A memoir about books, mostly - and bonfires, cliches, dystopias, failure, happiness, jokes, justice, privilege, publishing, rejection, self-loathing, shoplifting and umbrellas - by an author who has published poetry, fiction and non-fiction under his own name and pen names.
Campaign is an award-winning course in English for the military. This student's book contains units that culminate in a task-based activity which recycles the language and key skills taught. It contains world English boxes that demonstrate differences in vocabulary in different English-speaking countries.
The stories in The Manet Girl explore situations in which desire, cutting through the demands of daily life, blurs all rational distinctions between what is important and what is distraction.
A Guide to Advanced Industrial Society
'They ran wild in packs. They spread disease. They fouled the pavements. They kept us awake and then infected our dreams. They bred faster than rabbits. They laughed at the police. Whole districts became no-go areas. Finally the government took action: they were rounded up and slaughtered and buried in pits and now there are no dogs.’Invisible Dogs is the travel diary of an English writer invited to a country in which there are no dogs – but he keeps seeing them, vanishing around corners. There are rumours of dogs gathering in the mountains, preparing for an assault on the city.‘Invisible Dogs is such a direct, lucid text that the reader might mistake it for a simple record of a visit to an authoritarian country. But Boyle’s wry and wiry prose, an invisible dog in itself, makes an eye contact you can’t break and produces thereafter a quietly deadly picture of the viewed and the viewer, the destination and the traveller.’ – M. John Harrison‘Funny, sinister, thought-moving like light, subtly then increasingly terrifying. Its intelligence reads like relief. Its determination not to language- or life-launder leaves it and the experience of reading it clean and cleansing re the shining and the very dark and the strangeness of us.’ – Ali Smith
Featuring a facsimile reprint of a scarce antiquarian work, this book preserves the cultural significance of the original text. Acknowledging its age, readers may encounter imperfections like marks and notations. The edition aims to offer an affordable, high-quality version that maintains the integrity of the original, reflecting a commitment to protecting and promoting important literary works.
This antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of an original work, preserving its historical significance despite potential imperfections like marks and notations. The initiative aims to protect and promote important literature by offering high-quality, affordable editions that remain true to the original text.
Culturally significant, this work is a faithful reproduction of an original artifact, preserving its historical integrity. It includes original copyright references and library stamps, reflecting its importance in the knowledge base of civilization. The reproduction aims to maintain the authenticity of the original text, offering readers a glimpse into its historical context and scholarly value.
The Disguise distils the writing from four of Charles Boyle's collections published by Carcanet and Faber.