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| Agualusa, J. E. | Barroco tropical | A woman falls from the sky during a tropical rainstorm. The only witnesses are Bartolomeu Falcato, writer and director, and his lover, Kianda, a successful singer. Bartolomeu works hard to solve the mystery. |
| New Fiction. Published 2009. Price: £17.99 | ||
| Agualusa, J. E. | O lugar do morto | An innovative novel in which one of Angola's leading novelists gives voice to authors such as Jorge Luis Borges and Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, imagining how they might view today's world. |
| New Fiction. Published 2011. Price: £14.50 | ||
| Agualusa, J. E. | Milagrário pessoal | A novel set in Angola which combines romance with a journey through the history of the Portuguese language. |
| New Fiction. Published 2010. Price: £15.99 | ||
| Agualusa, J.E | As mulheres do meu pai | A novel about women, music and magic whose action ranges from Angola to Mozambique. An evocative depiction of a troubled yet inspiring continent. |
| New Fiction. Published 2007. Price: £18.50 | ||
| Agualusa, J.E | Passageiros em trânsito | Short stories whose theme is travelling, both literally and emotionally. |
| New Fiction. Published 2006. Price: £18.95 | ||
| Agualusa, José Eduardo | A educação sentimental dos pássaros | 11 short stories which share the theme of the origin and nature of evil. A compelling collection by one of Angola's most popular and prolific authors. |
| New Fiction. Published 2011. Price: £16.50 | ||
| Aguiar, J. | O priorado do cifrão | A well-known English academic is found dead in the British Museum with his thumb pointing towards his mouth. At the same time another academic disappears in Austria and a Portuguese writer dies. All three were preparing to review a recent book in scathing terms. |
| New Fiction. Published 2008. Price: £23.95 | ||
| Alegre, M | O quadrado | Short stories by a prize-winning Portuguese author. |
| New Fiction. Published 2005. Price: £12.95 | ||
| Alegre, M. | O miúdo que pregava prevos numa tábua | Novel by one of Portugal's most prolific and popular novelists who is also a prominent member of the Portuguese government. |
| New Fiction. Published 2010. Price: £14.95 | ||
| Almeida, G | Eva | Three men are united by their passion for the eponymous Eva, in this novel whose action moves from 1960s Lisbon to post-independent Cape Verde. |
| New Fiction. Published 2006. Price: £17.95 | ||
| Almeida, G. | A morte do ouvidor | Political thriller set in 18th-century Cape Verde. |
| New Fiction. Published 2010. Price: £6.99 | ||
| Almeida, L.D. de | Só me falta ser viúva | A young woman rebels against the constraints placed on women by society. |
| New Fiction. Published 2004. Price: £22.85 | ||
| Almeida, M. de. | Beijando dentes | A collection of short stories successful not only due to their strong themes but also the language used and their general bleakness. |
| New Fiction. Published 2008. Price: £17.50 | ||
| Alquati, M. | Ethernyt: a guerra dos anjos | Historical thriller in the style of "The Da Vinci code". |
| New Fiction. Published 2009. Price: £29.95 | ||
| Amaral, D. | Quando Lisboa tremeu | Dramatic novel set on the day of the 1755 Lisbon earthquake and the subsequent fires and tsunami which destroyed the city. |
| New Fiction. Published 2010. Price: £23.95 | ||
| Andrade, J. | Getsêmani, a verdade oculta | A mystical and religious adventure begins when a man wakes up in a hospital bed without a memory, or a past. Now he must find his own personality and along the way, discover who are his friends and who are his enemies. |
| New Fiction. Published 2008. Price: £24.95 | ||
| Antunes, A. Lobo | O arquipélago da insónia | Latest novel by one of Portugal's best-selling authors, whose writing style has been compared to that of William Faulkner. |
| New Fiction. Published 2008. Price: £23.95 | ||
| Antunes, A. Lobo | Ontem não te vi em Babilónia | Latest novel by this best-selling writer. |
| New Fiction. Published 2006. Price: £29.95 | ||
| Antunes, A. Lobo | Que cavalos são aqueles que fazem sombra no mar? | New novel by this hugely popular author whose writing has been compared to that of William Faulkner and Céline. |
| New Fiction. Published 2009. Price: £19.00 | ||
| Antunes, A. Lobo | Sôbolos rios que vão | New novel by one of Portugal's most popular authors. |
| New Fiction. Published 2010. Price: £18.99 | ||
| Antunes, A. Lobo | Terceiro livro de crónicas | Short stories by one of Portugal's most popular authors. |
| New Fiction. Published 2006. Price: £18.50 | ||
| Araújo, F.F. de | O juiz do Turbante Dourado | A love story in a legal setting. |
| New Fiction. Published 2005. Price: £23.95 | ||
| Araújo, J., & P. Sousa Pereira | Paralelo 75 | Novel set in 1970s Portuguese-speaking Africa. |
| New Fiction. Published 2006. Price: £19.90 | ||
| Araújo, R. Côrrea de | BR Infinita | A journey along a path from which there is no escape. |
| New Fiction. Published 2008. Price: £17.95 | ||
| Avelar, M | Pentâmetros jâmbicos | Short stories set in 1970s Portugal, as the Salazar dictatorship draws to a close. |
| New Fiction. Published 2008. Price: £17.95 | ||
| Avila, M. | Nas asas de um anjo | An intelligent psychological thriller exploring memory and the role of the unconscious. |
| New Fiction. Published 2006. Price: £20.35 | ||
| Azevedo, F. | O arroz de palma | 88 year old Antonio is preparing lunch for a family reunion during which memories come back to him of the stories his aunt used to tell him. Through these memories, Azevedo narrates the story of a humble immigrant Portuguese family in Brazil. |
| New Fiction. Published 2008. Price: £29.95 | ||
| Balsemão, M., et al | Sete mulheres, sete histórias | Seven short stories by Portuguese women writers. |
| New Fiction. Published 2006. Price: £14.95 | ||
| Baptista-Bastos, A | As bicicletas em setembro | A novel of love, pain and human relationships. |
| New Fiction. Published 2007. Price: £17.95 | ||
| Barreiros, J.A | Contos do desaforo | The author draws on his experience as a criminal lawyer to produce a collection of compelling short stories. |
| New Fiction. Published 2007. Price: £14.95 | ||
| Barreno, Maria Isabel | Vozes do vento | A colonial saga set in Cape Verde, in which unlikely meetings shape human destinies and that of the islands themselves. |
| New Fiction. Click on entry for price details. | ||
| Barreto, António Garcia | O homem do Buick azul | Lisbon, 1933. Private detective Eneias Trindade finds his life changed for ever when into his office walks Salete, a mysterious woman in search of an old childhood friend. |
| New Fiction. Published 2011. Price: £15.99 | ||
| Barroqueiro, D. | O navegador da passagem | When Armada de Pedro Álvares Cabral journeys to India, a large comet tears through the sky for ten days. Its ray seems to point towards the "Cabo da Boa Esperança". Bartolomeu Dias is thinking about death and remembering his life. |
| New Fiction. Published 2008. Price: £26.65 | ||
| Barros, M.N. Alvim de | Merlin: o filho do diabo | Narrated by the priest who baptized him, this is the story of the famous Merlin, son of a woman seduced by the devil. A novel which brings to life the legend which has captured the imagination of readers throughout the centuries. |
