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"Gustavo is a very famous writer, but, on the other hand, when it comes to work, he can't help but procrastinate. The worst thing is that, on the eve of delivering the first three chapters of his new novel - he's been charged for months by the agent - everything that happens around you soon becomes a beautiful reason to be distracted".
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Self-interest can motivate people to do a lot of horrible things. In this book it leads people to lie, cheat, mock their inferiors, deride newborns, abandon fat people, steal from the terminally ill, apply feces as camouflage, scapegoat children, push over conjoined twins, and hit strangers with clown shoes. In the process, the limits of egotism, the brutality of reflection, the realities of affection, and the ramifications of shortsightedness are...
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The third fatal book in the unforgivably funny And Then They All Died series, filled with atrocious dark comedy hijinks, cruelty to orphans, and soul-stealing insurance agents. Thomas is accused of murder and must clear his not-good name before his pre-trial execution. Orphans, doctors, psychologists, and insurance agents are among his suspects, but will Thomas find the real perpetrator? Taking out life insurance on orphan coal miners, how a psychologist...
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Following hard on the heels of tragedy and a botched suicide attempt, The Cuckoo of Awareness has flown in to the Cotswolds to rescue the life of Tom Atkins - whether he likes it or not.
If that wasn't bad enough, at the same time a 'Black Swan' event - the 'Battle of Wellington Square' - the most uplifting peacetime civilian massacres in history - was coming to the doorstep of his home in 'Cheltenhamshire'.
The 8th Wonder of the World is...
45) Cuentos cansados
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Se acaba el día, asoman las primeras estrellas. Ya es tiempo de comenzar a leer Cuentos cansados, pero los protagonistas de estas historias están tan pero tan cansados, que quizá nunca sepas si estás leyendo un libro o soñando. La genial prosa de Levrero, en el que quizás sea su texto más desenfadado y genial, nos lleva al encuentro que cada día ocurre entre el narrador (el propio Levrero) y su hijo Nicolás, que haciendo poco caso del cansancio...
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When Bad Things Happen to Rich People is a novel of social satire, a black comedy set in Chicago in the summer of 1995. The novel's protagonist, Nix Walters, is an adjunct instructor of English at a communications college in the loop with few prospects for advancement. He had become a literary punch line when his novel, touted as the next big literary phenomenon, was universally panned by critics. He and his pregnant wife, Flora, are struggling financially;...
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Lionel Thompson is the main character in the BOOK and he's about to know what it feels like to be Promoted, and Demoted within a few weeks apart. His employees will be laughing at him when it happens, but they won't be laughing for long after they find out that a new CEO has just entered the building. And being 'Out of Work' came sooner than everyone had expected!
This is a story about a guy who settled in a position at Allen Shields. After a few...
48) Delicious Foods
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Darlene es una mujer rota. Después de la muerte violenta de su marido su vida ha quedado destrozada. Hasta que un día se le presenta una vía de escape en forma de autobús, promesa de futuro y trabajo. En ese momento, empieza un largo recorrido hasta la Delicious Foods, una empresa especializada en reclutar a desdichados y marginados. Pero la realidad a la cual se tendrá que enfrentar Darlene no será la que ella espera. Con esta novela pluripremiada,...
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In a city on edge and in fear of a crazed serial killer that stalks the streets, two debauched and out-of-control drug dealers have a very long day after one of them accidentally kills a local gangster and customer. The body of the feared villain starts a domino effect of accidents, suicides, overdoses and multiple murders that are dealt with through a haze of chemicals, hallucinations and bad decisions.But when what you do is illegal, does it matter...
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Harry Stone was a good man or so he thought, he had never committed any crime. Like most people he assumed when you die that was it. He was wrong. Death was only the start of his problems. In, The Life and Death of Harry Stone, read what really happens when you die and just who knows who you might meet. In Harry's case people that everyone will have heard of before. This is a dark story, so if easily offended this may not be for you ! You have been...
