Cambridge based, mainly literary, publisher. Small outfit with big ambitions. We do Anthony Burgess lost gems, Nan Shepherd's verse, Alfred Doeblin novels, George Mackay Brown, Golden Age of Detection reissues. www.galileopublishing.co.uk
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Anthony Burgess’s abridgement of James Joyce’s masterpiece was originally intended as a companion to another of his editions of a famously ‘difficult’ work: A Shorter Finnegan’s Wake.
In his own words: ‘…my own attempt to bring a great masterpiece to a larger audience.’
Both available now 📖
Out today: Villainous Saltpetre, bringing Galileo’s list of Clifford Witting reissues to twelve!
We hope you enjoy this mystery, which is set in Cornwall & centres around the death of an unsuccessful playwright—who’d already staged his own disappearance 25 yrs earlier!
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Cover reveal for Why Did She Die? by Joan Coggin! We know this has been highly anticipated by many Golden Age mystery fans. The 3rd book in the Lady Lupin series, & completes this particular set of Galileo reissues. Officially out 4 June. Love to hear what you think!
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New edition of The Maiden Faust by Conor Farrington: the reader is taken into the shadowed halls of 1840s Cambridge, where intellect, mystery & forbidden knowledge collide. Secret societies, demonic pacts . . . a side to the famous academic city almost no one sees. Available now!
Why Did She Die? by Joan Coggin (1947) completes the Lady Lupin reissues!
The US edition was released as Penelope Passes, so no prizes for guessing who’s met their end in the garden! But who could have done such a thing? Lady L turns detective once more . . .
Available now 📖
We‘re delighted to present our reissue of the 2nd of Nora Kelly’s Cambridge-set mysteries, Bad Chemistry. Murder strikes at the Lensfield Road labs & Gillian Adams finds herself once more drawn into police enquiries.
Science, contemporary mores & old traditions in a volatile mix 🧪
Available now!
It’s Bloomsday — & publication day for the paperback edition of A Shorter Ulysses: Anthony Burgess’s abridgement of James Joyce’s celebrated, famously challenging masterpiece.
Always wanted to read Ulysses but never managed it? Here’s your answer! 📖
Great read by the Anthony Burgess Foundation on One Hand Clapping, which we reissued in February.
‘. . .one of his most successful satirical novels, animated by a witty and energetic first-person voice.’
substack.com/@anthonyburges…
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It’s the Boat Race today! Whichever team you’re cheering on, these lovely puzzles, illustrated by Kathy Lewis, include quirky features from Oxford & Cambridge sprinkled among the famous landmarks. Good fun to spot!
Available from various book & gift shops in both cities & galileopublishing.co.uk
We’re delighted to announce the latest reissue to be added to the Galileo Golden Age Mystery list: Villainous Saltpetre by Clifford Witting. We know many classic crime readers among you are very keen on his writing, & hope you’ll enjoy this Cornwall-set mystery! 🗡️ 📖
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