Winter-Spring 2002

"Call it Norma Rae meets Steel Magnolias."—People

The Florabama Ladies' Auxiliary & Sewing Circle
Lois Battle
0-14-200036-1
$14.00

The New York Times bestseller—a funny, heartfelt, and poignant story about the surprising power of a group of down-but-not-out small-town women.

The same day the Cherished Lady lingerie factory closes down, Bonnie Duke Cullman, former deb turned Atlanta society wife, finds herself downsized right out of her marriage and picture-perfect life. In the "Displaced Homemakers Program" at the local podunk community college, Bonnie finds herself in an unlikely alliance with the ex-bra seamstresses. Together they endure a midlife survival course where the events of a single year forever alter the way they see the world and their places in it.

Welcome to Florabama, Alabama, where you can stop to sip a co-cola or iced tea and think about money and love. If you had 'em, you were free to think about other things. If you didn't, you couldn't think about anything else.

"So full of good stuff it's hard to know where to start."—Richmond Times-Dispatch

"Bridget Jones joins a MASH unit stationed in the Heart of Darkness."—The Boston Globe

Cause Celeb
Helen Fielding
0-14-200022-1
$13.00

"A serious story that doesn't take itself too seriously, Helen Fielding's first novel is a wonderful surprise."—The New York Times Book Review

"Henry was wearing his favorite T-shirt which featured a multiple choice questionnaire for relief workers:

(a) Missionary?
(b) Mercenary?
(c) Misfit?
(d) Broken heart?

Meet Rosie Richardson-disillusioned literary publicist turned African refugee camp director. Rosie gave up glitz for good deeds but returns to London to organize a star-studded emergency appeal for aid when famine strikes.

Penguins hit the screen

Based on the Rhidian Brook's novel, The Testimony of Taliesin Jones stars Jonathan Pryce, Griff Rhys Jones, Geraldine James, and Ian Bannen. This heart-warming film opens in twelve cities, including New York and Los Angeles, on January 25, with broader distribution to follow. Official Movie Tie-in Edition 0-14-200157-0 $13.00 (first U.S. publication).

Lucky Jim (Official Television Tie-in Edition 0-14-218014-9 $14.00) will be airing nationwide on Monday, February 25, on PBS's ExxonMobil Masterpiece Theatre. Based on Kingsley Amis's "seminal campus novel" (David Lodge), this delightful comedy is produced by Working Title (Bridget Jones's Diary).

Iris, Miramax's acclaimed film adaptation of Elegy for Iris, opens in February. Based on the life of Iris Murdoch, Iris stars Judi Dench and Kate Winslet. Stock up on these acclaimed Iris Murdoch titles in beautifully repackaged editions from Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics: Booker Prize Winner The Sea, the Sea 0-14-118616-X $15.00, The Good Apprentice 0-14-118668-2 $15.00, The Bell 0-14-118669-0 $15.00, A Fairly Honourable Defeat 0-14-118617-8 $15.00

It's Gerry's Business

Fifth Business
Robertson Davies
0-14-016794-3
$12.95

How can you tell a book is great? What factors constitute a favorite novel? While many possible factors may be listed, one seems to stand above the rest: Does this book make me want to read other books by the same author? After finishing Fifth Business by Robertson Davies, I could not wait to venture into The Manticore and World of Wonders, the final two books in this Deptford trilogy. Since completing the Deptford trilogy nearly twenty years ago, I have read every novel by Robertson Davies and most of his nonfiction collections. Rarely has an author mixed such stylish irony with fascinating characters and possibly the best dialogue ever written.

With Fifth Business Robertson Davies introduces Dunstan Ramsay, crusty Canadian schoolmaster and master conjurer, and begins the wonderful journey through the Deptford world, a journey never to be forgotten. Beware...reading Robertson Davies can be addictive.

(Gerry Flavin is Penguin's midwest regional rep)

Backlist Boosters

Susan Vreeland's The Passion of Artemisia
The bestselling author of Girl in Hyacinth Blue creates an exquisite portrait of the life of one of history's most remarkable female painters. The Passion of Artemisia goes on sale in January from Viking. Vreeland will go on a twenty-one-city tour to support the book, and an exhibition of the works of Artemisia Gentileschi will be held at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art and at the St. Louis Art Museum in 2002. Stock up on Girl in Hyacinth Blue (0-14-029628-X $11.00)

William Kennedy's Roscoe
Roscoe—new from Viking in January—is Kennedy's first novel in more than five years and his most powerful work since the Pulitzer Prize-winning Ironweed. He will go on a ten-city tour to support the book, so stock up on the acclaimed—and fabulously repackaged—Albany cycle: Ironweed (0-14-007020-X $13.00), Legs (0-14-006484-2 $12.95), Billy Phelan's Greatest Game (0-14-006340-4 $14.00), The Flaming Corsage (0-14-024270-8 $11.95), Very Old Bones (0-14-013898-6 $14.00), and O Albany! (0-14-007416-3 $15.00)

John McGahern's By the Lake
Stock up on two newly repackaged McGahern masterpieces: Amongst Women (0-14-009255-2 $12.95) and The Dark (0-14-027795-1 $13.00), to tie-in with By the Lake—coming this March from Knopf.

