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This laugh-out-loud novel, with its interwoven and inventive plotlines, could be called Game of Bones. In the midst of being ensnared in a devious revenge plot, Spike the Wonder Dog manages to unleash his celebrated brand of absurdist humor, shrewd social commentary, and certifiably funny grievances at human shortcomings, while romping through all manner of sexy scenarios in the rich and famous playgrounds of Palm Beach, Manhattan, and East Hampton.

The brilliant new work from the bestselling author of ‘Miss Garnet’s Angel’ and ‘The Other Side of You’. Violet Hetherington has taken the rash step of joining a transatlantic cruise ship to New York to visit Edwin, an old friend. As she makes the six day crossing, she relives the...

"Si un invité meurt inopinément chez vous, ne prévenez surtout pas la police. Appelez un taxi et dites-lui de vous conduire à l'hôpital avec cet ami qui a un malaise. Le décès sera constaté en arrivant aux urgences et vous pourrez assurer, témoin à l'appui, que l'individu a trépassé en chemin. Moyennant quoi, on vous fichera la paix..."

A nameless narrator awakens to the muddle of middle age, no longer certain who or what he is. He finds himself at a party talking to a woman he doesn't know who proves to be his wife. Soon separated but still living in the same apartment, he is threatened by a litigious dachshund and saddled with a stubborn case of erectile dysfunction in a world that seems held together by increasingly mercurial laws and elusive boundaries.

Getting to the Shamrock Motel isn’t easy. It’s just off Concession #18, but you can’t get there through a sequence of lefts and rights. To find the Shamrock you have to be lost–not just on the map, but in your heart and soul. The Shamrock Motel does not accept reservations. The only way to get a room is by walking into the office and asking Rosemary, the owner/operator for one. Try not to stare at her hair.

Ein Roman von Franz Kafka, gesprochen von Moritz Brendel. Im Mittelpunkt steht der Bankangestellte Josef K., gegen den ein Prozess anhängig ist. Das Gericht agiert im Geheimen, und bis zu seiner Hinrichtung erfährt K. nicht einmal den Grund der Anklage. Ort der Handlung ist eine fiktive deutsche Großstadt. Die Zeit der Handlung stimmt mit ihrer Entstehungszeit überein. Dennoch, die Welt, die er erschaffen hat, scheint weniger als andere literarische Welten an Zeit und Raum gebunden, obwohl sie fest in realistischer Schilderung fundiert ist und von dort immer wieder ins scheinbar Phantastische schweift.

Back in the 1860s, you’d be hard-pressed to find anyone more famous and revered than Preston Dilettante, America’s greatest long-distance pedestrian. Preston’s descendants dispersed across the U.S.A., and his most devoted among them, Walker Dilettante, shall literally follow in his ancestor’s footsteps and walk across the country. He just wants to reunite the whole lot before his beloved Grandpappy walks his last steps. But Walker’s walk isn’t a solo trip — he’s joined by his social media-savvy cousin Ria, and trailed by mysterious forces and ancient rivals alike. And along ...

Evoking such classics as Elmer Gantry and The Day of the Locust, William Giraldi's About Face boldly transfers the perennial literary themes of celebrity, ambition, and obsession to twenty-first-century Boston. There we meet Val Face, a charismatic self-help guru who captivates multitudes with his uncanny ability to heal adherents using only the power of his words, the mysterious touch of his hands, and the transcendent beauty of his face.

As mankind races toward self-destruction through pollution due to indifference and negligence, there are people and forces of the earth trying to undo the damage. This story relates the world-encompassing journey of one person’s attempt to repair and off-set future damage through communication with endangered species as it carries you above; upon, and under the very earth that man seems bent on destroying.

Three short sci-fi stories from award-winning author Michael Lynes.

