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Charles Bukowski and John Fante
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Arturo Bandini arrives in Los Angeles with big dreams. But the reality he finds is a city gripped by...
Funny Thing About Murder: Modes of Humor in Crime Fiction and Films
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Focusing on crime fiction, film and television that artfully combine comedy and misdeed, this...
Istanbul: A Cultural and Literary History
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With its location as a port, Istanbul has always absorbed ideas, people and styles from north,...
Words to Ride by: Thoughts on Bicycling
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Freedom, speed, possibilty, meditative space and a means to get around---the pleasures that come...
A Time for Everything
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What if God exists? What if angels are real? What if we treated religious tracts, including the...
Beastings
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A girl and a baby. A priest and a poacher. A savage pursuit through the landscape of a changing...
Sherlock Holmes: The Essential Mysteries in One Sitting
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With countless clubs, films, and books celebrating Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's legendary Sherlock...
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
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An ancient bridge collapses over a gorge in Peru, hurling five people into the abyss. It seems a...
The Legend of Barney Thomson
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Barney Thomson - an awkward, diffident, Glasgow barber - lives a life of desperate mediocrity....
The Letter Bearer
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The Rider has no memory of who he is, or how he came to be lying - dying - in the brutal heat of the...