Paul Manning is working away from home as the assistant to Mr Holdsworth, a managing railroad engineer. He makes contact with his distant relatives, the Holmans, who live nearby and welcome him...

In his classic existentialist novel, Camus explores the predicament of the individual who is prepared to face the indifferent universe courageously and alone. Meursault leads an apparently...

Victor Baxter is a loveless twelve-year-old, won in a game of backgammon (or was it chess?) by the Captain. Victor (or Jim, as he becomes known) is educated in the ways of the world by the Captain...