| New Fiction. Published 2005. Price: £21.50 | ||
| Bastos, L | Os crimes de Diogo Alves | Historical novel set in 19th-century Lisbon, when the city was terrorised by the activities of Diogo Alves, a notorious criminal. |
| New Fiction. Published 2006. Price: £26.95 | ||
| Beltrão, Pedro | Tempos de esperança | The story of João and Inácio, two brothers whose lives take very different paths. João embarks on a new life in colonial Brazil, while Inácio stays on to fight the French in the Peninsular Wars. |
| New Fiction. Published 2011. Price: £18.99 | ||
| Bessa-Luis, A | A ronda da noite | Historical novel based on Rembrandt's "Night Watch" by the winner of Portugal's prestigious Camões Prize. |
| New Fiction. Published 2006. Price: £23.55 | ||
| Braga, D. | Sabor de maboque | Two months after the 1974 "Revolução Portuguesa dos Cravos", a young girl who was born and raised in Angola goes to Europe for her summer holidays. At the end of her holiday she starts to fear for her first love, her friends and her comfortable life. |
| New Fiction. Published 2009. Price: £26.95 | ||
| Braga, F., & L. Daltro | Meia oito | A saga which recreates perfectly the spirit of 1968, depicting the liberation of women, the new music, and the political turmoil of the time. |
| New Fiction. Published 2008. Price: £20.00 | ||
| Brizuela, Leopoldo | Lisboa. Um melodrama | Lisbon 1942, where a group of exiles wait anxiously to board the ship "Boa Esperança" in order to escape the threat of the Nazis. In the background their future is threatened by diplomatic pressures and political machinations. A tense and absorbing novel. |
| New Fiction. Published 2011. Price: £26.99 | ||
| Buarque, C. | Leite derramado | Latest novel by the acclaimed musician and writer. Two centuries of Brazilian history are depicted through the words of an old man in a hospital bed as he reminisces to his daughter about his family history. |
| New Fiction. Published 2009. Price: £17.99 | ||
| Cabral, F. | Oklahoma Blud | Set in 1940s Portugal, this is the story of a wealthy family whose well-being derives from a 19th-century American ancestor. |
| New Fiction. Published 2005. Price: £16.95 | ||
| Calligaris, C. | O conto do amor | Looking through the diaries of his recently deceased father, the narrator is startled to find evidence that in a previous life he was apprenticed to a 16th-century Italian painter. |
| New Fiction. Published 2008. Price: £18.95 | ||
| Cardoso Gomes, Á. | O Comando Negro | Investigator Medeiros must infiltrate a large criminal network in order to rescue the daughter of a high powered businessman. A classic police drama. |
| New Fiction. Published 2009. Price: £25.95 | ||
| Cardoso, Dulce Maria | O retorno | The story of 15 year old Rui who, with half a million other "retornados" moves back to Portugal after the liberation of Angola only to face hostility and poverty. |
| New Fiction. Published 2011. Price: £15.99 | ||
| Cardoso, L | Requiem para o navegador solitário | Powerful novel set in 1941, during the Japanese occupation of the far East. |
| New Fiction. Published 2006. Price: £16.70 | ||
| Cardozo, F.J. | Guatá | Short stories set in the harsh Brazilian mining town of Guatá. |
| New Fiction. Published 2005. Price: £20.99 | ||
| Carpinejar | Canalha! | A funny and poetic portrait of modern man. |
| New Fiction. Published 2009. Price: £22.95 | ||
| Carqueija, M. | Farei meu destino | An action story with the smoothness often found in oriental narratives. Miguel Carqueija writes stories which praise human qualities such as honour and compassion. He investigates the Japanese products popular with young people today for inspiration. |
| New Fiction. Published 2008. Price: £17.95 | ||
| Carrero, R. | O delicado abismo da loucura | Full of literary references, this novel is a multilayered feast set in the North East of Brazil. |
| New Fiction. Published 2005. Price: £24.95 | ||
| Carvalho, J. Rentes de | A amante holandesa | A long-ago affair with a rich Dutch woman comes back to haunt Amadeu when he is reunited with a childhood friend. |
| New Fiction. Published 2010. Price: £19.99 | ||
| Carvalho, J. Rentes de | Ernestina | Northern Portugal is vividly portrayed in this family saga, set in the middle of the 20th century. |
| New Fiction. Published 2009. Price: £23.99 | ||
| Carvalho, M. de | Contos da sétima esfera | Short stories by a prizewinning author. |
| New Fiction. Published 2010. Price: £15.99 | ||
| Carvalho, M. de | O homem do turbante verde | Thought-provoking short stories. |
| New Fiction. Published 2011. Price: £15.99 | ||
| Carvalho, M. de | A sala magenta | Four years after "Fantasia para dois coronéis e uma piscina" comes this novel, elegantly written and very entertaining but also making us think and reflect. |
| New Fiction. Published 2008. Price: £14.95 | ||
| Carvalho, Maria João Lopo de | Marquesa de Alorna: do cativeiro de Chelas à corte de Viena | The story of Leonor, an 18th-century Portuguese aristocrat - an intelligent and seductive mother of eight. A sweeping novel which covers her years in a nunnery, encounters with royalty and her influence on politics throughout Europe. |
| New Fiction. Published 2011. Price: £21.50 | ||
| Carvalho, R. Guedes de | Mulher em branco | A woman takes refuge in amnesia following the disappearance of her son, in this sensitive and disturbing novel. |
| New Fiction. Published 2006. Price: £20.95 | ||
| Castel-Branco, L. | Alma e os mistérios da vida | A young girl grows up in 1950s rural Portugal, in a society dominated by fear, superstition and ignorance. Rejected by her family, she is sent to work as a maid in Lisbon and finally gets the chance to shape her own future. |
| New Fiction. Published 2008. Price: £22.95 | ||
| Castelo, V. | O último navegador | After a bloody civil war, a new Portugal with a new modern monarchy is born - a country of prosperity and growth. Benjamin is a man without hope who has suffered all his life. Rosa, a young psychiatrist, feels strange feelings for Benjamin. |
| New Fiction. Published 2008. Price: £23.50 | ||
| Castro, L. de | Um velho almirante e outros contos | Short stories depicting all facets of the human soul. |
| New Fiction. Published 2006. Price: £17.95 | ||
| Castro, R | Era no tempo do rei | An action-packed historical novel set in 19th-century Rio de Janeiro. |
| New Fiction. Published 2007. Price: £29.95 | ||
| Castro, R | Era no tempo do rei | Rio de Janeiro, 1810, and the city is still reeling from the arrival of the Portuguese court. 12-year old Dom Pedro, future emperor of Brazil, makes friends with street urchin Leonardo and together they embark on a series of picaresque adventures. |
| New Fiction. Published 2008. Price: £15.95 | ||
| Cesarotto, O. | Sediçôes | The eagerly awaited new book from humorous author Cesarotto. |
| New Fiction. Published 2008. Price: £24.95 | ||
| Clemente, C. | A fábrica da noite | A collection of short stories ranging from fantasy to erotica. |
| New Fiction. Published 2010. Price: £19.99 | ||
