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The story of Kerouac's sporting alter-ego, new to Penguin Modern Classics The tale of Kerouac's alter-ego, Vanity of Duluoz presents Jack Duluoz's high school experiences as a sporting jock in...

One of Isaac Bashevis Singer's most personal works, new to Penguin Modern Classics It is Warsaw in the 1930s. Aaron Greidinger is an aspiring young writer and the son of...

Published in 1972,Enemies, A Love Storyis an astonishing novel that blends humour and pathos to create a rich, humane portrayal of a man who cannot escape his past. Herman Broder,...

Singer's haunting second novel, new to Penguin Modern Classics Yasha the magician - sword swallower, fire eater, acrobat and master of escape - is famed for his extraordinary Houdini-like skills....

The definitive annotated students' edition of one of the twentieth century's greatest novels For Joyce, literature 'is the eternal affirmation of the spirit of man'. Written between 1914 and 1921,...

One of America's finest crime writers in Penguin Modern Classics for the first time Twenty years ago, Anthony Galton vanished, along with his streetwise bride and several thousand dollars of...

One of America's finest crime writers in Penguin Modern Classics for the first time When Maude Slocum - beautiful, frightened and angry - comes to Lew Archer's office with a...

One of America's finest crime writers in Penguin Modern Classics for the first time Lew Archer, world-weary private investigator, is hired by Larry and Irene Chalmers when they suspect that...

One of America's finest crime writers in Penguin Modern Classics for the first time When a chance encounter makes him a witness to the abduction of a child, private detective...

A powerful 1931 portrayal of a German town on the brink of chaos, from bestselling author Hans Fallada It is summer, 1929, and in a small German town a storm...

An affecting book of essays from this Nobel Prize-winning author Essayist and poet Joseph Brodsky was one of the most penetrating voices of the twentieth century. This prize-winning collection of...

From the acclaimed writer Margaret Drabble here are her short stories, in Penguin Modern Classics for the first time Margaret Drabble is one of the major literary figures of her...

Nabokov's only play, newly translated and published in English for the first time Morn, a masked king, rules over a realm to which he has restored order after a violent...

Before Valley of the Dolls and Mad Men came this iconic novel of four young women making their way in New York City. When it first published in 1958, Rona...

Selby's disorienting, nightmarish and structurally inventive novel, in Penguin Modern Classics for the first time 'It is quite an experience to be locked up all by yourself in any size...

Hubert Selby Jr, one of America's most important novelists, comes to Penguin Modern Classics for the first time Harry White is the man other men want to be: admired by...

A compelling examination of Kafka's life and a rare insight into his art, new to Penguin Modern Classics In July 1914, Franz Kafka's fiancee Felice broke off their engagement in...

Nobel Prize-winning author Canetti spent only a few weeks in Marrakesh, but it was a visit that would remain with him for the rest of his life. In The Voices...

The most famous of all of Hammett's tough, hard-bitten novels, in Penguin Modern Classics for the first time Ex-detective Nick Charles plans to spend a quiet Christmas holed up in...

Sabato's wonderful noir detective novel with a new introduction by Colm Toibin in Penguin Modern Classics for the first time Infamous for the murder of Maria Iribarne, the artist Juan...

Amis's acerbic guide to the use and abuse of the English language, part of a new series of reissues of his work in Penguin Modern Classics The King's English is...

Amis's hilarious satire on Anglo-American relations, part of a new series of reissues of his work in Penguin Modern Classics Brimming with gluttony, booze and lust, Roger Micheldene is loose...

A sly and wickedly entertaining novel from the irreverant Amis, new to Penguin Modern Classics The quickest way to get rich is to marry someone rich, but how do you...

Amis's tale of an ill-fated affair, part of a new series of reissues of his work in Penguin Modern Classics Douglas Yandell, a young-ish music critic, is enlisted by Kitty...

Amis's portrayal of a not-so golden old age, part of a new series of reissues of his work in Penguin Modern Classics At Tuppenny-hapenny Cottage in the English countryside, five...

This hilarious novel explores the twin jungles of sexual liberation and office politics in the heady world of 1960s London publishing Their troubled courtship long behind them, Jenny Bunn and...

A selection of witty and provocative essays from the father of New Journalism, new to Penguin Modern Classics Gay Talese is the father of American New Journalism, who transformed traditional...

'Auntie Mame is the most unconventional aunt you've ever known and you'll love her' Washington Star When shy young heir Patrick is orphaned at the age of ten, the only...

Giacomo's famous Canti, available in Penguin Classics for the first time 'So my mind sinks in this immensity: and foundering is sweet in such a sea' Revisited and reorganized over...

'The knowledge that in a few minutes, when I left the hotel, I would have no home, no bed of my own, no possessions for a long time to come...

'To talk about one's childhood usually is to tell about one's family, yet in this respect I must confess that for me adults resided in a hazy world, not my...

'At that moment the elephant shuddered and rose in the air. For a few seconds it swayed just above the ground but a gust of wind blew it upwards until...

First time in Penguin Modern Classics for this compilation of epic memoirs from mountaineer Walter Bonatti The Mountains of My Life collects Walter Bonatti's classic writings detailing his exploits on...

In this brilliant collection of essays, part of a new series of five Oscar Wilde titles, Wilde wittily portrays the reversal of society's norms In 'The Decay of Lying' Oscar...

Wilde's classic tale of corrupted innocence and debauchery, part of a new series of five Oscar Wilde titles Enthralled by his own exquisite portrait, Dorian Gray exchanges his soul for...

The first ever paperback publication of Orwell's remarkable letters Personal as well as political, Orwell's letters offer a fascinating window into the mind of a phenomenal man. We are privy...

First time in Penguin Modern Classics for this classic suspense novel Laurence is a young ex-sailor who can't resist the lure of the good life, and when he finds a...

A brand new translation of another novel in the Ferrara sequence which includes The Garden of the Finzi-Continis Into the insular town of 1930s Ferrara, a new doctor arrives. Fadigati...

'A vivid inside view of working-class culture and one of the most influential books of the postwar era' Observer When a society becomes more affluent, does it lose other values?...

Available to a general readership for the first time, Orwell's diaries give a fascinating insight into the mind of one of England's most prominent social commentators George Orwell was an...

One of three Bowles titles new to Penguin Modern Classics, with a new introduction by Ange Mlinko A chance encounter while holidaying in Central America leads an American couple, the...

Over 150 years after publication, still one of the most haunting and brutal indictments of the human costs of capitalism Written when Engels was only twenty-four, and inspired in particular...

A new edition of Tennessee Williams drama, collecting three of his most elegiac plays These three dramatic works by Tennessee Williams explore the darker side of human nature and are...

An explosive story of conspiracy and conspirators, of men caught in the desperate clash of ideologies, betrayal, expediency and free will, with a new introduction by Philip Gourevitch Shanghai, 1927,...

New, beautifully designed edition to mark the 1984 anniversary His best-known novels, Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty-Four, are two of the most famous, well-quoted and influential political satires ever written....

'The greatest spy novelist of all time' - San Francisco Chronicle Kenton's career as a journalist depends on his facility with languages, his knowledge of European politics and his quick...

'Ambler is a phenomenon' Alfred Hitchcock Josef Vadassy, a Hungarian refugee and language teacher living in France, is enjoying his first break for years in a small hotel on the...

'One of the best stories you'll ever read' New Yorker It is 1940 and Mr Graham, a quietly-spoken engineer and arms expert, has just finished high-level talks with the Turkish...