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      • The Parisian Agency

        Founded in 2010, the Parisian agency is a literary agency based in Paris. We represent a selected group of international writers of literary fiction such as multi-awarded Icelandic author Gudrun Eva Minervudottir and Hungarian novelist Arpad Kun, winner of the prestigious Aegon Award. We also represent the stunning illustrated books of the British and the Bodleian Library (UK) abroad. Last, we are now open to represent new lists in literary fiction, crime fiction and non fiction. Welcome to the Parisian Agency!

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      • Trusted Partner
        October 2016

        Wintermorgen

        Novellen

        by László Darvasi, Heinrich Eisterer

        Ein Orchester kommt bei einem Busunglück um, nur der Schlagzeuger überlebt und erfüllt den Auftrag allein: die Insassen einer Nervenklinik mit dem kollektiven Erlebnis der Musik aus dem individuellen Wahnsinn zu erlösen. Ein Mädchen steht am Fenster und beobachtet auf der Straße zwei Küssende, den Stein in der Hand, mit dem es die beiden zerschmettern will. Ein Unglück, auf das die Betroffenen nicht reagieren; kryptische Geschehnisse, in deren Zentrum das hinterrücks hereinfahrende Böse steht; Töten, ohne zu wissen, warum: um diese unheimlichen Erfahrungen kreisen die 27 kurzen Prosastücke des Bandes. Die Normalität, in der wir leben, erscheint als Insel in einem Meer aus Hass, Brutalität und Paranoia. László Darvasi, der Erkunder des Unbegreiflichen, hat früh die Novelle als Form entdeckt, in der seine Kunst der Verrätselung und Verdichtung ihren stärksten Ausdruck findet. Unbeirrt nimmt sein Erzähler den Menschen in den Blick, der seine Wünsche und Handlungen selbst nicht versteht. Darvasis Geschöpfe wirken wie Verzauberte, die zur schönsten, verrücktesten Liebestat und zum entsetzlichsten Verbrechen fähig sind. Es ist die Sprachmacht des Autors, seine buchstäblich bodenlose Phantasie, die aus den abwegigsten, albtraumhaften Szenerien Texte erstehen lässt, die mit ihrer Lakonie und berückenden Schönheit fesseln.

      • Trusted Partner
        Literature & Literary Studies
        July 2018

        Literature and psychoanalysis

        by Jeremy Tambling

      • Trusted Partner
        January 2019

        Personality Disorders, Second Edition

        by Heather Barnett Veague, Ph.D and M. Foster Olive, Ph.D.; Foreword by Pat Levitt, Ph.D., Vice President, Chief Scientific Officer, and Director, The Saban Research Institute; Director, USC Neuroscience Graduate Program

        Personality disorders are patterns of perceiving, relating to, and thinking about the environment and oneself that are negative, abnormal, or stressful. They typically persist over time and involve perceptions, thoughts, and behaviors upsetting to the individual who experiences them and which cause significant problems in the person's relationships and professional and social activities. They can include antisocial behavior, acute shyness or sensitivity, negative perceptions, and more severe forms, such as paranoia or schizophrenia. Personality Disorders, Second Edition defines and explains these behavioral patterns, which are organized into three types, or clusters, the social and medical issues related to them, and how doctors can treat them.

      • Trusted Partner
        Literature & Literary Studies
        June 2004

        Secret Shakespeare

        Studies in theatre, religion and resistance

        by Richard Wilson

        Shakespeare's Catholic context was the most important literary discovery of the last century. No biography of the Bard is now complete without chapters on the paranoia and persecution in which he was educated, or the treason which engulfed his family. Whether to suffer outrageous fortune or take up arms in suicidal resistance was, as Hamlet says, 'the question' that fired Shakespeare's stage. In 'Secret Shakespeare' Richard Wilson asks why the dramatist remained so enigmatic about his own beliefs, and so silent on the atrocities he survived. Shakespeare constructed a drama not of discovery, like his rivals, but of darkness, deferral, evasion and disguise, where, for all his hopes of a 'golden time' of future toleration, 'What's to come' is always unsure. Whether or not 'He died a papist', it is because we can never 'pluck out the heart' of his mystery that Shakespeare's plays retain their unique potential to resist. This is a fascinating work, which will be essential reading for all scholars of Shakespeare and Renaissance studies. ;

