Charley Is My Darling : An evacuee coming of age tale by Joyce Cary (Lume Books) (20 Reviews)    Price verified 55 minutes ago

A charming, accessible tale of childhood and youth, that offers plentiful insight and raises many questions. Charley is a London lad and an evacuee. Initially an outcast, his wit and humour win him friends, although not always of the best type. Among Charley Brown's first deeds as an evacuee to Longwater in the West Country is to let loose the local bull. Boys who one minute had taunted him with the refrain 'Ballocky baldy' (Charley's lice having been evacuated from London with him), were the next minute acknowledging him as their natural leader. Charley Brown, one of Joyce Cary's most uproarious and memorable creations, is a love and a terror. He is a quivering jelly in the hands of girls and women of any age who show him kindness; through the wild force of his imagination he holds children rapt with tales of desperate gunmen with exquisite manners and a taste for the beautiful. He leads his gang into daring acts both grand and bad. As Charley's sweetheart Lizzy Galor rightly puts it, he's every bit as good as the movies... But those movies don't always have a happy ending. Charley is My Darling will please those who already enjoy the work of Cary. Readers with an interest in social history, education and child development will also enjoy it. Praise for Charley is my Darling and Joyce Cary: 'To find a novelist who saw more deeply and conveyed more truly you have to go back to Dostoyevsky and Tolstoy, Balzac and Goethe, Mann and Hesse' - Bernard Levin 'One of the best of our novelists, certainly one of the most original, in the great early tradition of Defoe and Fielding' - Elizabeth Bowen 'Whenever I am idle I choose a Cary novel in the way I might seek a friend's company, and it is not long before I am encouraged, inspired to write' - Paul Theroux Joyce Cary was born in 1888 into an old Anglo-Irish family and educated at Clifton. He studied art, first in Edinburgh and then in Paris, before going up to Trinity College, Oxford in 1909 to read law. On coming down he ...

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The Reaper of Washington County by Steven Banner (10 Reviews)    Price verified 55 minutes ago

Young Sean Callahan appears to be lost. His father who was a legendary Lawman, has just passed away. He did however train his son to be a leader and to follow in his footsteps. In the year 1894, he began working on the sea vessel the Intrepid. With the whaling trade slowing. He sets his sights on something else. The one thing Sean knows he can't run away from... His uncle is the courageous Captain James Callahan who runs the Boston Office for U.S. Marshals. He gives Sean a new start in life, by becoming a marshal himself. Later ordered to an obscure town seeming hidden in Rhode Island. His mission is to find out what happened to four missing women. Under the watchful eye of retired Major Jeremiah Lancaster. He tries to understand what everyone appears to be hiding, in a town filled with folklore and superstition. With seemingly no clues. He must track down who is responsible or return home a complete failure. His new boss, Colonel Robert Goldberg is running for a seat on the United States Senate. Each day he eagerly awaits the answers that could ignite his campaign. By day, the young marshal hunts for a killer, and at night he must protect them from one. What he discovers will amaze you and that is just the beginning. The secrets must come out. So, step up and get ready. It's going to be one hell of a ride. The adventure starts now. Get your copy today.

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The Man whose Name Was Stolen: A Historical Western Adventure Novel by Derek Levine (Regal Quill Publishing) (432 Reviews)    Price verified 55 minutes ago

After several months of hunting and trapping, Derrick Logan is looking forward to returning to civilization. He has cashed in his furs and is on the way to his bride-to-be when he sees his own face and name on a Dead or Alive Wanted poster. Utterly perplexed by the horrific accusations and the hefty reward of five hundred dollars for him, he realizes that he can no longer walk in public. With every bounty hunter in the state being after him, Logan has to keep in the shadows until he finds the answers and ensures that his name is clear. But the road to justice is paved with very dark omens... With the help of a good friend who works for Wells Fargo, Logan investigates behind the scenes and discovers who is really responsible for the robbery and the murder he is being accused of. Every day brings a new piece of evidence to light, and soon it's clear that it's not only Logan's freedom that is at stake. A powerful man is carrying out a crime and a wicked conspiracy all on his own and if he succeeds in his plans, dozens, if not hundreds, will die... Will Logan square up against the evils that will do anything to take him out of the hunt? When the hunter becomes the hunted, events spiral out of his control and Logan finds himself in a deadly game of horrific crimes and secret schemes. Desperately searching for the truth and fighting for a way out, he won't give in and he'll never stop fighting for retribution... A pulse-pounding drama, which will make you turn the pages with bated breath until the very last word. A must-read for fans of Western action and romance. "The Man whose Name Was Stolen" is a historical adventure novel of approximately 80,000 words. No cliffhangers, only pure unadulterated action.

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