Books by tim parks

The Medici are famous as the rulers of Florence at the high point of the Renaissance. Their power is derived from the family bank, and this book ... More

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In this deliciously seductive account of an Italian neighborhood with a statue of the Virgin at one end of the street, a derelict bottle factory at ... More

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Overwhelmed by a crippling condition which nobody could explain or relieve, Parks follows a fruitless journey through the conventional medical system ... More

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Overweight and overwrought, Howard Cleaver, London's most successful journalist, abruptly abandons home, partner, mistresses and above all television ... More

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An English geologist working on a Mediterranean island becomes embroiled in a nightmare web of deceit, corruption, lust and tragedy in Tim Parks' ... More

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The title story of this collection, "Talking about It," presents two friends, George and Michael, meeting ritually in a pub every night after a game ... More

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George Crawley has finally got his life running along satisfyingly straight lines. Having made a success of his career and saved his faltering ... More

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Tim Parks goes on the road to follow the fortunes of Hellas Verona football club, to pay a different kind of visit to some of the world's most ... More

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'For some time now, I have been plagued, perhaps blessed, by dreams of rivers and seas, dreams of water'. Just days after Albert James writes these ... More

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Tim Parks's best seller, "Italian Neighbors," offered a sparkling, witty, and acutely observed account of an expatriate's life in a small village ... More

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One of Britain's outstanding novelists, Tim Parks has also published two acclaimed essay collections, "Adultery and Other Diversions" and "Hell and ... More

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A finalist for the Booker Prize, this ferociously comic tale of love gone sour is the finest novel to date from the author of the national ... More

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Three months after returning to England, Christopher Burton, receives a phone-call at the reception desk of the Rembrandt Hotel, Knightsbridge that ... More

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After living in Italy for ten years and having married into an Italian family, novelist Tim Parks describes his experiences of the country and its ... More

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"Parks' keen attention to detail brings the game to life, alive even to the most casual observer." --Booklist

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Promoted young to the position of Crown Court Judge - because of his ability, because of the political convenience of promoting a man with coloured ... More

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Suddenly alone, you see the river's horizon come to meet you. There's a certain glassiness to it an as the roar of the rapid swells the water grows ... More

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The twilight world of adolescent guilt and rebellion seething with repressed sexuality is the subject of this unique and demonic novel which won ... More

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An account of the author's ten years of living in Italy. With an Italian wife and an Italian family surrounding him, the author initiates the reader ... More

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Morris can't get over Mimi. But then he should have thought of that before he murdered her and married her sister. Now Mimi's back, as a ghost, and ... More

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Tim Parks writes entertainingly about his neighborhood near Verona, Italy--the Via Colombare--where he has lived for many years.

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An invigorating discussion of general ills, this collection of autobiographical essays ranges over adultery and parenthood, ghosts and gods, fiction ... More

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"Better than Silence of the Lambs . . . macabre fun orchestrated with immaculate precision. It's a killer." --Los Angeles Times

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In a nonfiction debut that's certain to echo the success of Peter Mayle's A Year in Provence, British novelist Parks offers a delightful expatriate's ... More

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