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The Old Woman With the Knife - Gu Byeong Mo - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

The Old Woman With the Knife - Gu Byeong Mo - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

Hornclaw is a sixty-five-year-old female contract killer who is considering retirement. A fighter who has experienced loss and grief early on in life, she lives in a state of self-imposed isolation, with just her dog, Deadweight, for company. While on an assassination job for the ''disease control'' company she works for, Hornclaw makes an uncharacteristic error, causing a sequence of events that brings her past well and truly into the present.Threatened with sabotage by a young male upstart and battling new desires and urges when she least expects them, Hornclaw steels her resolve, demonstrating that no matter their age, the female of the species is always more deadly than the male.

DKK 149.00
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The Old Woman With the Knife - Gu Byeong Mo - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

The Old Woman With the Knife - Gu Byeong Mo - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

She never presumed she herself would live out her natural life, so she wouldn''t mind leaving this world through an untimely death. Hornclaw is a sixty-five-year-old female contract killer who is considering retirement. But while on an assassination job for the ''disease control'' company she works for, Hornclaw makes an uncharacteristic error, causing a sequence of events that brings her past well and truly into the present. Threatened with sabotage by a young male upstart and battling new desires and urges when she least expects them, Hornclaw steels her resolve, demonstrating that no matter their age, the female of the species is always more deadly than the male.

DKK 119.00
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Dancing with Death - Amy Myers - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

Dancing with Death - Amy Myers - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

1925. The fashionable Bright Young Things from London have descended on Wychbourne Court, the Kentish stately home of Lord and Lady Ansley, for an extravagant fancy dress ball followed by a midnight Ghost Hunt - and Chef Nell Drury knows she''s in for a busy weekend. What she doesn''t expect to encounter is sudden, violent death.When a body is discovered in the minstrels'' gallery during the Ghost Hunt, Nell finds herself caught up in the police investigation which follows. As the darker side of the Roaring Twenties emerges and it becomes increasingly clear that at least one person present that night has a sinister secret to hide, Nell determines to unmask the killer among them. Could the Wychbourne Ghosts hold the key to the mystery?

DKK 182.00
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What Happened, Miss Simone? - Alan Light - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

What Happened, Miss Simone? - Alan Light - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

''From her raging, handwritten letters to late-night phone calls with David Bowie, this biography gets up close and personal with the tempestuous Nina Simone'' Observer Drawing on glimpses into previously unseen diaries, rare interviews and childhood journals, and with the aid of her daughter, What Happened, Miss Simone? tells the story of the classically trained pianist who became a soul legend, a committed civil rights activist and one of the most influential, provocative and least understood artists of our time. This is the story of the real Miss Simone.

DKK 120.00
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Baking with Kafka - Tom Gauld - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

Baking with Kafka - Tom Gauld - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

2018 EISNER AWARD-WINNER - BEST HUMOUR PUBLICATION In Baking with Kafka , Tom Gauld asks the questions no one else dares ask about civilisation as we know it. - How do you get published during a skeleton apocalypse?- What was the secret of Kafka''s lemon drizzle cake?- And what plot possibilities does the exploding e-cigarette offer modern mystery writers?A riotous collection of laugh-out-loud cartoons in his signature style, Baking with Kafka reaffirms Gauld''s position as a first-rate cartoonist, creating work infused with a deep understanding of both literary and cartoon history.

DKK 141.00
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The Dark Side of the Road - Simon R. Green - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

The Dark Side of the Road - Simon R. Green - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

Introducing Ishmael Jones - a detective with a difference - in this compelling murder mystery. Ishmael Jones is someone who can''t afford to be noticed, someone who lives under the radar, who drives on the dark side of the road. He''s employed to search out secrets, investigate mysteries and shine a light in dark places. Sometimes he kills people.Invited by his employer, the enigmatic Colonel, to join him and his family for Christmas, Ishmael arrives at the grand but isolated Belcourt Manor in the midst of a blizzard to find that the Colonel has mysteriously disappeared. As he questions his fellow guests, Ishmael concludes that at least one of them - not least Ishmael himself - is harbouring a dangerous secret, and that beneath the veneer of festive cheer lurk passion, jealousy, resentment and betrayal.As a storm sets in, sealing off the Manor from the rest of the world, Ishmael must unmask a ruthless murderer they strike again.