| Coelho, J.P. Borges | Crónica da rua 513.2 | Ghost story set in a characterful Mozambican neighbourhood. |
| New Fiction. Published 2006. Price: £19.99 | ||
| Coelho, L. (ed.) | Intimidades: dez contos eróticos de escritoras brasileiras e portuguesas | Ten erotic short stories by women writers from Brazil and Portugal, including Lídia Jorge and Nélida Piñon. |
| New Fiction. Published 2005. Price: £17.95 | ||
| Coelho, P | A bruxa de Portobello | A novel of magic, loss and love by Brazil's bestselling author. |
| New Fiction. Published 2006. Price: £15.99 | ||
| Coelho, P | Ser como o rio que flui | An intimate collection of short stories by oe of Brazil's best loved writers, whose themes include destiny and choice, love lost and found. |
| New Fiction. Published 2007. Price: £20.95 | ||
| Coelho, P. | O aleph | Paulo Coelho returns to his "Alchemist" roots with this highly personal journey, taking the reader from a serious crisis of faith to the discovery of a new way to achieve spiritual renewal and growth. |
| New Fiction. Published 2010. Click on entry for price details. | ||
| Conrado, J. | O deserto habitado | A disgraced television critic turns to crime reporting, and finds that a murder trial throws up memories of his own past. Set in the turbulent days of 1968. |
| New Fiction. Published 2004. Price: £16.85 | ||
| Correia, C.P. | No meio do nosso caminho | Bárbara and her friends confront the struggles and disappointments of middle age. A perceptive and humorous novel by a prolific and popular author. |
| New Fiction. Published 2005. Price: £21.95 | ||
| Costa, F. Moreira da | Alma-de-gato | In the third book of the "Trilogia de Aldara", Flávio Moreira da Costa completes her search for fragments of the life and work of João do Silêncio, a mythical character from Aldara, an imaginary country with uncanny parallels to the real world. |
| New Fiction. Published 2008. Price: £25.60 | ||
| Costa, F. Moreira da | Aquarelas do Brasil | Anthology of short stories about Brazilian music. |
| New Fiction. Published 2006. Price: £16.95 | ||
| Costa, F. Moreira da | As armas e os barões | The eagerly awaited novel by Moreira da Costa, one of the most important Brazilian authors. An impeccable text told through poems and letters. |
| New Fiction. Published 2008. Price: £18.95 | ||
| Costa, F.M. da (ed.) | Crime feito em casa | An anthology of detective stories by notable Brazilian writers. |
| New Fiction. Published 2005. Price: £27.95 | ||
| Costa, J. Pinto | M@il de um louco | Novel told in the form of emails. |
| New Fiction. Published 2010. Price: £16.95 | ||
| Couto, M | O outro pé da sereia | Diverse lives are entwined in this new novel by Mozambique's most popular and widely-translated author. |
| New Fiction. Published 2006. Price: £15.95 | ||
| Couto, M. | Jesusalém | Bestselling novel by an author whose writing is influenced by magical realism and by the regional vocabulary of Mozambique. |
| New Fiction. Published 2009. Price: £16.50 | ||
| Couto, M. | O outro pé da sereia | A series of different journeys cross in both time and distance, spanning continents and centuries. |
| New Fiction. Published 2006. Price: £15.95 | ||
| Couto, M. | Pensageiro frequente | Brief stories and texts providing a fascinating insight into the land and people of Mozambique. |
| New Fiction. Published 2010. Price: £15.00 | ||
| Couto, M. | Venenos de Deus. Remédios do Diabo. | A young Portuguese doctor goes to Mozambique as an aid worker in search of his love. There he waits patiently for her to return - but will she? |
| New Fiction. Published 2008. Price: £16.50 | ||
| Cremasco, M.A | Histórias prováveis | The author draws on his scientific background to produce an adventurously written collection of short stories. |
| New Fiction. Published 2007. Price: £17.95 | ||
| Dapieve, A. | Black music | When a hijacking brings together an American who lives isolated from the real world, an unstable dealer and one of his lovers, a love triangle is formed and each person is forced to rethink their future. |
| New Fiction. Published 2008. Price: £17.50 | ||
| Domingos, P. | Não somos humanos | Science fiction set in the near future, when cloned human beings are created to do menial work. |
| New Fiction. Published 2005. Price: £18.95 | ||
| Falcão, T | As 3 Baratas (da velha São Paulo) | The story of three well-born Brazilian sisters whose lives take very different paths. |
| New Fiction. Published 2007. Price: £19.75 | ||
| Falcão, T. | Contos do inesperado e outros | A new collection of short stories which once again demonstrate Falcão's highly creative fable telling ability. |
| New Fiction. Published 2009. Price: £17.99 | ||
| Ferreira, J. | Na margem do teu segredo | A series of interwoven narratives about the secrets and lies we rely on to make sure society runs smoothly. |
| New Fiction. Published 2011. Price: £16.99 | ||
| Ferro, R. | A menina é filha de quem? | Novel based on the author's experience of growing up in the 1950s. |
| New Fiction. Published 2011. Price: £16.50 | ||
| Fiuza, G. | Amazônia, 20o andar | Novel based on the last days of the environmental activist Chico Mendes and the effect he has on the life of a wealthy fashion designer from Rio de Janeiro. |
| New Fiction. Published 2008. Price: £15.95 | ||
| Fonseca, A. | O pêndulo de Euclides | Three men embark on a journey to Canudos, the site of a brutal massacre in 1897. Their search for adventure and enlightenment is also a journey of self-discovery. |
| New Fiction. Published 2009. Price: £37.95 | ||
| Fonseca, C | O clube das encalhadas | "Bridget Jones" style novel about four women who meet regularly to eat spaghetti bolognese and bemoan their single state. |
| New Fiction. Published 2006. Price: £21.95 | ||
| Fonseca, R. | 64 contos | A bumper collection of short stories by one of Brazil's best-loved authors. |
| New Fiction. Published 2004. Price: £26.70 | ||
| Fonseca, R. | Mandrake: a bíblia e a bengala | The popular detective character Mandrake makes a comeback in a new adventure full of mystery and suspense. |
| New Fiction. Published 2005. Price: £25.90 | ||
| Fonseca, R. | O romance morreu | Short stories by a Brazilian writer whose often disturbing subject matter (including death squads, hitmen and psychotic killers) has been seen as a metaphor for Brazilian society. |
| New Fiction. Published 2007. Price: £24.50 | ||
| Fonseca, R. | O seminarista | Gritty novel about a professional assassin. |
| New Fiction. Published 2009. Price: £17.99 | ||
| Font, T | Foi assim que aconteceu | The body of rich and beautiful young woman is found in her Lisbon flat. Her death remains a mystery for 25 years until a freelance journalist stumbles by chance on the case. |
| New Fiction. Published 2007. Price: £17.95 | ||
| Frazão, D. | Apenas um herói | With no other friends, two work colleagues and an old prostitute, Plínio, try to survive in a destructive city full of disillusions, injustices and inequalities. Plínio is an unwilling hero with a fantastically suspicious character. |
| New Fiction. Published 2008. Price: £20.95 | ||
| Frei, B. | Treze contos diabólicos e um angélico | Short stories sharing the themes of the ambiguities and mysteries of the human condition. |
