A young intellectual is lured to his doom through his obsession with his ancestor, a reputed necromancer. Never published in Lovecraft's lifetime, this is the iconic author's most powerful exploration of an inquisitive mind overwhelmed by the dark arts.

The Case of Charles Dexter Ward (Apollo Library)

Literature & Fiction

Lovecraft., H.P

United States

Apollo Library

First published in 1938, MY SON, MY SON is British author Howard Springs multigenerational portrait of a relationship between father and son. William Essex is the bestselling novelist of his day. Having drawn himself up from humble origins in the slums of Manchester, he now lavishes his son, Oliver, with all he desires. But a fathers love should have limits, and Williams actions will have tragic consequences for both of them.

My Son My Son

Spring, Howard

Literary

First published in 1960, THE LOST EUROPEANS is British author Emanuel Litvinoff's story of an inverse pilgrimage: that of a Jewish man to a resurgent, post-war Berlin. Coming back was worse, much worse, than Martin Stone had anticipated. Martin Stone returns to the city from which his family was driven in 1938. He has concealed his destination from his father, and hopes to win some form of restitution for the depressed old man living in exile in London. THE LOST EUROPEANS portrays a tense, ruined yet flourishing Berlin where nothing is quite what it seems.

The Lost Europeans (Apollo Library)

Litvinoff, Emanuel

Genre Fiction

In the remote town of Travnik, the newly appointed French consul soon finds himself intriguing against his Austrian rival, whilst dealing with a colorful cast of Bosnian notables, Orthodox priests, Jewish merchanges and Muslim farmers.

Bosnian Chronicle (Apollo Library)

Andríc, Ivo

THE AUTHENTIC DEATH OF HENDRY JONES is a stark and violent depiction of one of America's most alluring folk heroes: Billy the Kid. Set on the coast of California, Doc Baker, the Kid's former sidekick, narrates his tale of the gunslinging youngster's capture, trial, escape and eventual murder. Written in spare and subtle prose, this is one of the great literary treatments of America's obsession with the rule of the gun and of murderous vengeance.

The Authentic Death of Hendry Jones

NEIDER, CHARLES

Contemporary

The town governors . . . all flogged the inhabitants, but the first flogged them pure and simple, the second explained their zeal by referring to the needs of civilization, and the third asked only that in all matters the inhabitants should trust in their valour. 
One of the major satirical novels of the 19th century, Shchedrin's farcical history of Glupov (or Stupid Town) follows the bewildered and stoical Russian inhabitants for hundreds of years as they endure the violence and lunacy of their tyrannical rulers.

The History of a Town (Apollo Library)

Saltykov-Shchedrin, M.E.

Humor & Satire

Around the turn of the 20th century, in the isolated Sardinian town of Nuoro, the aristocratic notary Don Sebastiano Sanna reflects on his life, his family's history, and the fortunes of this provincial backwater where he has lived out his days.

The Day of Judgment (Apollo Library)

Satta, Salvatore

Hamer Shawcross is born into a poor but aspirational working-class family in Manchester. Studious and hard-working, he becomes a socialist activist, goes into politics and rises to become part of the privileged upper classes he began by opposing. Hamer’s trajectory is mirrored by the rise of the Labour movement in Britain from the mid-19th century to the 1930s. This wonderfully perceptive study of a career politician serves as a telling elegy for the Labour Party.

Fame is the Spur (Apollo Library)

There have been queer tales told of that shield, and maybe there are queerer yet to be told. It has been stamped for good or evil on this church, and on this town, for centuries, and every tavern loafer will talk to you about the "nebuly coat" . . . 
A young architect is sent to the remote Dorset town of Cullerne to supervise restoration work on its ancient abbey church. He is soon caught up in local life and the haunting rumors that surround the claim to the title of Lord Blandamer, whose escutcheon is the nebuly coat of the title.

The Nebuly Coat (Apollo Library)

Falkner, John Meade

Classics

The Hungry Grass

Power, Richard

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