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        Stalemate: There can be no winners

        by Hugo N. Gerstl

        Thirty-five years ago, Libertyville had a population of 2,000. Its citizens thought it would become the next  Atlanta. But it’s now 1989, and the population is down to 278 and falling. The town’s remaining employer, the outdated, money-losing Libertyville Cotton Works, owned by an elderly Holocaust survivor, has been sold to a conglomerate that intends to reap huge tax and political benefits.But two other factions have different ideas. Bishop William Wyatt Walker, spellbinding African-American televangelist whose church takes in $500 million a year in contributions from the poorest of the poor, decides the church has lost touch with the common man and needs a new symbol of salvation – the Libertyville Cotton Works and the 40 acres that surround it. He’ll do whatever it takes to make sure the church gets the property.Meanwhile, a brilliant, Mexican-American lawyer and his militant contingent, faced with “the country’s growing paranoia toward Hispanics,” seeks to create his own Sanctuary Nation. His “army” takes armed control of the cotton works, holding hostages to ensure that the factory and its acreage are deeded to “the first truly Mexican town in the Southeastern U.S.”The stage is set for a Stalemate of epic proportions, a war where there can be no winners. Like James Dickey’s Deliverance, this book is a mixture of a thriller tinged with adventure, camaraderie, dread, and the horror that only an unexpected, unspeakable situation can inflict. Human nature is human nature, and it is impossible to predict how anyone would act if confronted with a similar situation. Powerful and suspenseful, Stalemate explores the best – and the worst – in the human spirit as it thunders toward a spine-chilling climax.International best-selling author Hugo N. Gerstl’s latest work is one you won’t be able to put down – and one you’ll long remember. Published by Pangæa Publishing Group 184 pages – 23 cm x 15 cm

      • Crime & mystery
        August 2018

        The Uncommon Prison of Henry V Henry

        by Simon Bullivant

        Debut crime fiction from Simon Bullivant, co-creator for panel show Never Mind The Buzzcocks, writer/producer on They Think Its All Over & Mock the Week. 'Simon utilises his comedy prowess expertly to add a macabre wit to this pacy murder-mystery that keeps its protagonist, and readers, second-guessing themselves all the way to its visceral end.'

      • Fiction
        April 2021

        LESSONS IN LOVE AND OTHER CRIMES

        by Elizabeth Chakrabarty

        A heart-breaking and hopeful debut novel inspired by the author’s own experiences of the most quotidian of crimes, race hate crimes. Seamlessly integrates elements of creative non-fiction and crime fiction within a page-turning story of love, healing and hope. Exploring queer love, loneliness and the insidious nature of hate, this is a compulsive read, bookended by personal essays from the author. Perfect for fans of Louise Doughty, Bernardine Evaristo, Claudia Rankine, and Sophie Ward. Tesya has reasons to feel hopeful after leaving her last job, where she was subjected to a series of anonymous hate crimes. Now she is back home in London to start a new position, and has begun an exciting love affair with the enigmatic Holly. But this idyllic new start quickly sours. Tesya finds herself victimized again at work by an unknown assailant, who subjects her to an insidious, sustained race hate crime. As her paranoia mounts, Tesya finds herself yearning for the most elemental of desires: love, acceptance, and sanctuary. Her assailant, meanwhile, is recording his manifesto, and plotting his next steps.

