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'Engrossing .

'His relish is infectious' Times'The funniest book I've read in ages.

Exquisitely observed and wickedly playful, The Waiter is a novel for lovers of food, wine, and of European sensibilities, but also for anyone who spends time in restaurants, on either side of the service.

'Peerless in its wit, elegance and silliness.

The author of Fight Club takes America beyond our darkest dreams in this timely satire.

**A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER**Mark Renton from Trainspotting is back and he s finally a success An international jet-setter, he now makes significant money managing DJs, but the constant travel, airport lounges, soulless hotel rooms and broken relationships have left him dissatisfied with his life.

Lying on a riverbank on a lazy summer s afternoon 23rd June 2016, to be precise Alice spots a flustered-looking white rabbit called Dave calling for a referendum.

Be bold.

DISCOVER THE SHORT STORY COLLECTION THAT GAVE THE WORLD DRIVE MY CAR, THE BAFTA AND OSCAR WINNING FILMA dazzling Sunday Times bestselling collection of short stories from the beloved internationally acclaimed Haruki Murakami.

From the double Booker Prize-winning author of Disgrace, an astonishing novel of new beginnings and the troubles of youth.

Just once, Ann Devine would like life to be straightforward.

Warm, charming and laugh-out-loud funny Ann Devine, Ready For Her Close-Up is a little ray of sunshine, sure to delight' Irish IndependentMeet Ann Devine, a riddle, wrapped up in a fleece, inside a Skoda Octavia.

'Reading Andrew Ridker s debut novel, you soon realise you re in the presence of a new talent.

A provocatively entertaining, savagely funny satire on Donald Trump by Britain s greatest comic novelist.

Bob Slocum is anxious, bored and fearful of his job.

The buttoned-up world of the British upper classes is exploded by the brilliance, wit and audacity of Saki's bomb-like stories.

NEIL GAIMAN: 'Glorious.

____________________________________________________________Ragley, 1952.

***THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER***Get ready to fall in love with the funny, feel-good novel and instant Sunday Times bestseller from the author of Richard and Judy Book Club pick Love Untold and co-creator of Gavin & Stacey.

THE NUMBER ONE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER, PICKED FOR THE ZOE BALL TV BOOK CLUB'Ruth Jones is excellent on human nature and why we make the mistakes we do.

She's got ice in her heart and a kiss on her lips.

What surprises might life have in store for you?

Blending history, mythology and a timeless love story, this is a satirical, magical masterpiece.

**NOW A MAJOR FILM****SHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE**It is winter-time and Eileen Dunlop is dreaming of escaping her life.

Chester Royde, an American millionaire, travels to Scotland with his new bride Carrie and sister Myrtle, to find out more about Carrie's Scottish ancestry.

Probably the most autobiographical of his novels, From the Diary of a Snail balances the agonising history of the persecuted Danzig Jews with an account of Grass's political campaigning with Willie Brandt.

In his daily cartoon for the Guardian and his long-running strip, IF, in the same paper, Steve Bell has proved that he is without equal in Britain as political cartoonist.

*The fourth book of the classic comic series about the 'sweaty, charming, paunchy, sad, hilarious man' who faked his own death.

Kate Thomas was beautiful, intelligent, witty, passionate and sexy.

Every time someone changes sex, there's one less freak in the worldMeet the Divots.

Alan and Ange are on a train, heading for London.

When pretty young TV researcher Nicky Proctor visits Cafe Henry in London's Soho, Henry Pratt's life changes forever.

THE COMPLETE PRATT compiles the first three volumes of the misadventures of Henry Pratt, beginning with a brilliantly funny evocation of a Yorkshire boyhood in SECOND FROM LAST IN THE SACK RACE; Henry's first job is as a cub reporter on the Thurmarsh Evening Argus, told in PRATT OF THE ARGUS, hailed by Sue Townsend as 'very funny'.

Henry Pratt, back home from National Service, is a man at last.

It is 1957.

Born into poverty, saddled with a born loser and parrot-strangler for a dad, short sighted and ungainly, young Henry Pratt doesn't exactly have a head start in life.

This hilarious episode in the remarkable exploits of Reginald Iolanthe Perrin follows our hero on his most ambitious venture yet.

This hilarious sequel to The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin follows his absurd trials and tribulations as he finds himself swept to fame and fortune.

AS READ ON RADIO 4'Manages to find joy in the trivial and creates farce out of monotony .

Does one desire the Yule-tide spirit, sir?

Jane Austen's Emma is her masterpiece, mixing the sparkle of her early books with a deep sensibility' Observer Emma is young, rich and independent.

Why are we all so hostile?

From the author of the 2 million+ copy, worldwide bestseller, The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, - soon to be a major movie starring Jim Broadbent - an exquisite, funny and heartrending parallel story.

This early work by Nikolai Gogol was originally published in 1835 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography.

This early work by Nikolai Gogol was originally published in 1830 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography.

This early work by Nikolai Gogol was originally published in 1835 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography.

This early work by Nikolai Gogol was originally published in 1831 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography.

This early work by Nikolai Gogol was originally published in 1835 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography.

This early work by Nikolai Gogol was originally published in 1835 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography.

From the Father of the Golden Age of Russian Literature, Nicolai Gogol's The Overcoat is one of the greatest short stories of all time.