DKK 275.00
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The Dark Side of the Road - Simon R. Green - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

The Dark Side of the Road - Simon R. Green - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

Introducing Ishmael Jones - a detective with a difference - in this compelling murder mystery. Ishmael Jones is someone who can''t afford to be noticed, someone who lives under the radar, who drives on the dark side of the road. He''s employed to search out secrets, investigate mysteries and shine a light in dark places. Sometimes he kills people. Invited by his employer, the enigmatic Colonel, to join him and his family for Christmas, Ishmael arrives at the grand but isolated Belcourt Manor in the midst of a blizzard to find that the Colonel has mysteriously disappeared. As he questions his fellow guests, Ishmael concludes that at least one of them - not least Ishmael himself - is harbouring a dangerous secret, and that beneath the veneer of festive cheer lurk passion, jealousy, resentment and betrayal. As a storm sets in, sealing off the Manor from the rest of the world, Ishmael must unmask a ruthless murderer before they strike again.

DKK 257.00
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Hide And Seek - Clare Sambrook - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

Hide And Seek - Clare Sambrook - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

Meet Harry Pickles, aged nine and a bit. Harry is the fastest boy runner in the world (probably), first son of Mo and Pa (the best-looking parents in the school car park), big brother to Daniel (who runs like a girl but is, in his own twerpy way, a star). His life is good. He''s premier league. At least, that''s the way it was before the school trip . . .Clare Sambrook''s unforgettable first novel captures with startling truth and clarity the perspective of a confused nine-year-old. Poignant and personal, Hide and Seek resonates with authenticity and a brutal honesty that manages to be harrowing, life-affirming and funny.

DKK 110.00
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With Love, Grief and Fury - Salena Godden - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

With Love, Grief and Fury - Salena Godden - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

A collection full of comfort, vulnerability, rage and inspiration from one of the powerhouses of British poetry and award-winning novelist Salena Godden With Love, Grief and Fury contains love poems, for people and the planet. Grief poems brimming with compassion, mourning what was and contemplating what could be. And poems of fire and fury that will kick some ass, tell the truth and inspire change and hope.Over thirty years after she first stormed the UK poetry scene, the trailblazing and award-winning writer Salena Godden has produced her most audacious and definitive collection to date. Like a big sister''s arm around your shoulder, With Love, Grief and Fury is important and nourishing for the soul.

DKK 166.00
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44 Poems on Being with Each Other - Padraig O Tuama - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

44 Poems on Being with Each Other - Padraig O Tuama - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

This celebratory anthology explores human connection through forty-four poems carefully curated by the host of the internationally acclaimed Poetry Unbound podcast. With an observant eye, Pádraig Ó Tuama shares an enlightening meditation on each poem, revealing the ways we relate to each other, the world around us and ourselves. Blending humour with insight, tension with tenderness, complexity with care, this collection articulates the power of poetry itself; it illuminates aspects of the human condition, particularly the ways we are inextricably linked to each other, and provides inspiration for grounded self-reflection. 44 Poems on Being with Each Other features a remarkable and refreshing range of exceptional poems from around the world including contributions from Wendy Cope, Constantine P. Cavafy, Chen Chen, Joy Harjo, Patricia Smith and many more. It is an anthology that will delight readers just as Pádraig''s podcast has done for millions around the world.

DKK 192.00
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Mr Campion's War - Mike Ripley - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

Mr Campion's War - Mike Ripley - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

Campions young and old, extended family members and loyal friends are gathered at the Dorchester Hotel to celebrate Albert Campion''s seventieth birthday - along with some intriguing, unrecognizable guests. Who exactly are the mysterious, aristocratic, scar-faced German, Freiherr Robert von Ringer, and the elegantly chic Madame Thibus - and what is their connection to Mr Campion?Campion has decided the time has come to enthral his guests with his account of his wartime experiences in Vichy France more than twenty-five years before, but in doing so he unveils a series of extraordinary events. Why here, and why now? Not least as Campion''s shocking revelations have repercussions which reverberate to the present day, putting one of his guests in deadly danger . . .

DKK 182.00
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Bright Young Things - Scarlett Thomas - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

Bright Young Things - Scarlett Thomas - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

''Bright Young Things wanted for Big Project.'' They''re in the prime of their lives but our bright young things are all burnt out. Six sparky twenty-somethings just out of university and working dead-end jobs, they are all bored to tears with their lives and looking for a way out. When a mysterious job is advertised in the newspaper, they all apply. What they least expect is to find themselves prisoners on a deserted island. There''s food in the fridge and they have a bedroom each, but there''s no telephone, no television, and no way to escape.