| New Fiction. Published 2005. Price: £15.95 | ||
| Freire, J. Teixeira | O elogio do fracasso | A recent law graduate is beset by doubts about whether he is cut out for the ruthless world of the law. |
| New Fiction. Published 2007. Price: £19.60 | ||
| Gago, A. | Rio homem | A young Spaniard flees to Portugal to escape the Spanish Civil War, hoping to reach the USA. His plans fail but, after several traumatic experiences his life changes in an unexpected but positive way. |
| New Fiction. Published 2010. Price: £18.50 | ||
| Galera, D. | Mãos de cavalo | Galera deals with the theme of identity as he follows the progress of his protagonist from a 10-year old boy to a world-weary plastic surgeon. |
| New Fiction. Published 2006. Price: £17.60 | ||
| Garcia-Roza, L. | Era outra vez | In a collection of stories, Lívia Garcia-Roza revisits some of the most famous children's tales in a very modern way. |
| New Fiction. Published 2009. Price: £16.50 | ||
| Garcia-Roza, L. | Restou o cão e outros contos | Reality is portrayed in the most unexpected ways in these 25 short stories with their delicate blend of humour and intensity. |
| New Fiction. Published 2005. Price: £22.99 | ||
| Garcia-Roza, L. A. | Berenice procura | Another crime thriller from the pen of Garcia-Roza. |
| New Fiction. Published 2005. Price: £19.85 | ||
| Gasparetto, Z. | O matuto | A story of exploitation and the class division between the Brazilian middle classes and the dispossessed. |
| New Fiction. Published 2006. Price: £28.95 | ||
| Gersão, Teolinda | A cidade de Ulisses | A vibrant love story set in Lisbon, which also resonates with love for the city and its history. |
| New Fiction. Published 2011. Price: £16.50 | ||
| Gleiser, M | A harmonia do mundo | 80 year old Johannes Kepler reflects on his life as an astronomer in 17th-century Tübingen. |
| New Fiction. Published 2006. Price: £19.50 | ||
| Gomes, A. Cardoso | Concerto Amazónico | This novel brings together characters such as King Sebastião, the poet Álvares de Azevedo, the musician Carlos Gomes, singer Maria Callas, director Phil Tucker and many others leading to a fascinating scenario. |
| New Fiction. Published 2008. Price: £32.95 | ||
| Gomes, Aida | Os pretos de Pousaflores | After 40 years in Angola, Silvério returns to his home village in Portugal with his three mixed-race children. Their struggle to fit in is vividly depicted in this humorous yet moving novel. |
| New Fiction. Published 2011. Price: £16.99 | ||
| Gomes, E. | Paisagem com neblina e buldôzeres ao fundo | Without losing its modern feel, this is a classically told fictional autobiography of the author of "O mapa da Austrália" and "A febre amorosa". |
| New Fiction. Published 2007. Price: £17.50 | ||
| Gomes, L. Costa | A pirata | Novel based on the true story of pirate Mary Read. |
| New Fiction. Published 2006. Price: £16.75 | ||
| Gonçalves, J. | Cruz de Portugal | Fascinating novel about the instigation of the Portuguese First Republic and the little-known involvement of Portugal in the 1st World War. |
| New Fiction. Published 2011. Price: £22.95 | ||
| Guerra, K. | Com o céu entre os dentes | Short stories which vividly depict the city of Brasília as it was under the military regime. |
| New Fiction. Published 2005. Price: £12.55 | ||
| Hatoum, M. | A cidade ilhada | This collection of short stories launches its characters on a continuing journey between Paris and Bangkok, Barcelona and Berkeley. |
| New Fiction. Published 2009. Price: £17.50 | ||
| Hatoum, M. | Órfãos do Eldorado | A traveller takes shelter in a town located next to the River Amazon and finds himself listening to a man with a famous face. This is enough for Arminto Cordovil to start telling the story "Orfãos do Eldorado", a story of desperate love. |
| New Fiction. Published 2008. Price: £39.00 | ||
| Jorge, L | Combateremos a sombra | A psychoanalist receives an unexpected visit from an old patient with a message that will change his life forever. New novel from this prize-winning Portuguese writer. |
| New Fiction. Published 2007. Price: £27.95 | ||
| Jorge, L. | A noite das mulheres cantoras | A moving story of love and friendship set in 1980s Portugal, written by an internationally acclaimed novelist. |
| New Fiction. Published 2011. Price: £17.99 | ||
| Jorge, L. | Praça de Londres | Five short stories sharing the theme of innocence and its loss. |
| New Fiction. Published 2008. Price: £14.50 | ||
| Júdice, Nuno | O complexo de Sagitário | A novel whose language and subject-matter make it a homage to the Marquis de Sade. |
| New Fiction. Published 2011. Price: £14.99 | ||
| Koester-Santori, R. | Páginas douradas | A magical Tolkienesque journey in a quest to reconcile two warring worlds. |
| New Fiction. Published 2005. Price: £23.95 | ||
| Leitão, M | Os bastidores da OPA | A novel of conspiracy and corruption set in the cut-throat world of high finance. |
| New Fiction. Published 2007. Price: £22.95 | ||
| Lellis Filho, E | O julgamento de Pôncio Pilatos | Historical novel set in Roman times. |
| New Fiction. Published 2005. Price: £25.95 | ||
| Lira, A.L | O capitão dos Indios | Based on the true story of Manuel Vicente da Anunciação, a Portuguese adventurer who finds romance and riches in 19th-century Brazil. |
| New Fiction. Published 2007. Price: £20.75 | ||
| Lispector, E. | No exílio | An autobiographical novel which follows the fortunes of a Jewish family forced to leave Russia in the early 20th century. |
| New Fiction. Published 2004. Price: £18.60 | ||
| Lopes, F. | A viajem de luz e quim | During the 1950s two children live in a small hamlet in Portugal where they experience the difficult life of the countryside but a happy childhood spent between homework and street games. |
| New Fiction. Published 2009. Price: £21.95 | ||
| Lopes, M. | As fêmeas da Ilha da Trindade | Set in 1942, the sudden appearance on the island of Trinidad of a young lady leads to some unexpected events. |
| New Fiction. Published 2006. Price: £17.30 | ||
| Lovato Filho, C. | O batedor de faltas | In seventeen stories, Cláudio Lovato Filho explores everything imaginary related to the world of football. |
| New Fiction. Published 2008. Price: £16.50 | ||
| Luandino Vieira, J. | O livro dos guerrilheiros | A novel which rarely considers geography but concentrates on the guerillas themselves, listening to them, and capturing them as beings in movement. Luandino takes us on a turbulent journey full of risks. |
| New Fiction. Published 2009. Price: £16.65 | ||
| Lucas, H. | Memórias líquidas | After losing her daughter, Ana has to confront her grief and build new relationships with those around her. |
| New Fiction. Published 2006. Price: £25.95 | ||
| Macedo, António de | O sangue e o fogo | A daring and intelligent novel set in the Alentejo during the Inquisition. |
| New Fiction. Published 2011. Price: £19.99 | ||
| Machado, A. M. | Aos quatro ventos | When Vanda goes to the cinema without her husband she feels different, as if a transformation has occurred. She goes on to feel that her relationship with Guto is no longer the same. |
