THE EXTERMINATING ANGEL
No, this isn’t a novelization of Luis Bunuel’s 1962 film EL ANGEL EXTERMINADOR, but, rather, the screenplay for it
ROACH
A pretty typical product of the upscale smut outfit Essex House, which made quite a mark on the adult fiction market of the late 1960s
FOREIGN AFFAIRS
Here we have a novel that might be termed the thinking man’s MISERY
HOLY TERROR
Here we have what is perhaps the most widely hated work of comics legend Frank Miller
THE RED SNAKE
This was the first entry in DH Publishing’s “Hino Horror” collection of English language mangas by Japan’s Hideshi Hino
POEM STRIP
Here we have what in my view is one of the most vital publications of the 00s: the first English translation of POEM STRIP, a graphic novel written and illustrated by Dino Buzzati
READY PLAYER ONE
People have been raving about READY PLAYER ONE since it first appeared, and now, with the film adaptation about to be released, it’s once again overtaken the public consciousness
BLAZE OF EMBERS
This collection of seven erotic-surreal stories, initially published back in 1959 (in French), was apparently quite the shocker in its day
THE NEW ADVENTURES OF HITLER
Here was have what is probably the most controversial work in a career that has seen no shortage on controversy
THE TWENTY DAYS OF TURIN
One of the most interesting translations to appear in some time, this is the first-ever English version of a short novel that was originally published in Italian back in 1977