DKK 127.00
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Jerry Lee Lewis - Rick Bragg - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

Jerry Lee Lewis - Rick Bragg - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

Jerry Lee Lewis has lived an extraordinary life. He gave rock and roll its devil''s edge with hit records like ''Great Balls of Fire''. His incendiary shows caused riots and boycotts. He ran a decade-long marathon of drugs, drinking, and women, and married his thirteen-year-old second cousin, the third of seven wives. He also nearly met his maker, at least twice. He survived it all to be hailed as one of the greatest music icons. For the very first time, he reveals the truth behind the Last Man Standing of the rock-and-roll era.

DKK 152.00
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Swimming with the Dead - Peter Guttridge - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

Swimming with the Dead - Peter Guttridge - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

A body found stabbed repeatedly outside the local lido leads DI Sarah Gilchrist and DS Bellamy Heap into an intriguing new case. With an art deco lido under threat of closure by a ruthless property developer, the Save Salthaven Lido campaigners are fighting a desperate battle to keep it open. When the lead campaigner is discovered dead, suspicion falls on the developers. No sooner have DI Sarah Gilchrist and DS Bellamy Heap begun to investigate that there is a second death during a pre-qualifying event in Brighton Bay for potential Cross-Channel swimmers. This time it''s a local millionaire businesswoman with radical plans to reorganise the family business.When another endurance swimmer dies during an event with links to the property developer, Gilchrist and Heap flounder. Are all the deaths connected to the Salthaven development? Is someone targeting open-water swimmers? Gilchrist and Heap race to uncover the truth before more victims come to the surface.

DKK 225.00
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Hanging with Hugo - Katherine Bolger Hyde - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

Hanging with Hugo - Katherine Bolger Hyde - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

Writer''s retreat Windy Corner becomes a sanctuary of a different kind when a man and his foster daughter are harassed by a social worker, with tragic consequences. Emily and Luke Richards are back from their honeymoon and plunged into a whirlwind of activity. Emily''s half-brother, Oscar, and his fiancée want to be married at St. Bede''s Church with a reception at Windy Corner. But they''re not the only guests arriving at Emily''s home.Emily unexpectedly finds herself playing host to the family of the artist repairing the church''s stained-glass window, as well as Moses Valory and his young ward, Charlotte, who are seeking sanctuary from social worker Janine Vertue''s harassment.When Janine appears at Emily''s door and is later discovered hanged in her hotel room, it becomes apparent that Moses and Charlotte are not the only people in the house with reason to hate her. Could one of the guests Emily and Luke have come to trust turn out to be a murderer?

DKK 167.00
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Hanging with Hugo - Katherine Bolger Hyde - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

Hanging with Hugo - Katherine Bolger Hyde - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

Writer''s retreat Windy Corner becomes a sanctuary of a different kind when a man and his foster daughter are harassed by a social worker, with tragic consequences. Emily and Luke Richards are back from their honeymoon and plunged into a whirlwind of activity. Emily''s half-brother, Oscar, and his fiancée want to be married at St. Bede''s Church with a reception at Windy Corner. But they''re not the only guests arriving at Emily''s home.Emily unexpectedly finds herself playing host to the family of the artist repairing the church''s stained-glass window, as well as Moses Valory and his young ward, Charlotte, who are seeking sanctuary from social worker Janine Vertue''s harassment.When Janine appears at Emily''s door and is later discovered hanged in her hotel room, it becomes apparent that Moses and Charlotte are not the only people in the house with reason to hate her. Could one of the guests Emily and Luke have come to trust turn out to be a murderer?

DKK 233.00
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I See You - Patricia Macdonald - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

I See You - Patricia Macdonald - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

How well do you know the people closest to you? Hannah, Adam and adorable young Sydney Wickes are living under assumed identities in West Philadelphia. Although she''s found it hard to adjust to life in the city, at least Hannah and her family are safe and slowly beginning to build new lives for themselves. But all that changes when an unexpected tragedy throws the harsh spotlight of publicity onto the Wickes family, putting them in serious danger. Because Hannah and those she loves are hiding a dark secret in their past, a secret that has torn their lives apart. For what do you do when the person you should love the most poses the greatest threat? The Wickes'' sinister family secret is destined to catch up with them - with terrifying consequences.

DKK 192.00
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Shipwrecks - Akira Yoshimura - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

Shipwrecks - Akira Yoshimura - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

Introduced by David Mitchell In a coastal village in medieval Japan, a young boy called Isaku battles to keep his family alive against the odds. With his father gone, Isaku is forced to grow up well before his time. He must learn how to catch fish, how to distil salt, and about all the mysteries of the vast churning sea, not least the legend of O-fune-sama, of ships wrecked offshore providing the village with unexpected bounty. When a ship founders on the rocks, Isaku and the villagers rejoice. Long have they prayed for the sea''s gifts. But the cargo is not at all the blessing they had hoped for. At first mystifying, then terrifying, something dark is coming ashore and it''s about to change their lives forever.