      • Biography: general

        Crackhead 4

        Nature versus Nurture

        by Angela Harrison

        Angela and Max move to Minehead.  Jamie leaves her friend Denis to join them. She is hyper, euphoric and suffers panic attacks.  A psychiatrist diagnoses Bipolar Disorder and believes she had problems long before taking drugs. She moves into bed & breakfast, then returns to Leamington to be with Denis. Max’s personality suddenly becomes aggressive, hyper, destructive, and violent. Age fourteen, he is prescribed the same anti-psychotic medication as Jamie.  After being excluded from school, he leaves home and turns to petty crime.  Max commits ‘Grevious Bodily Harm’ and is diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.  The courts place him in a children’s home, then in foster care.  His girlfriend has his baby.  Max’s life continues to be chaotic from alcohol abuse, drugs and crime.  An armed response unit raids Angela’s home. Jamie acquires a flat in Leamington.  Her mental health deteriorates drastically and she is admitted to hospital. She threatens to kill the psychiatrist as he continues to deny she is ill. A second opinion confirms Jamie has Bi-Polar and Schizophrenia. She attempts suicide a number of times as she suffers from paranoia, voices in her head, and poltergeist activity around her.

      • Fiction

        The Dark Architect

        by Marko Hautala

        A house is a machine to live in, even after death.   An un-putdownable, eerie literary thriller of urban paranoia, where a block of flats appears to be hiding terrible secrets. Secrets that should not be revealed...   A young man suffering from MDD, or maladaptive daydreaming, has traveled the world aimlessly for years using his family’s money. Fed up, his father buys him a moderate flat in a small Nordic city and forces him to finish his studies. He wants his son to finally become a man, not a dreamer. But when darkness falls, everything changes. An unexplained humming resonates in the walls, making sleep impossible. Other more mysterious sounds follow. It seems that throughout the night, someone is running up and down the dark stairway. While the culprit appears to be impossible to find, the echo of bare feet on the steps night after night is very real indeed. When the young man starts to look into the history of his flat, strange tragedies seem to have plagued the past and, gradually, also the present of the building. Looking further back in time, the young man finds out that the first person to live in his flat is someone the old residents call the Architect, a mysterious patriarch who designed the whole building according to an ancient pattern as a machine to live in...even after death.   The Dark Architect is a literary horror novel which deals with the mistrust between generations, whose dreams and nightmares very seldom seem to meet. It is a fresh Nordic take on the most classic and enduring of Gothic tropes, the haunted house.

      • Fiction

        Sag mir, wen du hörst. Sag mir, wen du siehst. Sag mir, wer du bist

        by Andrea Nagele

        Sag mir, wen du hörst. Sag mir, wen du siehst. Sag mir, wer du bist Andrea Nagele Laura wird Zeugin eines Mordes, nur knapp kann sie dem Täter entkommen. Doch als die Triester Polizei den Tatort untersucht, finden sich weder ein Toter noch Spuren eines Verbrechens. Fand die Tat womöglich nur in ihrer Phantasie statt? Als ein weiterer Mord geschieht, wird Laura von einem jahrelang verdrängten Geheimnis eingeholt, das sie zutiefst verstört. Und die Schlinge zieht sich immer enger um ihren Hals.  Subtile Charakterstudie und atemberaubender Pageturner zugleich In ihrem neuen Thriller konstruiert die Klagenfurter Autorin Andrea Nagele ein beklemmendes Psychospiel, das einem das Blut in den Adern gefrieren lässt. Ihre Protagonistin wird in der norditalienischen Hafenstadt Triest Zeugin eines Mordes. Doch niemand glaubt den Aussagen der psychisch kranken Frau. Sollte sie sich die Tat tatsächlich eingebildet haben? Mit einer Dramatik, die wie ein Unwetter über die Lser*innen hereinbricht, nähert sich der Roman der Frage: Was ist Wahn, was ist Realität - und wem kann derjenige, der die Antwort darauf nicht kennt, tatsächlich vertrauen? Andrea Nagele gelingt ein atmosphärisch komplexer und dichter Roman, der aus den verschiedenen Färbungen und Formen der Angst und Paranoia ein narratives Bild von herausragender Spannugn und Faszination erzeugt. Dabei weiß die Autorin, worüber sie schreibt: Seit vielen Jahren betreibt Nagele eine psychotherapeutische Praxis in Klagenfurt am Wörthersee. Während sie dort Menschen hilft, ihre psychischen Nöte und Erkrankungen zu überwinden, stürzt sie die Figuren ihrer Romane regelmäßig in immer tiefere Konflikte und Abgründe. Den Kern ihres neuen Thrillers bildet eine komplee Mutter- Tochter-Beziehung, die geprägt ist von Abhängigkeit, Liebe und auch Hass. Die Leser*innen werden dabei mit unzuverlässigen Ich-Erzählerinnen konfrontiert und müssen genau wie die Figuren selbst zur Wahrheit durchdringen. Ein psychologisches Puzzle der Extraklasse - spannend bis zur letzten Seite. So eindrucksvoll wie in diesem Roman wurde existenzielle Unsicherheit und Wahn selten dargestellt. Ein Thriller mit Tiefgang, den man keinen Moment aus der Hand legen will.

