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Black Apollo Mysteries is an imprint of Black Apollo Press publishing socially engaged thrillers including the Joseph Radkin Investigations series. Originally published in 1985 by Pluto Press as part of their new list of social and political mysteries, the Joseph Radkin series was taken up in the late 80s and early 90s by Victor Gollancz for their distinctive yellow jacket collection. Black Apollo Press takes pride in bringing the complete set of Joseph Radkin titles back into print for a new generation of readers. "It's great to see this delicious series back in print ! What the 'New Crime' genre attempted through books like the Joseph Radkin Investigation Series – recently brought back into print by Black Apollo Mysteries – was to exchange the cheap thrills of macho car chases and hot lead with a world where criminals can be good guys and villains can be ordinary people who betrayed a human trust. In the process we were given insight into dusty corners of history that few of us knew existed!" Oxymandias Magazine "Has a zip and freshness of narration hard to resist … funny as well." The Guardian "More red herrings than a Moscow fishmonger's" Yorkshire Post "Difficult to put down!" Scotland on Sunday "Nothing is what it seems territory with a few extra twists, mayhem and a cruel message. Formidable!" The Sunday Times >>>

SOCIAL MYSTERIES

"Probably the best novel about Raymond Chandler ever written!  Brilliant, bold, witty, political and totally absorbing!" Ozymandias Preview A Knight at Sea >>>

Art, politics, history and bohemia all combined in a compelling urban mystery.  For anyone who was ever fascinated with the enduring allure of Amsterdam... Preview Sacha Dumont's Amsterdam >>>

SMILES

ANNA AND THE JEWEL THIEVES by Mortimer Tune Illustrated by David Kelley >>>

THE POLKA-DOTTED POSTMAN by Bob Biderman Illustrated by Cat Webb >>>

 

POETRY

The Universe for Breakfast chronicles a journey of transformation in verse>>>

Voices in my Head is about stripping away the self-protective layers of ageing >>>

 

DRAMATIC ARTS

Translated by Britain's foremost Baudelairean scholar, these three plays - The Keyhole, The Ticket Office and The Contraption - are classics in modern French theatre. >>>

 

CATALOGUE

 

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COMING SOON!

Eight  Weeks in the Summer of Victoria’s Jubilee is a brilliant study of London’s East End at the turn of the century and a fascinating exploration into a murder case that shook the very foundations of British Justice

JUBILEE SUMMBER - June 1887. Britain is deep in lavish celebration of Empire. That same month in the East End of London, a quiet young man, recently arrived from Warsaw, is accused of murdering an Angel. Two writers at the start of their career – Z, a brilliant Anglo-Jewish novelist and Maggie, a fiery social reformer – are brought together in a remarkable encounter as they investigate a crime that would change their lives and their vision of themselves, England and the world. more>>>

HISTORICAL FICTION

The Constantinople Triolgy follows four familes over the momentous epoch from April 1915 through the fall of the Ottoman Empire. Intellectually challenging and provocative, Tahta has written an inspired literary account of a critical period too often ignored but essential in understanding the roots of contemporary European hostilities. Compellingly told through stories of personal lives, this is historical fiction at its best – demanding, humane and deeply moving.

Gurgen Marhari's controversial novel, Burning Orchards, is set in the Ottoman city of Van, Eastern Anatolia, during the period leading up to the Armenian rebellion of 1915 and relates the epic story of the events which culminated in the catastrophe of the following years, wonderfully told by onof the great writers emerging from Soviet Armenia. >>>

VICTORIAN STUDIES

FINE ART

Born in 1932, Henri Maccheroni became known in the sixties for his large post-surrealist, biomorphic canvases.As a painter, photographer and engraver, Maccheroni has collaborated with numerous poets and writers such as Michel Butor, Jean-François Lyotard, Pierre Bourgeade and Claude Louis-Combet. His work has been featured in many journals including Obliques, Nue, Artitude and Phase. He has been widely exhibited in Europe and in 2006 featured in an exhibition at the Whitechapel Gallery in London. >>>

 

ADVENTURE