DKK 119.00
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Paint Me Rainbows - Fern Michaels - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

Paint Me Rainbows - Fern Michaels - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

A heart-melting romance from a New York Times bestselling author Traveling light with just her shattered pride and a wedding dress, Jill Barton headed west - attempting to escape the heartbreak and humiliation of being left at the altar. Her desperate flight took her deep into unfamiliar territory, and into the home and arms of Logan Matthews. But although the isolated retreat offered sanctuary, its rough, enigmatic owner did not. For Jill, nothing was safe around Logan - not her secrets, not her intimate desires, and least of all her loving heart. This is a first time regular print hardcover edition of a title previously available as a mass market paperback

DKK 77.00
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The Man With the Golden Arm - Nelson Algren - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

The Man With the Golden Arm - Nelson Algren - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

The Man with the Golden Arm tells the story of Frankie Machine, the golden arm dealer at a back street Chicago gambling den. Frankie reckons he''s a tough guy in the Chicago underworld but finds that he''s not tough enough to kick his heroin addiction. With consummate skill and a finely-tuned ear for the authentic dialogue of the backstreets, Algren lays bare the tragedy and humour of Frankie''s world.Features the first UK publication of a foreword by Kurt Vonnegut and an afterword by Studs Terkel.

DKK 139.00
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Choose Your Own Apocalypse With Kim Jong-un & Friends - Rob Sears - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

Choose Your Own Apocalypse With Kim Jong-un & Friends - Rob Sears - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

There are many ways civilisation could end, even with wise, benevolent leaders like Kim Jong-un, Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin watching over us. Now, in this fun interactive story of global doom, YOU decide how humanity perishes.Will we be turned to grey goo by Elon Musk''s nanobots?Driven collectively insane by Russia''s most potent memes? Or smashed to atoms by someone sitting on the wrong button in North Korea?In this book, YOU will meet the leaders with the future of civilisation in their hands. And YOUR wits and judgement will decide how we all inevitably die. Or then again, maybe, just maybe, with a little positive thinking, YOU will find a way to keep us all safe long enough to expire of old age and global warming instead. Just don''t get too hopeful. On every page of Choose Your Own Apocalypse with Kim Jong-un & Friends , the end of your choice is most definitely nigh.

DKK 141.00
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Death with Dostoevsky - Katherine Bolger Hyde - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

Death with Dostoevsky - Katherine Bolger Hyde - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

Professor Emily Cavanaugh makes a horrific discovery while writing her book on Dostoevsky in the entertaining fourth Crime with the Classics cozy. Professor Emily Cavanaugh has left Windy Corner behind and is back at Reed College on her sabbatical, determined to finish writing her book on Dostoevsky. She is soon reunited with one of her promising students, Daniel Razumov, as well as familiar faces on the teaching staff - her friend, Marguerite Grenier, her half-brother, Oscar Lansing, the abrasive division chair, Richard McClintock, and the predatory Taylor Curzon. Known for her relentless pursuit of young male students, Taylor now has Daniel firmly in her sights.Emily knows Taylor must be stopped, but as she starts gathering evidence of Daniel''s harassment, she has a disturbing flashback, and then makes a gruesome discovery . . . Can Emily catch a dangerous campus killer while also confronting events from her own past?

DKK 162.00
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Death with Dostoevsky - Katherine Bolger Hyde - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

Death with Dostoevsky - Katherine Bolger Hyde - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

Professor Emily Cavanaugh makes a horrific discovery while writing her book on Dostoevsky in the entertaining fourth Crime with the Classics cozy. Professor Emily Cavanaugh has left Windy Corner behind and is back at Bede College on her sabbatical, determined to finish writing her book on Dostoevsky. She is soon reunited with one of her promising students, Daniel Razumov, as well as familiar faces on the teaching staff - her friend, Marguerite Grenier, her half-brother, Oscar Lansing, the abrasive division chair, Richard McClintock, and the predatory Taylor Curzon. Known for her relentless pursuit of young male students, Taylor now has Daniel firmly in her sights.Emily knows Taylor must be stopped, but as she starts gathering evidence of Daniel''s harassment, she has a disturbing flashback, and then makes a gruesome discovery . . . Can Emily catch a dangerous campus killer while also confronting events from her own past?

DKK 261.00
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