Plaza Weyler

Assembles fragments of self-portrait or autobiography by well-known literary critic and scholar. Recollections range from his grandparent's basement and first job as butcher's assistant to ill-fated young loves and friendships or encounters with writers like Vargas Llosa, Rulfo, Paz, Garcia Marquez and Segovia.

It's August l946 and the historic Saratoga racetrack, closed for the past three years during WWII, has reopened for the traditional race meeting. The small city's seams are bursting with the pent up needs of thousands of gamblers, socialites and hangers-on who seek the excitement of the Sport of Kings and the mob-controlled casino-nightclubs where the likes of Bing Crosby, Bob Hope and Sophie Tucker entertain. The discovery of a woman's mutilated corpse at a lake near the casinos has local political boss Doc Fazzone and mob boss Sammy Cohen worried that the press will imply it's a mob hit....

«Lady Bobbin organizó el día de Navidad con la rigurosidad y la atención al detalle de un general que conduce a su ejército a la batalla. No dejó ni un momento de diversión al azar o a la imaginación de sus invitados, que recibieron sus órdenes en Nochebuena, órdenes que debían de ser obedecidas al pie de la letra bajo pena de muerte. Pero ni siquiera ella, por muy supermujer que fuera, pudo prevenir que el día quedara marcado por los enfados, el comer de más y una serie de sorprendentes sucesos.» "De una felicidad absoluta." Daily Mail "Una auténtica delicia del género...

Georgian England teems with unexpected passion and unforgivable sins in this “juicy” historical romance from the New York Times–bestselling author (Kirkus Reviews). Is it possible for people to be possessed? That’s the question happily married Zipporah Ransome asks herself when she journeys from Clavering Court to her family’s ancestral home in Eversleigh. At nearby Enderby House, a mysterious place connected to her notorious grandmother Carlotta, Zipporah discovers the power of her untapped desires—and the price of their fulfillment. Enigmatic Frenchman Gerard d’Aubigné...