The #1 New York Times bestseller

Jan Karon cordially invites you to Mitford for the wedding of Father Tim and Cynthia

Stock up now on the Mitford backlist:

At Home in Mitford (0-14-025448-X $12.95)
A Light in the Window (0-14-025454-4 $12.95)
These High, Green Hills 0-14-025793-4 $12.95)
Out to Canaan (0-14-026568-6 $12.95)
A New Song (0-14-027059-0 $12.95)
The Mitford Years boxed set (0-14-771596-2 $64.75) includes all five paperbacks.

Coming this summer from Viking—In This Mountain, the long-awaited new novel in the Mitford series.

A (virtual) trip to Mitford is good for the soul. Visit www.mitfordbooks.com

New York Times Notables 2001

Cherry: A Memoir | Mary Karr
0-14-100207-7 | $14.00

The Hill Bachelors | William Trevor
0-14-100217-4 | $13.00

A Positively Final Appearance A Journal, 1996-98 | Alec Guiness
0-14-029964-5 | $14.00

The Sooterkin | Tom Gilling
0-14-100201-8 $13.00

The Soul of a Chef: The Journey Toward Perfection | Michael Ruhlman
0-14-100189-5 | $15.00

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The Adventures Continue...

Three more thrilling Arthur Conan Doyle adventures—two featuring Sherlock Holmes, and a fantastic collection of stories featuring dinosaurs, treasure, and terror.
The Adventures and the Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (0-14-043771-1 $13.00)
The Valley of Fear and Selected Cases (0-14-043772-X $11.00)
The Lost World and Other Thrilling Tales (0-14-043765-7 $9.00)

Celebrate Black History Month

Nella Larsen's debut novel, Quicksand (0-14-118127-3 $10.00), is the compelling story of a black woman's struggle to find acceptance and a fascinating window into African American culture in the 1920s.

Now Available

Passing by Nella Larsen (0-14-118025-0 $10.00)
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave by Frederick Douglass (0-14-039012-X $8.95)
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet Jacobs (0-14-043795-9 $10.95)
Up From Slavery by Booker T. Washington (0-14-039051-0 $9.95)
Complete Poems by James Weldon Johnson (0-14-118545-7 $14.00)
Complete Writings by Philiss Wheatley (0-14-042430-X $12.00)

Ask your rep for a Penguin Black History Month poster

The centennial of an American Master

Join The National Steinbeck Center, the Mercantile Library, and organizations from coast to coast in celebrating John Steinbeck's centennial year with stunning commemorative editions of his work.

Available Now
East of Eden (0-14-200065-6 $16.00)
The Grapes of Wrath (0-14-200066-3 $15.00)
Of Mice and Men (0-14-200067-1 $11.00)

On sale 1/28
Cannery Row (0-14-200068-X $12.00)
The Pearl (0-14-200069-8 $11.00)
Travels With Charley in Search of America (0-14-200070-1 $13.00)

For more information on the Steinbeck Centennial and related events, visit www.steinbeck100.org

Penguin's Winter 2002 Bestsellers are...

A Heart of Stone
Renate Dorrestein
(0-14-200023-X $13.00)

Suspenseful...
A dramatic coming-of-age story with a gripping mystery at its heart.

"Moving, chilling, and powerful."—Tracy Chevalier, author of Girl with a Pearl Earring

Wide as the Waters
Benson Bobrick
(0-14-200059-0 $14.00)

Epic...
As enthralling as a great novel, the sweeping history of the book that shaped our world: The King James Bible.

"An extraordinary story told so very well."—Simon Winchester, author of The Professor and the Madman for The New York Times Book Review

Treason by the Book
Jonathan D. Spence
(0-14-200041-8 $14.00)

Intriguing...
A captivating true tale of political intrigue and conspiracy against the Qing dynasty in 1728.

"Compelling...reads like a medieval whodunnit."—The Wall Street Journal

Crypto
Steven Levy
(0-14-024432-8 $14.00)

Revelatory...
The inside story of how a group of nerds and visionaries beat Big Brother to ensure privacy on the Internet.

"A great David-and-Goliath story—humble hackers hoodwink sinister spooks."—Time