Kenneth Freeman · @Kencf618033
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Just out in paperback, this excellent new translation (by Jesse Kirkwood) of Tokyo Express, by one of the godfathers of Japanese detective fiction, Seicho Matsumoto, an engrossing, old-school detective novel from Penguin Classics, highly recommended by our own Joe

#books #crimefiction #penguinclassics #penguinbooks #tokyoexpress #jessekirkwood #Japanese #japaneseliterature #detectivenovel #classicnovel #livres #translatedfiction

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Some gorgeous new, small hardback editions in the Penguin Classics series: Steinbeck's Of Mice & Men, Mansfield's Bliss, Dostoyevsky 's White Nights, & Nin's A Spy in the House of Love

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LordWoolamaloo · @LordWoolamaloo
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Mrs McCrimmon · @mrsjmccrimmon
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I swear these style books are my favourite thing, but just seem to sneak up each release. I don’t think they’re promoted well at all but they’re SUCH FUN!

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Darrell Z. Grizzle · @DZGrizzle
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I ordered a paperback of “Lady Chatterley‘s Lover” by D.H. Lawrence and it arrived today all banged up (no pun intended). So I’m going to make it my beach read when I go back to weekend after next (Jan. 13-17), and it will probably get sand and sea water on it and maybe coffee, but that’s OK since it’s already banged up. On the cover is an abstract drawing by Georgia O’Keeffe that looks vaguely like a nipple.

#penguinclassics #tybeeisland #beachread #DHLawrence #reading

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LordWoolamaloo · @LordWoolamaloo
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Lunchtime reading: continuing new translation of Matsumoto's Tokyo Express from Penguin Classics, and very much enjoying both story and the descriptions of life in 1950s Japan.

#lunch #livres #penguinclassics #tokyoexpress #seichomatsumoto #amreading #lunchtimereading #books

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LordWoolamaloo · @LordWoolamaloo
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Heading back to Edinburgh after a few days home with dad, travelling in company of one of Japan's greatest detective novel writers, Seicho Matsumoto, a new translation by Jesse Kirkwood for a lovely Penguin Classics edition, with French flaps.

#penguinclassics #detectivenovel #crimefiction #tokyoexpress #japaneseliterature #japan #lire #livres #seichomatsumoto #amreading #books

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