A book being billed as a Dutch 'Narcos,' written by the sister of the country's most notorious criminals, was an instant bestseller there. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-11-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
The heavily annotated reissue of Adolf Hitler’s propaganda work Mein Kampf has become an instant bestseller in Germany. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-01-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
Novel, which imagines a world where Muslim fundamentalists rule France, sells 120,000 copies in five days to top country’s book chartsRead the Guardian’s review of SoumissionMichel Houellebecq’s controversial new novel Soumission, in which France is governed by the “Muslim Fraternity” party,... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2015-01-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
For eight years, the journalist Roberto Saviano has faced constant threat of death for exposing the secrets of the Naples mafia in his book Gomorrah. Is the price of life under armed guard too much for a writer to pay?As a young writer growing up in Caserta, a suburb of Naples, I felt myself... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2015-01-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
With Knopf set to release Haruki Murakamis 1Q84 this week in the U.S., the latest novel from the award-winning Japanese author was an instant bestseller in Japan and debuted at #3 in France in September. Topping the French fiction chart last month was The Passenger, the most recent thriller... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2011-10-21 00:00:00 UTC ]