| New Fiction. Published 2008. Price: £16.50 | ||
| Maciel, P. | A hora dos náufragos | A brilliant exploration of time and narrative from this acclaimed Brazilian author. |
| New Fiction. Published 2006. Price: £15.65 | ||
| Madaíl,Fernando | A costureira sem cabeça | Lisbon, October 1910. Young seamstress Amélia watches from her window as political turmoil in the streets leads to revolution and republicanism. |
| New Fiction. Published 2011. Price: £14.99 | ||
| Mãe, Valter Hugo | O filho de mil homens | 40-something Crisóstomo compensates for his childlessness by inventing an imaginary family in this sensitive and moving novel. |
| New Fiction. Published 2011. Price: £17.99 | ||
| Mãe, Valter Hugo | A máquina de fazer espanhóis | An 84 year old man's life is transformed in one day as he finds unexpected happiness and a renewed sense of joy in being alive. |
| New Fiction. Published 2010. Price: £16.99 | ||
| Magalhães, J | Os retornados: um amor nunca se esquece | Novel about a family of "Retornados", forced out of warring Angola in 1975 to start a new life in a homeland they have never known. |
| New Fiction. Published 2008. Price: £25.50 | ||
| Magalhães, J. | Longe do meu coração | After a long and arduous journey, Joaquim arrives in Paris in search of a better life but is sorely disappointed. A moving and sensitive depiction of the mass emigration of Portuguese citizens during the 1960s. |
| New Fiction. Published 2010. Price: £22.95 | ||
| Mambrini, M. | As pedras não morrem | A tragic love story set in Rio de Janeiro. |
| New Fiction. Published 2004. Price: £16.95 | ||
| Marques, Helena | O bazar alemão | Set in Funchal on the eve of the 2nd World War, a community of German Jews faces the kind of political persecution from which they thought they had escaped. |
| New Fiction. Published 2010. Price: £15.99 | ||
| Marques, J. Lopes | Terra java | A chance discovery while on honeymoon in Sydney leads Manel to uncover secrets about his ancestry and a scandalous historical cover-up about the discovery of Australia. |
| New Fiction. Published 2008. Price: £19.50 | ||
| Marques, J. P. | Os dias da febre | A love story set in 19th-century Lisbon, against the backdrop of the yellow fever epidemic which killed thousands of people. The author's meticulous research brings to life a traumatic time in Portugal's history. |
| New Fiction. Published 2010. Price: £20.50 | ||
| Martins, R. Cardoso | Deixem passar o homem invisível | The story of a blind man and a child who get washed away in the Lisbon sewage system during a flood. *Grande Prémio de Romance e Novela da APE/DGLB 2009* |
| New Fiction. Published 2009. Price: £17.50 | ||
| Matta, L.E. | 120 horas | In this gripping thriller it is 1998, and a sordid plan is starting to unfold in the depths of a seemingly normal society, leading to an inevitable, dramatic dénouement. |
| New Fiction. Published 2005. Price: £17.70 | ||
| Mattoso, G | A planta da donzela | Entertaining novel which combines parody and pastiche. |
| New Fiction. Published 2005. Price: £18.50 | ||
| Medina, J | Os náufragos do Mar da Palha | A group of friends meet at a cafe each Saturday to discuss philosophy. |
| New Fiction. Published 2006. Price: £31.90 | ||
| Melo, J | O dia em que o pato Donald comeu pela primeira vez a Margarida | Short stories by the celebrated Angolan author. |
| New Fiction. Published 2006. Price: £12.25 | ||
| Mendes, P. R. | Lenin Oil | Political satire on the manipulation of power and the bottom line motivation of profits and greed driven by oil. |
| New Fiction. Published 2006. Price: £14.60 | ||
| Mendonça, M., & N. Fernandes | Eu e você, você e eu | Marcelo and Mariana fall in love, get married, have a son, separate and then try again. Mendonça reveals to us what goes on in women's heads whilst Fernandes explains how the male mind works. The conclusion: men and women are from different planets. |
| New Fiction. Published 2009. Price: £18.50 | ||
| Menezes, R. | Um náufrago que ri | Unusually, the narrator of this novel is Ravic, a recently deceased cat. Nothing in the world of humans escapes Ravic's attentions in this wittily observed account of people's behaviour. |
| New Fiction. Published 2009. Price: £33.95 | ||
| Miguel, S. | Mare nostrum | Experimental novel whose main protagonist is the sea. |
| New Fiction. Published 2004. Price: £13.50 | ||
| Miguel, S. | A vida breve de Sezefredo das Neves, poeta | Set in the 1930s and 1940s, this is a many-faceted depiction of life in a provincial Brazilian town. |
| New Fiction. Published 2005. Price: £23.95 | ||
| Miranda, J | A mulher de mármore | Powerful novel about the ups and downs of a group of friends. |
| New Fiction. Published 2007. Price: £19.95 | ||
| Mirisola, M. | Animais em extinção | In this book Mirisola plays with the limits of fiction creating a text which moves through the darkest alleyways of literature. |
| New Fiction. Published 2008. Price: £18.50 | ||
| Mirisola, M. | Joana a contragosto | A "rites of passage" novel about falling in love for the first time. |
| New Fiction. Published 2005. Price: £16.95 | ||
| Mónica, M.F | Nós, os portugueses | These chronicals of Maria Filomena Mónica have a recurring theme running through them, that of the ubiquity of the Portuguese state. |
| New Fiction. Published 2009. Price: £19.95 | ||
| Moraes, R. | Umidade | The author's gently mocking prose gives us a glimpse into the lives of his flawed characters - a couple's argument heard through a wall, a whispered disagreement at the next table - no-one is spared in his depictions of the minutiae of everyday life. |
| New Fiction. Published 2005. Price: £23.95 | ||
| Morais, J. & R. Kolinsky | A última metamorfose de Zeus | Science fiction meets Greek mythology. |
| New Fiction. Published 2005. Price: £11.95 | ||
| Moreiras, P. | O ouro dos corcundas | Historical novel in the picaresque tradition, set in Lisbon's seedy underworld. |
| New Fiction. Published 2011. Price: £16.99 | ||
| Moreno, D. Chiari | Tango: um romance para dois | A young male ballet dancer seeks fame and love in 1940s Brazil. |
| New Fiction. Published 2007. Price: £15.50 | ||
| Motta, N. | Ao som do mar e à luz do ceu profundo | A "coming of age" novel set in 1960's Rio de Janeiro. |
| New Fiction. Price: £26.95 | ||
| Moura, V. Graça | Alfreda ou a quimera | New novel by this prize-winning author which draws on his experience as a Member of the European Parliament |
| New Fiction. Published 2008. Price: £22.99 | ||
| Moura, V. Graça | Quatro últimas canções | Stories of love and music which intertwine and develop in counterpoint. |
| New Fiction. Published 2009. Price: £21.50 | ||
| Mutarelli, L. | A arte de produzir efeito sem causa | After leaving his job and his wife, Júnior seeks shelter at his father's house where he spends his days moving between the sofa bed and a local bar. That is, until he starts receiving anonymous packages containing old newspaper cuttings... |
| New Fiction. Published 2008. Price: £29.95 | ||
| Nassif, L. | A casa da minha infância | Economic journalist Luis Nassif remembers his childhood, his birth town, stories of his family, his friends, adolescent rituals and the difficulties of adult life. |