      • Crime & mystery

        The Cedar Face

        DI Elizabeth Jewell Book 3

        by Carole Pitt

        When Keith Wilson, an art teacher at Grasmere Academy is murdered DI Elizabeth Jewell expects to lead the investigation. Within hours, her new boss DCI Liam Yeats takes over and excludes both her and Sergeant Patterson without giving a valid reason. However, Yeats's policy is short lived when he realises alienating Jewell and her team is counterproductive.Jacob Morven, a Canadian citizen from a remote area of North-Western British Columbia is the prime suspect. Although the evidence against him points to his guilt, DI Jewell has doubts. Keith Wilson, the victim, had boasted of a change in his fortune, implying he was about to receive a substantial amount of money. With this in mind, Jewell looks further afield for other suspects. As the mystery deepens, Jewell and Patterson look back almost three hundred years to the origins of a lost artefact.Amidst escalating dissent at Park Road HQ, Elizabeth tackles yet another problem. Where is their previous boss, DCS Daly? And is his unexpected disappearance connected to the current situation?

      • Fiction
        October 2021

        American Goddess

        A myth born in Scotland

        by L.M. Affrossman

        WHAT IF YOU HAD AN IDEA THAT COULD CHANGE EVERYTHING? In this provocative and thought-provoking novel, Affrossman takes a look at the nature of modern day belief. Post pandemic, Peter Kelso and his wife, Ellisha, have moved to Edinburgh in a last desperate bid to get their lives back on track. But things rapidly start to spiral out of control. Just as there seems no hope, an encounter with Edinburgh University’s most eccentric professor of history leads them to uncover a source of knowledge kept hidden for centuries. Using this knowledge, known as The Woman’s Secret, Peter sets out to heal a damaged world, and the Internet provides the perfect platform for the new world order to spread. In the midst of this, American, mixed-race, Ellisha is an unlikely messiah, but she becomes the face of a new age and soon everyone is pinning their hopes upon her. But if they thought The Woman’s Secret would produce a kinder, gentler world, they are in for a terrible shock. As corruption starts to cast its shadow, cracks begin to show and Peter and Ellisha’s reactions are very different to the encroaching threat. As they become embroiled in their own private battles, unseen forces are moving against them.

      • Love in the New Millennium

        by Can Xue

        The most ambitious work of fiction by a writer widely considered the most important novelist working in China today In this darkly comic novel, a group of women inhabits a world of constant surveillance, where informants lurk in the flower beds and false reports fly. Conspiracies abound in a community that normalizes paranoia and suspicion. Some try to flee—whether to a mysterious gambling bordello or to ancestral homes that can be reached only underground through muddy caves, sewers, and tunnels. Others seek out the refuge of Nest County, where traditional Chinese herbal medicines can reshape or psychologically transport the self. Each life is circumscribed by buried secrets and transcendent delusions. The most ambitious work of fiction by a writer widely considered the most important novelist working in China today In this darkly comic novel, a group of women inhabits a world of constant surveillance, where informants lurk in the flower beds and false reports fly. Conspiracies abound in a community that normalizes paranoia and suspicion. Some try to flee—whether to a mysterious gambling bordello or to ancestral homes that can be reached only underground through muddy caves, sewers, and tunnels. Others seek out the refuge of Nest County, where traditional Chinese herbal medicines can reshape or psychologically transport the self. Each life is circumscribed by buried secrets and transcendent delusions.

