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London, 1938. In the suburbs of the city, a young housewife has become the eye in a storm of chaos. In Alma Fielding's modest home, china flies off the shelves and eggs fly through the air; stolen jewellery appears on her fingers, white mice crawl...
Jordan Baker grows up in the most rarefied circles of 1920s American society. She has money, education, a killer golf handicap, and invitations to some of the most exclusive parties of the Jazz Age. She's also queer and Asian, a Vietnamese adoptee...
Moth has lost her family in an accident. Although she lives with her aunt, she feels alone and uprooted. That is, until she meets Sani, a boy who is also searching for his roots. If he knows more about where he comes from, maybe he'll be able to...
At the turn of the century, in a provincial German city, Thomas Mann grows up with a conservative father bound by propriety and a Brazilian mother, alluring and unpredictable. Young Mann hides his artistic aspirations from his father and his...
Mountweazel (n.), the phenomenon of false entries within dictionaries and works of reference. Often used as a safeguard against copyright infringement. -- In the final year of the nineteenth century, Peter Winceworth is toiling away at the letter...