“tim parks”

Profound and comic, the story of London TV journalist and interviewer Harold Cleaver, who suddenly walks away from his life to hide in the mountains of the Tyrol. “In the autumn of 2004, shortly after his memorable interview with the President of the United States and following the publication of ... More

Tim Parks's best seller, "Italian Neighbors", offered a sparkling, witty, and acutely observed account of an expatriate's life in a small village outside of Verona. Now in "An Italian Education", Parks continues his chronicle of adapting to Italian society and culture, while raising his Italian-born... More

A finalist for the Booker Prize, this ferociously comic tale of love gone sour is the finest novel to date from the author of the national bestsellers, "An Italian Education" and "Italian Neighbors".The voice of Europa is that of Jerry Marlow: a divorced, middle-aged British expatriate who teaches c... More

Parks spent a full year following the fortunes--and misfortunes--of the Verona soccer club. This is his rollicking report that combines the tension of narrative with the pleasures of travel writing.From Udine to Catania, from San Siro to the Olimpico, traveling with the fans and the players from the... More

At the midpoint of his life, Jerry Marlow finds himself on a bus from Milan to Strasbourg, taking stock of the wreckage strewn behind him -- a failed marriage, a daughter going astray, and an affair that has left him both numb and licking every wound, self-inflicted or otherwise. Even his teaching j... More

The hugely enjoyable prequel to Mimi's Ghost, this book which first introduced readers to the criminally discontented antihero Morris Duckworth is once again available, to be published simultaneously with the hardcover edition of Mimi's Ghost.The hugely enjoyable prequel to Mimi's Ghost, this book w... More