| New Fiction. Published 2008. Price: £22.95 | ||
| Neves, R. Santos | A ceia dominicana: romance neolatino | A man leaves his girlfriend the day after their wedding night and takes refuge in Manguinhos, a spiritual seaside village, where he looks for peace and new loves. |
| New Fiction. Published 2008. Price: £25.95 | ||
| Nogueira, P. | O amor é um lugar comum | The story of Bernardo, Afonso, Diana and Eugénio who share a deep friendship despite having very different beliefs and destinies. A novel which succeeds in being both serious and entertaining, light-hearted and profound. |
| New Fiction. Published 2011. Price: £16.99 | ||
| Novais, L. M. | A janela do cardeal | Historical novel based on the life of Dom Miguel da Silva, a 16th-century Portuguese cardinal whose falling-out with the king put paid to his papal aspirations and led to a life of exile in Rome. |
| New Fiction. Published 2010. Price: £21.99 | ||
| Nunes, A. Costa | A agenda do velho comunista | The author draws on his experiences as a young communist to create a powerful portrayal of 1960s Belém. |
| New Fiction. Published 2005. Price: £15.10 | ||
| Nunes, J. | As mãos do Pelé e outros contos de futebol | Short stories reflecting the Brazilian national obsession with football. |
| New Fiction. Published 2006. Price: £14.95 | ||
| Oliveira Neto, G. de | Menino oculto | Aimoré is a painter who forges famous works for a living, yet struggles to depict and understand his own identity. Set in modern-day Rio, this novel is a sensual blend of art, music, and one man's search for self-awareness in a murky world of deception. |
| New Fiction. Published 2005. Price: £16.50 | ||
| Ondjaki | Avódezanove e o segredo do soviético | Set in Angola in the 1990s, when Cuba and the Soviet Union had army contingents there, Avódezanove steals explosives to ensure that villages are not destroyed by the construction of a huge tomb to commemorate the deceased head of state. |
| New Fiction. Published 2008. Price: £18.65 | ||
| Ortiz, A. | Cartas do Everest | Tired of being defeated by life, Cláudio is determined to win. Accompanied by two friends, he journeys to Everest. However, a short expedition in the mountains which was planned to be quick and safe is interrupted by an unusual tragedy. |
| New Fiction. Published 2008. Price: £17.95 | ||
| Paixão, P | Ladrão de fogo | Inextricably steeped in Portuguese culture, this is a novel which deals with perversion, desire and innocence. Strong as truth, sweet as a lie and tragic as love, it is to read and re-read. |
| New Fiction. Published 2005. Price: £21.65 | ||
| Paixão, Pedro | A rapariga errada | The narrator attempts to make sense of his correspondence with Eva Stein, a young would-be writer who has died aged 23. |
| New Fiction. Published 2011. Price: £17.50 | ||
| Palatnik, E. | A miniatura | The story of Emílio, an obsessive control-freak, and his relationship with the glacial Inês. |
| New Fiction. Published 2005. Price: £21.50 | ||
| Passos, J.L | Nosso grão mais fino | Vicente and Ana, two lovers from long ago meet unexpectedly. They are plunged into memories of people and events from the past, including the mysterious death of Ana's father and the hunting parties that Vicente and his brother Zelino experienced as children. |
| New Fiction. Published 2009. Price: £21.50 | ||
| Pedrosa, Inês | Os íntimos | A group of men spend a night reminiscing about childhood and lost opportunities in this compelling novel. |
| New Fiction. Published 2010. Price: £17.50 | ||
| Peixoto, J. L. | Morreste-me | An intense and moving novel, this is the story of a father's death, a story of struggle, but at the same time a tribute and show of respect. |
| New Fiction. Published 2009. Price: £15.50 | ||
| Peixoto, J.L | Cemitério de pianos | Lyrical novel by a writer who has been compared to William Faulkner. |
| New Fiction. Published 2006. Price: £25.95 | ||
| Peixoto, José Luís | Livro | The mass emigration of Portuguese workers to France was a phenomenon of the 20th century, and Peixoto draws on this to produce a moving novel which examines the lives of a whole gallery of characters in search of a better life in Paris. |
| New Fiction. Published 2010. Price: £21.99 | ||
| Pelegrino, R. | O caminho de Davi | A novel which follows the fortunes of Davi, an old man whose ill-health and depression prompt him to reavaluate his life and loves. |
| New Fiction. Published 2008. Price: £27.95 | ||
| Pellegrini, D. | Quadrondo | Novel set in the old world and the new, where different 20th-century ideologies coincide. |
| New Fiction. Price: £27.95 | ||
| Pepetela | Contos de morte | A collection of short stories over many years which provide a different way of looking at the world. |
| New Fiction. Published 2008. Price: £16.95 | ||
| Pepetela | O planalto e a estepe | The latest novel from this prize-winning author. |
| New Fiction. Published 2009. Price: £18.95 | ||
| Pepetela | Predadores | |
| New Fiction. Published 2005. Price: £14.99 | ||
| Pepetela | O quase fim do mundo | Eagerly awaited new novel from this prize-winning Angolan novelist. |
| New Fiction. Published 2008. Price: £22.95 | ||
| Pepetela | A sul, o sombreiro | An exciting adventure storyl set in 16th and 17th century Angola. |
| New Fiction. Published 2011. Price: £16.99 | ||
| Pepetela | O terrorista de Berkeley, Califórnia | Eagerly awaited novel by Pepetela, a writer, politician and professor at the University of Angola and winner of the 1997 "Prémio Camões". |
| New Fiction. Published 2007. Price: £14.50 | ||
| Pinheiro, J. | Não sei nada sobre o amor | The latest novel from this best-selling author, with 35,000 copies sold during the first month. |
| New Fiction. Published 2009. Price: £25.95 | ||
| Pinho, J. A. | Caminhos de liberdade | Based on a true story, the novel depicts the friendship between two young prisoners in 1950s Portugal. A searing portrait of fascism under the Salazar regime. |
| New Fiction. Published 2011. Price: £15.99 | ||
| Piñon, N. | Vozes do deserto | Novel based on the legend of Sheherezade by ones of Brazil's leading woman writers. *Prêmio Jabuti 2005* |
| New Fiction. Published 2005. Price: £20.95 | ||
| Pinto, M. Rebelo | Português suave | The lives of three generations of women are the subject of this perceptive novel whose action takes place from 1940s Portugal to the present day. |
| New Fiction. Published 2008. Price: £21.95 | ||
| Piqueira, G | Coadjuvantes | A tale of passion and disappointment in this entertaining book about one man and his football team. |
| New Fiction. Published 2006. Price: £21.90 | ||
| Pitta, E | Cidade proibida | Novel about Rupert and Martim and the difficulties they face as a gay couple in present-day Lisbon. |
| New Fiction. Published 2007. Price: £19.95 | ||
| Prado, A. | Quero minha mãe | 60-year old Olímpia looks back on her life as she feels death approaching. |
| New Fiction. Published 2005. Price: £13.95 | ||
| Ramos, C. | Abraça-me | A father reflects on the tragic death of his young son. |
| New Fiction. Published 2009. Price: £15.99 | ||
