The forerunner in its tone and themes to Greene's masterpiece Brighton Rock, A Gun for Sale is a noir thriller shot through with violence, betrayal and tormented souls. With an introduction by Robert Macfarlane • Raven is a ruthless assassin, a hired killer, whose cold-blooded murder of the Minister for War will have violent repercussions across Europe. As the nation prepares for battle, Raven goes on the run, hunted by the police and in search of the man who paid him in stolen banknotes, eventually unearthing the terrible truth behind his deadly assignment
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В сборник сочинений Грэма Грина "Ведомство страха" включены романы, посвященные столкновению рядового человека с закулисным миром спецслужб • Двадцатый век по праву слывет столетием шпионажа, а значит, и "шпионского" романа, породившего, в частности, Человека, Который Был Четвергом, Джеймса Бонда, Шпиона, Пришедшего С Холода, и, разумеется, Максима Исаева aka Штирлица. Образы шпионов, созданные классиком жанра Грином, пожалуй, не столь колоритны - и это далеко не случайно, ведь личная неприметность - одно из обязательных условий их выживания. Но дело не только в этом: в романах, включенных в книгу, профессиональных разведчиков и контрразведчиков регулярно обыгрывают в их собственные шпионские игры заведомые и заядлые дилетанты; человек побеждает систему
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Querry, a world famous architect, is the victim of a terrible attack of indifference: he no longer finds meaning in art or pleasure in life. Arriving anonymously at a Congo leper village, he is diagnosed as the mental equivalent of a 'burnt-out case', a leper mutilated by disease and amputation. Querry slowly moves towards a cure, his mind getting clearer as he works for the colony. However, in the heat of the tropics, no relationship with a married woman, will ever be taken as innocent
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Greene takes us on a wild, unconventional and enlightening voyage with an ordinary, retired bank manager and his eccentric, daring aunt • Henry Pulling, a retired bank manager, meets his septuagenarian Aunt Augusta for the first time in over fifty years at what he supposes to be his mother's funeral. Soon after, she persuades Henry to abandon Southwood, to travel to Brighton, Paris, Istanbul, Paraguay, and a shiftless, twilight society of hippies, war criminals, CIA men that will help Henry come alive after a dull suburban life • Vintage Voyages: A world of journeys, from the tallest mountains to the depths of the mind
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2 146 руб.
A satirical black comedy from the legendary Graham Greene • 'Manages to say more about love, hate, happiness, grief, immortality, greed and the disgustingly rich than most contemporary English novels three times the length' The Times • Doctor Fischer despises the human race. A millionaire with a taste for sadism, he spends his time and money planning notorious parties, entertainments designed to expose the shallowness and greed of his craven hangers-on. Black comedy and painful satire combine in a totally compelling novel
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A witty, inventive read with anyone for a passion for travel • Henry Pulling, a retired bank manager, meets his septuagenarian Aunt Augusta for the first time in over fifty years at his mother's funeral. Soon after, she persuades Henry to abandon Southwood, his dahlias and the Major next door to travel her way, through Brighton, Paris, Istanbul, Paraguay... Accompanying his aunt, Henry joins a shiftless, twilight society: mixing with hippies, war criminals, CIA men; smoking pot, breaking all the currency regulations and eventually coming alive after a dull suburban lifetime
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1 349 руб.
«Ха-ха! Я Жаб, похититель автомобилей! Нет такой темницы, что удержала бы меня!» • Уже вовсю пахнет весной, и Крот открывает для себя уйму новых занятий: прогулки на лодке с Водяным Крысом (он же дядюшка Рэт), посиделки с мистером Барсуком, безобразия на дороге с лихим разбойником мистером Жабом из Тоуд-холла. Эти четверо становятся неразлучными друзьями, но очередная выходка Жаба не обходится без серьёзных последствий. Смогут ли герои объединиться и одолеть коварных хорьков, ласок и горностаев из жуткой Дикой чащи? • «Ветер в ивах» – нестареющая классика и одна из самых известных британских книг для детей и подростков, которую, впрочем, по достоинству оценят читатели всех возрастов. Повесть основана на сказках, которые Кеннет Грэм рассказывал своему сыну, и серии писем, выступившей в качестве их продолжения
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London, 1941. The city is in blackout and an enemy is hiding in plain sight • Jack Hoste has become entangled in a national treachery. His mission: to locate the most dangerous Nazi agent in the country • He soon receives a promising lead in Amy Strallen, whose life is a world away from the machinations of Nazi sympathisers. But when Hoste pays a visit to Amy’s office, the dangerous game he is playing becomes even more lethal
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This is a book about leaving your wife and everything you know • It is about fresh starts, about love, about friendship. It is also about the earth-shattering experience of becoming a father, the mundane struggles of family life, ridiculously unsuccessful holidays, humiliating antenatal music classes, fights with quarrelsome neighbours, the emotional strains of childrens' birthday parties and pushing a pram around Stockholm when all you really want to do is write • This is a book about one man's life but, somehow, about everyone else's too
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2 318 руб.
Life in pre-revolutionary Cuba is not easy and James Wormold, a failing vacuum cleaner salesman, is struggling to fund the increasingly lavish lifestyle of his manipulative sixteen year-old daughter, Milly. So when an enigmatic Englishman offers him an extra income in return for a little spying, he is sorely tempted . . . But when the fake reports hes been sending to London start to come true, Havana suddenly becomes a very dangerous place indeed. Both a brilliant Cold War thriller and hilarious work of satire, Our Man in Havana is Graham Greenes classic tale of an accidental spy, and a truly gripping read. Designed to appeal to the booklover, the Macmillan Collectors Library is a series of beautifully bound gift editions of much loved classic titles
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Wormold is a vacuum cleaner salesman in a city of power cuts. His adolescent daughter spends his money with a skill that amazes him, so when a mysterious Englishman offers him an extra income he's tempted. In return all he has to do is carry out a little espionage and file a few reports. But when his fake reports start coming true things suddenly get more complicated and Havana becomes a threatening place
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664 руб.
Spiralling into an alcohol-fuelled depression after killing a man in the line of duty, Inspector Kurt Wallander has made up his mind to quit the police force for good • When an old acquaintance seeks Wallander's help to investigate the suspicious circumstances in which his father has died, Kurt doesn't want to know. But when his former friend turns up dead, shot three times, Wallander realises that he was wrong not to listen • Against his better judgment, he returns to work to head what may now have become a double murder case. An enigmatic big-business tycoon seems to be the common denominator in the two deaths. But while Wallander is on the trail of the killer, somebody is on the trail of Wallander, and closing in fast
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2 142 руб.