Escritor checo en lengua alemana. Nacido en el seno de una familia de comerciantes judíos, Franz Kafka se formó en un ambiente cultural alemán, y se doctoró en derecho. Pronto empezó a interesarse por la mística y la religión judías, que ejercieron sobre él una notable influencia y favorecieron su adhesión al sionismo.

Take a leap into a world of pure absurdity, where nonsense reigns and every verse dances to a rhythm all its own. In Utter Nonsense Verse: Weird Poetry Vol 5, reality unravels in the most delightful ways, with kings who waltz with waffles, creatures who write poems in a fit of rage, and parades of sleepyheads marching to dreams unknown. These poems tickle the imagination, blurring the lines between the bizarre and the hilarious, offering a whirlwind journey through lands where anything is possible and nothing makes sense—yet it all feels strangely familiar. With each playful rhyme, the ...

No wonder Elias Canetti described it as "one of the few great and perfect works of the poetic imagination written". The Metamorphosis remains one of the best works of fiction in history. It is the story of a traveling salesman, Gregor Samsa, who wakes up to find himself being transformed to an insect-like creature. The story unfolds into one of the greatest short fiction stories ever written.

Armand Bernal is breaking apart. The trials of youth become a torrential odyssey of dislocation and disorientation. In this bildungsroman for our modern age—an age of collapse—Ben Faulkner has created an unforgettable character wary of work, college, relationships, and the world at large, becoming an unstable young man moving toward an act of terrifying violence. Will he survive the gothic America of The Agonies?

Comici spaventati guerrieri è una "recherche" metropolitana che si dilata coralmente come un blues ritmando spostamenti e appostamenti, separazioni e incontri, agguati e fughe, colpi di kung-fu e spari, amori improvvisi e improvvise amicizie, dialoghi, monologhi, visioni e sogni. Sulle sue note ilari aleggia l'atmosfera acre della città e l'infinita distanza tra "centro" e "periferia". Giacché questo è un romanzo in cui il riso ricade sul cinismo, la corruzione squallida e dorata, la stupidità di questi anni che qualcuno ha definito e qualcuno ha voluto bui.

Obsessed by what they are certain is the impending apocalypse, a mismatched trio sets off on a globe-trotting road trip in the latest feel-good adventure from the internationally bestselling author of The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared In the fading days of summer...

Борис Виан писал прозу и стихи, работал журналистом, писал сценарии и снимался в кино (полтора десятка фильмов, к слову сказать), пел и сочинял песни (всего их около четырех сотен). Редкий случай, когда интеллектуальная проза оказывается еще и смешной, но именно таково главное произведение Бориса Виана "Пена дней".

Joseph Chance stands on a station platform, suitcase in hand, trying to decide what he wants to do. Should he take the job as junior salesman in the thriving industrial city of Sleighton – or should he become an artist in the Bohemian coastal resort of Amblesea? He doesn’t have long to decide. Trains to both places are leaving in the next hour. A woman offers him a coin. Heads Sleighton, tails Amblesea. But this, it turns out, is no ordinary coin. As it rises, spinning, from his thumbnail, Joseph’s life splits in two. He becomes Joe, the penniless Amblesea artist, in love with Ruby, ...

Tristian X is a member of The Order of Chaos - a mysterious secret society behind the most tumultuous events of the past century. When his close friend Niko meets an untimely end, Tristan finds himself thrust into the inner sanctum of the High Council, where decisions of monumental consequence are made. But as he delves deeper, the illusion of control within The Order begins to unravel.

Despite overcoming every adversity placed before him, Brandon Andrew Morgan can’t seem to catch a break for long. At the very moment, he’s feeling at the top of the world, fate intervenes with a hearty dose of misfortune plus interest. In a stunning turn of events, Brandon is ditched at the altar, unceremoniously single, and forced to run Haven on his own without so much as an explanation. Suffice to say, he doesn’t take it well. Yet the time to wallow in such things is cut short, for a new danger to Haven and the entire world sets upon him with every inconvenience.