to talk to her. Yakov's old friends were far away, blown across continents by war... When Skylar meets Yakov she is still reeling from the news of her grandfather's stroke. Yakov...

This sumptuous gift set includes a replica of the very rare first edition of The Hobbit, the only edition where one can now read the original version of the story before Tolkien re-edited it to become the one enjoyed by readers since 1951. The Hobbit was published on 21 September 1937, with a print run of 1,500 copies. With a...

The adventures of one of Lem's most endearing characters, Pirx—a 'space truck driver' and everyman in Outer Space. Mission: Vertical launch at half booster power. Ascent to ellipsis B68. Correction to stable oriental path, with orbital period of four hours and twenty-six minutes. Proceed to rendezvous with shuttlecraft vehicles of the JO-2 type. There await further instructions. Tales of Pirx...

Ambler's classic thriller of post-war international politics and intrigue, centring on gun-smuggling in South-East Asia. Girija Krishnan, an Indian clerk, sees the opportunity of his lifetime when he stumbles on a lost cache of arms hidden in the Malayan jungle. If he can find a buyer for the weapons, he will be able to achieve his life-long dream of creating...