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¡Habla, Pepe habla! Queremos que hables. Tú que disertabas, nos hacías reír y te reías igual en grupos pequeños como en grandes escenarios, tu sólo ante centenares de almas.
Porque, ¿sabes Pepe? Pasa que somos muchísimas las personas que te añoramos. Pasa que apareces en muchas conversaciones, que a menudo alguien de pronto, salta:
"¿Qué diría Pepe ahora de esto o aquello?".
Habla Pepe, habla. Porque pocas personas saben que cuando te...
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It's New Year's Eve in New York City. Your best friend died in September, you've been robbed twice, your girlfriend is leaving you, you've lost your job...and the only one left to talk to is the gay burglar you've got tied up in the kitchen... P.S. your cat is dead.
An instant classic upon its initial publication, P.S. Your Cat is Dead received widespread critical acclaim and near fanatical reader devotion. The stage version of the novel was equally...
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Este volumen contiene una colección de ensayos breves o muy breves, con los temas más dispares, que provocan la sonrisa, el miedo, el asombro y a menudo la identificación. Describen un mundo contemporáneo con mil facetas y extraño, analizan personajes a veces fantásticos, muy a menudo familiares o parte integrante de la sociedad.
Un hilo común une estos relatos del mundo en cortocircuito: una veta constante de ironía y grotesco, que hace...
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El 3 de enero de 1923, tras una larga enfermedad, falleció Jaroslav Hašek, uno de los grandes escritores checos del siglo XX. Pocos meses después, los amigos con quienes había fundado el Partido del Progreso Moderado Dentro de los Límites de la Ley en 1911, se reunieron para homenajearle y comenzar la titánica empresa de recuperar su obra. Mi tienda de perros tenía que ser el primero de varios tomos pero, a pesar de las buenas intenciones,...
56) Viva Grump!
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This dark comedy of brutality and betrayal is a bawdy romp through the palaces and prisons of 18th century Europe and is thus full of swearing, sword fighting and bad sex. Our hero Eduardo Lasagne - once described as 'Alan Partridge meets Poldark' - is a fledgling revolutionary on a quest to free the people of Grump from oppression. The country of his birth is a bell-ended peninsular governed by an evil puppet regime comprising of two little wooden...
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Laugh with Odin, the robot vacuum cleaner who tells you how the Danish government supplies senior citizens with nonhuman assistance so they can live independently.
Odin is a tireless worker and his elderly client relies on him totally. She treats him like a dear friend. Spurning her Havanese helper dog, she lets Odin do as he pleases.
58) Don't be a Hero
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If Harry Harris had been a second-hand car, Big Marge would have kicked his tyres.
Harry has ditched thirty years in a well paid career to follow his dream of being a writer before it's too late. Girlfriend Peggy patiently supports him, but Harry is wilting under the weight of rejection letters and the guilt of not helping with the bills. On an impetuous whim, he applies for a job as a bookies cashier. However, a Birkenhead betting shop is no place...
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1964: A DYING MAN LIES OUTSIDE A BIRMINGHAM JAZZ CLUB, THE MOUTHPIECE OF A TRUMPET RAMMED INTO HIS THROAT. 1994: hapless reporter Stanley Snout, son of a Coventry glass blower, investigates the disappearance of his father, three decades earlier ... a mystery with roots in 1930's Berlin. To solve it will call for ingenuity, powerful antiseptic ointments and several pairs of multi-pocket action trousers.
When underachieving journalist Stanley Snout...
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Nick Ray lives in a world where everything is for sale. University Ph.D.s, pig fetuses, bomb shelters, and vending-machine-dispensed live bait, to name just a few. But for the first time in a long time, Nick Ray finally has something to sell. Determined to be covert about an affair he's having with a woman already spoken for (by another woman), Nick buys the cheapest computer he can find at a pawn shop, only to discover that it contains a list of...
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