      • Thriller / suspense
        June 2014

        Global Raider

        by Jame McKenna

        When the American Air Force conducts final tests on Global Raider, the new unmanned bomber capable of deploying missiles from the outer stratosphere, terrorists close in to steal the aircraft and cause a major disaster.  On advice from the Security Services, Juliet Walsh, daughter of Wat Walsh, Global Hawk’s manufacturer, is sent to a safe house in Britain under close protection of her bodyguard Lisa, and Seb, a young SAS officer, to whom she becomes attached.  But betrayal, deceit and corruption allow Juliet’s abduction.  Seb is blamed, but is the real enemy Lisa or head of Walsh Security?  While Global Hawk flies towards the Middle East with its deadly load of missiles, two sides wrestle for control as Seb hunts for Juliet and her abductors.  Can her father allow the murder of his only child for the sake of American prestige, or will one innocent life be sacrificed to the intransigent hatred between terrorists and US government?  Only Seb can change the balance, but who does he trust?

      • Humour

        Hard Abroad

        by Andy Frazier

        Trevor Hard – Try to his friends – likes to think he is just an ordinary chap. Yes he does have a few quirky rules about threes, and OK, he hears voices in his head, but besides that, his life is pretty uneventful as a civil servant. The problem for him is women or, to be more precise, the lack of them. After taking advice from a friend, Try sets off on a holiday to France for some cherchez la femme but pretty soon he realises he is being followed and from then on, things start to get a little difficult. Being chased by the police is one thing, but being pinned down by a sex-mad dog and its owner whilst trying to impress the most beautiful girl in the world is perhaps one challenge too many?

      • Glow

        A High-Concept Science Fiction Debut

        by Tim Jordan

        Glow follows the lives of three very different beings, all wrestling mental instability in various forms; Rex - a confused junkie battling multiple voices in his head; Ellayna - living on an orbital satellite station and struggling with paranoia; and Jett - a virtually unstoppable robotic assassin, questioning the purpose of creation. Who will survive and who will perish in this tech-crazed world where nothing truly seems impossible?

      • Memoirs
        August 2020

        A Room with a Darker View

        Chronicles of My Mother and Schizophrenia

        by Claire Phillips

        Claire Phillips’ elegantly written and unflinching memoir about her mother, an Oxford-trained lawyer diagnosed in mid-life with paranoid schizophrenia, challenges current conceptions about mental illness, relapse and recovery, as well as difficulties caring for an aging parent with a chronic disease. Told in fragments, the work reflects back to her family history in England and Zimbabwe, where she visits to learn about the medical legacy of her grandfather, Michael Gelfand. As she breaks the family silence about her mother’s schizophrenia, Phillips reframes hospitalizations, paranoia, illness, and caregiving through a feminist lens.

      • Thriller / suspense
        April 2021

        Dress for Death

        DCI Grant McVicar Book 2

        by Diarmid MacArthur

        Friend or Foe? DCI Grant McVicar Book 2 THE BODY A young woman murdered in the changing room of a local supermarket. A suspected terrorist incident. And there may be a serial killer at work THE ENEMY WITHIN There are no easy answers, and it soon becomes apparent that someone in his team is leaking information. Loyalties increasingly strained, answers remain just out of reach. THE ENEMY WITHOUT Confusion and paranoia reign supreme, and Grant’s personal life starts to spiral out of control. With the killer almost within his grasp, he finds himself in mortal danger. Will he be the final victim?

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