| Ramos, M. da Silva | O sol da meia-noite | Set in the bars and nightclubs of Lisbon, this is a collection of erotic short stories by an author who has been compared to Henry Miller. |
| New Fiction. Published 2007. Price: £18.85 | ||
| Ramos, M. da Silva | Os três seios de Novélia | A collection of three stories written by the author at the age of 20, and winner of the Prémio de Novelística Alemeida Garrett in 1968. |
| New Fiction. Published 2008. Price: £14.50 | ||
| Ramos, M. da Silva | Três vidas ao espelho | Lyrical novel set in a remote Portuguese village at the end of the 1940s. |
| New Fiction. Published 2010. Price: £19.99 | ||
| Real, M | O último negreiro | The story of Francisco Félix de Sousa, a 19th-century slave trafficker. |
| New Fiction. Published 2006. Price: £22.95 | ||
| Rebelo, T | O tempo dos amores perfeitos | A passionate tale of love and war set in the turbulent Angola of 1894. |
| New Fiction. Published 2006. Price: £27.95 | ||
| Rebelo, T | O último ano em Luanda | Set in the mid 1970s during the dying days of the Portuguese empire, this is the story of the thousands of people forced to leave Angola as its capital city descends into civil war. |
| New Fiction. Published 2008. Price: £24.50 | ||
| Reis, A. C. | Meu reino por um cashmere | Lively novel about sex and shopping. |
| New Fiction. Published 2005. Price: £27.95 | ||
| Reis, P | Morder-te o coração | A passionate love story. |
| New Fiction. Published 2007. Price: £18.95 | ||
| Reis, P | No silêncio de Deus | A dying author and a journalist both seek redemption in a journey which takes them to Lisbon, Jerusalem and Amsterdam. |
| New Fiction. Published 2008. Price: £19.95 | ||
| Reis, Patrícia | Por este mundo acima | In the aftermath of a terrible disaster in Lisbon, an ageing publisher encounters a manuscript and a young boy. Together they find healing through the power of literature. |
| New Fiction. Published 2011. Price: £16.99 | ||
| Rezende, N. | Dorme, querida, tudo vai dar certo | Teresa finds her job in a top fashion house is a daily nightmare. Until the arrival of a João, a handsome new executive, leads to a torrid and tempestuous romance which becomes a nightmare of a rather different kind. |
| New Fiction. Published 2005. Price: £26.95 | ||
| Ribeiro, Fernando | Senhora Vingança | Quirky short stories by the lead singer of a Portuguese heavy metal band. |
| New Fiction. Published 2011. Price: £9.99 | ||
| Rocha, L. M. | A mentira sagrada | A novel in the style of "The Da Vinci code" set in London and Rome, on the eve of a papal election. |
| New Fiction. Published 2011. Price: £18.99 | ||
| Rodrigues Júnior, F. | Mistério sob as luzes da Arcádia | Divided by centuries, love is able to supersede time and space through its overwhelming power. |
| New Fiction. Published 2006. Price: £24.95 | ||
| Rodrigues, N. | Asfalto selvagem: Engraçadinha, seus pecados e seus amores | Told in two parts, this is the story of Engraçadinha, a woman more complex and mysterious than any of the most famous characters of Brazilian literature. |
| New Fiction. Published 2008. Price: £39.95 | ||
| Rodrigues, Nelson | A vida como ela é... | Mini short stories whose themes are love, sex and class prejudice. |
| New Fiction. Published 2006. Price: £32.95 | ||
| Rodrigues, U. Tavares | Ao contrário das ondas | A novel whose themes are the sweeping changes that followed the Portuguese revolution of 1974. |
| New Fiction. Published 2006. Price: £13.95 | ||
| Rodrix, Z. | Zorobabel: reconstruindo o templo | Historical mystery set in ancient Babylon. |
| New Fiction. Published 2005. Price: £26.10 | ||
| Rosa, L | Bocage: a vida apaixonada de um genial libertino | Novel based on the Bohemian life of the 18th-century Portuguese poet. |
| New Fiction. Published 2006. Price: £19.95 | ||
| Ruffato, L. (ed.) | Mais 30: mulheres que estão fazendo a nova literatura brasileira | Anthology of short stories by contemporary Brazilian women writers. |
| New Fiction. Published 2005. Price: £25.99 | ||
| Sabino, M. | O antinarciso | Short stories whose theme is the increasing selfishness of modern society. |
| New Fiction. Published 2005. Price: £21.95 | ||
| Sanches Neto, M. | Um amor anarquista | Loosely based on historical events, this is the story of a group of Italians who founded an anarchist colony in Brazil during the late 19th century. |
| New Fiction. Published 2005. Price: £17.50 | ||
| Santiago, S. | Histórias mal contadas | Prize-winning author Silviano Santiago's short stories deal with memory and the fragility of human experience. |
| New Fiction. Published 2005. Price: £14.95 | ||
| Santos, A | O pescador de girassóis | A lyrical novel about the hopes and dreams of the inhabitants of a Portuguese fishing villaga |
| New Fiction. Published 2007. Price: £21.25 | ||
| Santos, A. S. | A escrava de Córdova | This book follows the life of a young Christian looking for freedom and for his place in the world. He will question his education, his faith and convictions which have always surrounded his existence. |
| New Fiction. Published 2008. Price: £26.65 | ||
| Santos, J. R. dos | O codex 632 | Tomás Noronha, Professor of History at Lisbon University, is asked to decode a recently discovered ancient document. His quest for its hidden message sheds astonishing new light on the life and identity of Christopher Columbus. |
| New Fiction. Published 2005. Price: £26.95 | ||
| Santos, J. Rodrigues dos | O anjo branco | 1960s Mozambique and José Branco has set up a flying doctor service which earns him the nickname "the white angel". However, the colonial war casts a long shadow over his activities. |
| New Fiction. Published 2010. Price: £29.99 | ||
| Santos, J. Rodrigues dos | Fúria divina | A secret message from Al-Qaeda provokes panic in Washington in this gripping thriller. |
| New Fiction. Published 2009. Price: £28.99 | ||
| Santos, J. Rodrigues dos | O sétimo selo | Tomás Noronha, an expert in cryptography and ancient languages, is contacted by Interpol to solve mysterious murders leading to numerous adventures and interviews across the world. |
| New Fiction. Published 2009. Price: £29.95 | ||
| Santos, J. Rodrigues dos | O último segredo | "Da Vinci Code" type thriller which starts with a murder in the Vatican. |
| New Fiction. Published 2011. Price: £22.50 | ||
| Santos, J. Rodrigues dos | A vida num sopro | Set in 1930s Portugal, the romance between two idealistic students is threatened by family disapproval, a murder, and the Spanish Civil War. |
| New Fiction. Published 2008. Price: £29.80 | ||
| Santos, M. Beja | Mulher grande | Set in Guinea-Bissau, this is the story of a deep friendship between generations. |
| New Fiction. Published 2011. Price: £20.99 | ||
| Santos, M. Fonseca | Começar de novo | A chance meeting in a lift leads to romance for Sofia and Duarte - but can they learn from past failed relationships and make this one work? |
| New Fiction. Published 2008. Price: £19.95 | ||
| Saraiva, José António | O cão que pensava demais | A novel set in 1980s Portugal as the country emerges from the bloodless "Carnation Revolution" of 1974. Hope turns to disillusion as the country faces difficult economic and political realities. |
| New Fiction. Published 2011. Price: £25.99 | ||
