No Happy Ending: A Hector Belascoaran Shayne Detective Novel

7 best books like No Happy Ending: A Hector Belascoaran Shayne Detective Novel (Paco Ignacio Taibo II): El Llano en llamas, The Feral Detective, Eragon's Guide to Alagaësia, Le due guerriere, El complot mongol, Maintenant qu'il fait tout le temps nuit sur toi, Job

El Llano en llamas

Author	Juan Rulfo
ISBN	9500718030

An outstanding collection of snippets, ever-literary and uniquely blissfully Mexican. These stories are timeless. And it is precisely that quality, that of timelessness, which best describes the setting which pervades throughout these incendiary vignettes. The best are short enough to be parables--"We're...

The Feral Detective

Author	Jonathan Lethem
ISBN	0062859080

Phoebe Siegler first meets Charles Heist in a shabby trailer in the desert outside of Los Angeles. She's on a quest to find her friend's missing daughter, Arabella, and hears that Heist is preternaturally good at finding people who don't want to be found. A loner who keeps his pet opossum in a desk drawer,...

Eragon's Guide to Alagaësia

Author	Christopher Paolini
ISBN	0375858237

From the creators of the bestselling books Dragonology, Egyptology, Piratelogy, and others, this is a never-before-seen glimpse into the world of Christopher Paolini’s Inheritance cycle. Alagaësia comes alive in a lush and detailed look at an unforgettable magical land. From elves, dwarves,...

Le due guerriere

Author	Licia Troisi
ISBN	8804565217

Dopo essere sfuggita alla Gilda degli Assassini, la giovane guerriera Dubhe deve liberarsi dalla maledizione che le è stata inflitta. L'unico che può salvarla è Sennar, il più potente tra i maghi, compagno e complice di Nihal, ritiratosi nelle Terre Ignote al di là del fiume. Intanto la sanguinaria...

El complot mongol

Author	Rafael Bernal
ISBN	9682708958

Esta novela aparecio en 1969 y se ha convertido en un clasico que inauguró el género de la novela negra mexicana. Narrada con un estilo agilísimo, lleno de humor negro y amargo y de la violencia sórdida que se esconde tras la fachada del Mexico moderno, El complot mongol sigue los avatares de un típico...

Maintenant qu'il fait tout le temps nuit sur toi

Author	Mathias Malzieu
ISBN	2080688189

Mathias, un jeune homme d'une trentaine d'années, vient de perdre sa mère. Sur le parking de l'hôpital, il rencontre un géant qui l'aide à accepter de vivre malgré cette disparition et l'invite à un voyage fantastique dans le pays des morts. Cette évasion dans l'imaginaire lui permettra de...

Job

Author	Joseph Roth
ISBN	1585673749

Thaumaturgy: A Philosophy of Blessings and Curses

For those who do not live solely in a scientific universe of mechanical rationality, the world is enchanted. It is filled with forces which have personality and therefore might be appealed to for deliverance or assistance. In the monotheistic...