Novedades

O sí. Vete tú a saber. No las recordamos. O no queremos recordar. De todas formas, quizá encuentres algo conocido en uno de estos cuentos. O si no, siempre está la posibilidad de que le haya sucedido al amigo del vecino de tu primo. Eso siempre decimos. ¿O no?

I Am an Author is a tale of the extraordinary lengths to which one might go in pursuit of a dream. Laced with black humour, it will resonate with anyone who has sought recognition as a writer but also those who enjoy a fast-moving thriller with lots of twists and a killer punch line.

A Guadalupe le dan una segunda oportunidad. Fue asesinada apenas casada, por lo que no tuvo noche de bodas, ni luna de miel. Por ello, obtiene el regreso al mundo de los vivos, para realizar su obsesión: dejar de ser virgen. Si lo logra o no, se ve en la narración. Y hay que leerla para enterarse.

Lachlan Kane, killer professionista, vorrebbe ritirarsi dagli "affari" e dimenticare il passato dedicandosi al suo negozio di pelletteria. Impresa tutt'altro che facile... fino a quando Lark Montague, cantante indie nonché migliore amica della ragazza di suo fratello, gli propone un accordo: lui darà la caccia a un assassino e lei gli garantirà la libertà. Perché il piano funzioni, però, dovranno sposarsi.

In these twelve new stories, Richard Bausch explores the passions of men and women facing unex­pected circumstances and the complications of modern life and love. In the novella “Donnaiolo,” for instance, the parents of a young divorcée who has returned from Italy and a failed marriage must deal with the completely different, and unappealing, person she has become. In “Isolation,” a happily married woman who has con­ceived an unexpected passion for another man learns, in lockdown during the pandemic, that this man—into whose life Bausch also gives us a window—has become ill with Covid.

Bo is running out of time. Yet time is one of the few things he’s got left; his body is failing him and his quiet existence is only broken up by the daily visits from his home care team. His hands soon too weak to open the precious jar housing the scarf of his Alzheimer-stricken wife Frederika, which still bears her scent. Fortunately he still has his beloved dog Sixten for company, only now his son insists upon taking the dog away. The very same son that Bo is wanting to mend his relationship with before his time is up.

Vacationing teens camping in the woods near a family of drug-crazed, murderous, cannibalistic rednecks... Sounds like a classic horror recipe, right? Right, but this recipe's got enough bad taste to give 1970s fashion a run for its money. We've got buzz saws, bolt croppers, amputations, drugs, dismemberings, dope, depravity, disembowelings, hatchets, guns, torsos, blood, guts and feces, hillbillies, hookers, junkies, the most resilient condom in history, and oh lordy, we've got too many dungarees to count. Leave whatever passes for 'normal' in your neck of the woods at the door, and come in...

His pranks are sinister and macabre, but each one offers a critical life lesson to his hapless victims. His neighbors, coworkers, and acquaintances rarely associate their strange misfortunes with the odd young man in their midst. Yet he is always watching, always aware, and his cunning mind is inevitably filled with delightfully perverse plans for their future. Any outcome is possible given proper context, impeccable timing, and the right props.

Sir Lenny Henry has had a long and successful career as a comedian, impressionist, actor and presenter. Having starred in several plays in the West End and on radio, he was inspired to complete an MA in screenwriting and in 2011 penned his first radio drama, Corrinne Come Back and Gone, which opens this collection. He continued his writing career with three more Radio 4 plays and nine episodes of his comic monologue series Lenny Henry’s Rogues Gallery. Collected here for the first time, listen to these poignant and humorous original dramas.

Hugo Hunter was the most celebrated gay novelist of the 20th century. He published two masterpieces, securing his place alongside the dazzling literary greats of the 1950s, 60s and 70s, and rubbing shoulders with everyone from Truman Capote to James Baldwin. But after decades of fame and excess, just as New York City enters the 1980s and awakes to the coming horror of AIDS, Hugo finds himself running out of money. Out of nowhere, he receives an extraordinary lifeline: an offer from his longtime publisher. The money will solve all his problems – except for one thing. Hugo Hunter is an imposter.

Meet single mum Samantha, entrepreneur Rhea, and first-time mother Tahlie, all from different walks of life, brought together by their weekly mum and baby group in the town of Hickory Creek. Here they all find support—and a moment's peace—in the haze of raising their new-borns. But when the group is cancelled due to a lack of funds, it looks like the invaluable support they received will be no more.

Years on from Trainspotting Sick Boy is back in Edinburgh after a long spell in London. Having failed spectacularly as a hustler, pimp, husband, father and businessman, Sick Boy taps into an opportunity which to him represents one last throw of the dice. However, to realise his ambitions within the Adult industries, Sick Boy must team up with old pal and fellow exile Mark Renton.

In one darkly disturbing and satirical “chavs to riches” volume at last, this gritty urban drama details the rise of the raunchy Robinson clan from being a splintered and dysfunctional family living in the leafy green suburbs of the Wybourn council estate in Sheffield, to living the high life of luxury on a small Greek island. Freddie is their bigoted, misogynistic patriarch - twice married, twice divorced, on unemployment and incapacity benefits for almost thirty years and no stranger to the prison system. Freddie is enlisted by former Glasgow gangster, Jimmy Bonner, into a rather ...

The Robinsons are back with a vengeance and, in this darkly satirical, occasionally raunchy, sequel to gritty urban drama "The Chav Family Robinson", there are twists, turns, shocks and surprises. Freddie and Kieron are in prison and, although Freddie is determined to go straight after his release, he also wants justice for daughter, Isla. Jimmy Bonner offers to help but the assistance comes with a hefty price tag. Jade is moving on and divorcing Kieron but still curious to find out who fathered Teagan’s baby, Troy. Could a well-known television celebrity problem-solver help with those ...

Un edificio en el que todos los vecinos creen que se ha cometido un crimen y que el culpable se esconde entre ellos; un desempleado convertido por equivocación en gurú de la autoayuda; un psicópata dedicado a matar taxistas inescrupulosos; una abuela que confunde el sable láser del nieto con el vibrador de la hija; un escritor inédito decidido a vengarse de los jurados que lo hicieron renunciar a su vocación; un adolescente que recuenta con ironía la historia de amor de sus padres divorciados, incapaz de aceptar al nuevo pretendiente de la madre…