| Saramago, J. | As intermiências da morte | An imaginary country is beset by practical and philosophical problems when its citizens simply stop dying. |
| New Fiction. Published 2005. Price: £23.95 | ||
| Schwarcz, L. | Discurso sobre o capim | A collection of moving short stories whose disparate characters are linked by the imaginative ways in which they approach the fate life has dealt them. |
| New Fiction. Published 2005. Price: £14.25 | ||
| Scliar, M. | Os vendilhaes do Templo | A novel about power and corruption, whose plot moves from biblical times to 1990s Brazil. |
| New Fiction. Published 2006. Price: £31.90 | ||
| Sena-Lino, P. (ed) | Contos policiais | Nine police stories written by nine Portuguese authors which promise to have you holding your breath until the last line. |
| New Fiction. Published 2008. Price: £16.50 | ||
| Serpa, V. | Salão Portugal: novos contos da velha Lisboa | A fiction based on the childhood memories of the author, about life in a Lisbon which no longer exists. |
| New Fiction. Published 2008. Price: £18.95 | ||
| Silva, A. da Costa e | Invenção do desenho | In this beautiful book of memories, fifteen years of the life of a young poet and the environment in which he lived are recreated. |
| New Fiction. Published 2007. Price: £22.50 | ||
| Silva, C. Nascimento | Desengano | A widow finds passion with a 17 year old in 1950s Rio de Janeiro. |
| New Fiction. Published 2005. Price: £16.50 | ||
| Silva, D. | O criado secreto | Gabriel Allon, an Israeli intelligence office, is summoned to Amsterdam to study the archives of a Dutch terrorism analyst who has just been murdered. But he soon discovers a terror conspiracy in the city's Islamic underground. |
| New Fiction. Published 2008. Price: £21.95 | ||
| Silvestre, E. | Se eu fechar os olhos agora | On a sunny morning in Rio de Janeiro, April 1961, the lives of two boys are changed for ever when they find the body of a murdered woman. A fast-paced psychological thriller. |
| New Fiction. Published 2011. Price: £20.99 | ||
| Soares, E. | Destinos que se atraem | The story of a girl brought up in a religious context who is now the principal of a Catholic university. But during her adult life she must balance her religious devotion with her permissiveness. |
| New Fiction. Published 2008. Price: £22.95 | ||
| Soares, R. | Cine vertigem | Stream of consciousness novel about life in Rio. |
| New Fiction. Published 2005. Price: £12.50 | ||
| Sobral, F. | Ela cantava fados | When a promising young fado singer is murdered, detective Manuel da Rosa finds himself in an unfamiliar world of corruption and revenge. A gripping thriller set in present-day Lisbon. |
| New Fiction. Published 2011. Price: £17.50 | ||
| Tagino, E.S | O pequeno incendiário | A moving novel about family life, seen through the eyes of an 11 year old boy. |
| New Fiction. Published 2008. Price: £22.95 | ||
| Tavares, G. M. | Matteo perdeu o emprego | A collection of surrealist short stories. |
| New Fiction. Published 2010. Price: £18.95 | ||
| Tavares, M. Sousa | No teu deserto | The eagerly awaited new novel from Miguel Sousa Tavares, winner of the "Prémio de Clube Literário do Porto" and the "Prémio Grinzane Cavour". |
| New Fiction. Published 2009. Price: £21.65 | ||
| Taveira, C | Mateus da Costa e os trilhos de Megumaagee | Three continents, two stories, one man. The remarkable story of an African travelling through 17th-century Canada. |
| New Fiction. Published 2006. Price: £22.70 | ||
| Teixeira, J. | Antes do circo | Every night a man drinks coffee in a bar without saying a word. One night the barmaid decides to follow him. The smoky atmosphere in which reality and fantasy collide is the basis for the eleven short stories of "Antes do circo". |
| New Fiction. Published 2008. Price: £16.50 | ||
| Theodoro Filho, W.R. | A escrita de Deus | Short stories set in exotic corners of the world. |
| New Fiction. Published 2005. Price: £16.45 | ||
| Tordo, J. | O bom inverno | A chance encounter with a young Italian in Budapest leads the narrator, a frustrated author, into a journey which will end in murder. A gripping, un-putdownable novel. |
| New Fiction. Published 2010. Price: £16.50 | ||
| Tordo, J. | As três vidas | The narrator of this novel tries to unravel the mysteries of the secrets that surround the life of an old gentleman who lives hidden from the world in a country manor surrounded by three grandchildren, a gardener and a long list of customers. |
| New Fiction. Published 2008. Price: £21.95 | ||
| Torres, A. | Adeus, velho | Four brothers struggle to escape their father's domination, against the backdrop of a Brazil struggling to cope with its social problems. |
| New Fiction. Published 2005. Price: £24.65 | ||
| Torres, A. | Carta ao bispo | A politician's youthful enthusiasm turns to despair and thoughts of suicide. |
| New Fiction. Published 2005. Price: £14.70 | ||
| Valadão, I. | Loanda: escravas, donas e senhoras | A story of love and courage set in 17th-century Angola, where strong-minded women struggle to make their mark in a man's world. |
| New Fiction. Published 2011. Price: £16.99 | ||
| Valença, F. | O crime da Avenida Passos | Detective story about a crime passionelle, set in 1930s Rio de Janeiro. |
| New Fiction. Published 2005. Price: £13.55 | ||
| Ventura, M. | O reino encantado | Historical novel based on the true story of a 19th-century Brazilian religious sect. |
| New Fiction. Published 2005. Price: £15.95 | ||
| Ventura, M.H | Onde vais Isabel? | Historical novel set in 13th-century Portugal. |
| New Fiction. Published 2008. Price: £23.95 | ||
| Vieira, A. | Bica escaldada | |
| New Fiction. Published 2009. Price: £19.95 | ||
| Vieira, A. | Pezinhos de coentrada | |
| New Fiction. Published 2009. Price: £19.95 | ||
| Vieira, A., et al | O código d'Avintes | The mystery of Christ's life is finally revealed on the shores of the river Douro, when a disgraced professor of medicine suffers a trauma and starts speaking fluent Aramaic. |
| New Fiction. Published 2006. Price: £14.99 | ||
| Vieira, Alice | Os profetas | A tale of heresy and retribution set in 1533 on the island of Porto Santo. |
| New Fiction. Published 2011. Price: £16.99 | ||
| Vieira, J. Luandino | Velhas estórias | Short stories set in Angola. |
| New Fiction. Published 2006. Price: £15.95 | ||
| Vieira, J.L | De rios velhos e guerrilheiros, 1. O livro dos rios | The lush landscapes of Angola are the inspiration for this collection of short stories. |
| New Fiction. Published 2006. Price: £13.50 | ||
| Zambujal, M | Primeiro as senhoras: relato do último bom malandro | In a statement to a silent policeman, a petty criminal tells of his adventures, fantasies and emotions. |
| New Fiction. Published 2006. Price: £18.70 | ||
| Zink, R. | O destino turístico | New novel by one of Portugal's most popular writers. Zink has a special talent for seeing ordinary things in original and perceptive ways. |
| New Fiction. Published 2008. Price: £21.75 | ||
| Zink, R. | A palavra mágica e outros contos | Collection of short stories by a cult Portuguese author. |
| New Fiction. Published 2005. Price: £14.95 | ||
