"Antigua, Penny, Puce" (1937), a barbed tale of sibling rivalry, gave its title to a never-issued one penny puce-and-white stamp from Antigua with George VI's portrait on it and three puce pigs eating at a puce trough. Jane and Oliver are the sibling...

"The Anarchist Banker", which starts in the nineteenth century, and the second volume, "Professor Pfiglzz and His Strange Companion", present English readers for the first time with a generous sampling of the best classic and new Portuguese writing....

This book has two purposes. The first is to entertain, by presenting a story told in vivid images. The second purpose is to satirise, with the seriousness and occasional ferocity with belong to that style of writing. The novel focuses on three Englis...