Flash Sale: 50% off nine books about crime and punishment

GRITTY, CAUTIONARY, SOMETIMES DARKLY FUNNY: NINE NYRB CLASSICS FOR 50% OFF Free US shipping on all orders over $50 “Maybe they would learn not to hate the guards, either, because the guards and everybody else on earth were prisoners in dark cells like themselves and just did not know it, and in fact they were in a worse prison than Jack was, because they were imprisoned by their own limits.” —Don Carpenter, Hard Rain Falling For this weekend only, these nine classic works about crimes real and imagined are available at 50% off. These novels and true crime selections will take you from the cells of San Quentin to murder scenes in the hills of 18th-century Scotland and beyond, all the way to the Aegean Sea. Herein lie tales of harmless misdemeanors turned rotten, crimes of passion, moments of murderous insanity, and punishment of both the self-inflicted and "official" sort. [THE MORO AFFAIR]( Leonardo Sciascia Introduction by Peter Robb Translated from the Italian by Sacha Rabinovitch [THE MURDERESS]( Alexandros Papadiamantis Translated from the Greek by Peter Levi [HARD RAIN FALLING]( Don Carpenter Introduction by George Pelecanos [THE FOX IN THE ATTIC]( Richard Hughes Introduction by Hilary Mantel [ON THE YARD]( Malcolm Braly Introduction by Jonathan Lethem [NOVELS IN THREE LINES]( Félix Fénéon Translated from the French and with an introduction by Luc Sante [CLASSIC CRIMES]( William Roughead Introduction by Luc Sante [THE PRIVATE MEMOIRS AND CONFESSIONS OF A JUSTIFIED SINNER]( James Hogg Introduction by Margot Livesy [THAT AWFUL MESS ON THE VIA MERULANA]( Carlo Emilio Gadda Introduction by Italo Calvino Translated from the Italian by William Weaver Throughout the remainder of this year, NYRB Classics will be celebrating its 20th anniversary by offering selected backlist titles at 50% off for one weekend only. Keep an eye on your inbox for more deals in the coming weeks. You are receiving this message because you signed up for email newsletters from NYRB. You can [choose the types of mailings you wish to receive](: [Update preferences]( New York Review Books 435 Hudson Street, New York, NY 10014 Not a subscriber? Sign up for our newsletter [here](. [Unsubscribe](