Touched by madness and haunted by a secret past, Paul and Elsa's relationship reveals that there can be no normality for people who witnessed the worst of war In 1970s New York, Paul and Elsa are like many other well-off middle-aged couples, worrying over their apartment and psychoanalyst bills by day, and meeting friends at restaurants by night.
This international bestseller from the author of A Year in the Merde "e;combines the gaffes of Bridget Jones with the boldness of James Bond"e; (Publishers Weekly).
The "e;wise, wildly funny story"e; of a self-destructive writer's lost weekend by a Pulitzer Prize-winning, New York Times-bestselling author (Chicago Tribune).
A "e;brilliant and hilarious"e; novel of the end times in America and one psychiatrist's quest to save mankind, from a New York Times-bestselling author (Dallas Morning News).
A loving satire of new parenthood and its attendant joys and blunders from a master of contemporary American fictionThe Golds and the Hummels live in the same wealthy Manhattan neighborhood, but as both couples prepare for the arrival of their first child, they share little in terms of parenting philosophy.
An irreverent satire of New York's media world-and its influence and allureWriters Tony, Patty, Fred, and David all know what they want: renown, glamour, wealth, recognition.
A municipal employee sets out to unravel a murder and save himself from the split personality that is pushing him to the brink At age fifty-eight, Robert Druff's destructive alter ego has begun to take over his life.
This ebook edition includes an exclusive commentary on the Witches of Discworld, written by Jacqueline Simpson, co-author of The Folklore of Discworld.
WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY HILAIRE BELLOCIn the course of a career that encompassed nearly one hundred novels and short story collections (written over more than seventy years), P.
'Each of the novels in Alms for Oblivion is an elegant morality tale, beautifully composed, sparkling with appreciation of the sheer limitless variety of human wickedness' TLSSimon Raven's sequence of colourful and funny novels about the English upper-class misbehaving continues against a backdrop of intrigue in Athens, radicalism in Cambridge, turmoil in India and movie-making in Corfu.
Jim Rath's wife has grown tired of his hobbies: his immaculately maintained comics collection, his creepy underwater experiments, and his dreams of building a museum based on the Aquatic Ape theory of human evolution.
'Reads like a cross between I Capture the Castle and Love, Nina, with a pinch of Adrian Mole' The Bookseller We defy you not to love Sue Good Housekeeping'Campari for Breakfast is truly, charmingly splendid' Lucy RobinsonLife is full of terrible things.
'Rollicking, bawdy' People'Superbly controlled satire' Washington Post'Joyously madcap' Publishers WeeklyDiscover the bestselling novel that inspired the classic Oscar-winning film.
'A writer who provokes, almost as much as he entertains' Daily Mail'Engaging and smartly plotted' Observer___With old friends like these, who needs enemies?
'Rich, authentic and entertaining' New StatesmanDiscover the darkly funny follow-up to cult classic Death and the PenguinViktor - last seen in Death and the Penguin fleeing Mafia vengeance on an Antarctica-bound flight booked for Penguin Misha - seizes a heaven-sent opportunity to return to Kiev with a new identity.
