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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...

New to Penguin Modern Classics, a seminal and prophetic work of science fiction, with a new afterword by the author A gangster is murdered during a blistering Manhattan heat wave....

A collection of more than forty pieces of Sontag's writing from the last twenty years, new to Penguin Modern Classics Where the Stress Falls is divided into three sections: the...

For the first time, this volume gathers the published verse of Allen Ginsberg in its entirety This is the only volume to bring together all of Allen Ginsberg's published verse...

First time in Penguin Modern Classics for this 1950s Sci-Fi Classic At first the virus wiping out grass and crops is of little concern to John Custance. It has decimated...

New to Penguin Modern Classics for this story of idealism and the America stage The story of In America is inspired by the emigration to America in 1876 of Helena...

New to Penguin Modern Classics for Sontag's first novel The Benefactor is Susan Sontag's first book and first novel. It was originally published in 1963, and introduced a unique writer...

New to Penguin Modern Classics for Miller's chilling debut novel A reticent personnel manager living with his mother, Mr Newman shares the prejudices of his times and of his neighbours...

Incident at Vichy explores the horrors of anti-semitism and persecution, a theme which Miller was to return to throughout his life and writing In Vichy France, 1942, a group of...

New to Penguin Modern Classics for this timeless drama Victor, a New York cop nearing retirement, moves among furniture in the disused attic of a house marked for demolition. Cabinets,...

A new edition of Angela Carter's wonderful translation of the most famous fairy tales, with a new introduction by Jack Zipes In eighteenth century France, Charles Perrault rescued from the...

William Burroughs' work was dedicated to an assault upon language, traditional values and all agents of control. Produced at a time when he was at his most extreme and messianic,...

First time in Modern Classics for this elusive, disturbing and fascinating novel In this funny, nightmarish masterpiece of imaginative excess, grotesque characters engage in acts of violent one-upmanship, boundless riches...

Italo Calvino once said that he preferred to give false details about his biography since he felt that even the genuine data of a writer's life shed no light on...

First time in Penguin Modern Classics In five elegant autobiographical meditations Calvino delves into his past, remembering awkward childhood walks with his father, a lifelong obsession with the cinema and...

First time in Penguin Modern Classics for these ten tales for adults inspired by Dahl's experiences as a wartime fighter pilot During the Second World War Roald Dahl served in...

First time in Penguin Modern Classics for this collection of stories for adults, with a new foreword by Dom Joly These eighteen tales of the macabre show Dahl's dark brilliance...

New to Penguin Modern Classics for this moving autobiography, which won the J.R. Ackerley prize John Healy, the son of poor Irish immigrants in London, grows up hardened by violence...

A classic of SF for the first time in Penguin Modern Classics, with a new introduction by Neil Gaiman The Sun is about to go Nova. Earth and Moon have...

Fifty-two stories by Robert Graves in a new edition edited by his daughter Lucia, for the first time in Penguin Modern Classics The ever-popular novelist and story-teller Robert Graves wrote...

New Modern Classics edition for this hilarious collection No, Groucho is not my real name, I'm just breaking it in for a friend.' Presenting the greatest and most hilarious examples...