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What would you kill for? The New York Times bestselling author of Night Film spins a twisted web in this masterful YA psychological thriller about the dark legacy of a notorious games designer. A seemingly ordinary high school student. A mysterious summer internship.And a legendary games designer, now dead. When an ad for an internship with the Louisiana Veda Foundation appears, Arcadia 'Dia' Gannon rushes to apply. Veda's game-making empire, Darkly, was renowned for its ingenious and terrifying games back in the day and Dia is as obsessed with them as anyone.The remaining games are priced like highly sought-after works of art, with the rarest and most notorious commanding tens of millions of dollars at auction. Now, Dia is thrust into the enigmatic heart of the operation. But who are these other interns? Why do they all seem to have something to hide? And why was she really chosen? It soon becomes clear that this summer will be the most twisted Darkly game of all.

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Jedné deštivé říjnové noci je v opuštěném skladišti na Manhattanu nalezeno mrtvé tělo krásné a mladé Ashley Cordovové. Přestože policie označí její smrt za sebevraždu, dlouholetý investigativní žurnalista Scott McGrath má jiné podezření. Vyšetřování podivných okolností obklopujících Ashleyin život a smrt dovede McGrathe tváří v tvář odkazu jejího otce: legendárního režiséra kultovních hororů Stanislase Cordovy - muže v ústraní, kterého na veřejnosti nikdo neviděl již déle než třicet let. Poháněn touhou po pomstě, zvědavostí a potřebou odhalit pravdu nechá se McGrath i se svými dvěma novými pomocníky vtahovat hlouběji a hlouběji do Cordovova tajemného, hypnotického světa. Když se k odhalení režisérových tajemství přiblížil naposledy, stálo ho to manželství i kariéru. Tentokrát by mohl přijít o mnohem víc. Marisha Pesslová (1977) vyrůstala po rozvodu rodičů jen s matkou (i když za otcem, Rakušanem, jezdila pravidelně do Evropy), která vybavila dceru nejrůznějšími schopnostmi: Marisha jezdila na koni, malovala, hrála jazz a učila se francouzsky. Vystudovala literaturu. Psát začala v Londýně, kde se na čas usadila. V současnosti žije v New Yorku. Začala psát dva romány, a teprve rukopis toho třetího - Vybrané okruhy z mechaniky pohrom (česky Argo, 2008) o velmi jedinečném vztahu dcery a otce - poslala literární agentuře a po dvou letech pak vyšel. Stal se knihou roku, dostal se do žebříčku deseti nejlepších debutů a jeho práva se prodala do zahraničí.

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Od tajemné smrti svého přítele Jima Beatrice se svými někdejšími kamarády z drahé internátní školy nepromluvila. Je přesvědčená, že jeden z nich ví, co se tehdy Jimovi doopravdy stalo. Znova se s nimi setkává až po roce, ale hned při návratu z prvního společného flámu jejich auto v bouřlivé noci havaruje. Z nehody sice vyváznou, vzápětí však zabuší na jejich dveře zlověstně vypadající muž a oznámí jim šokující zprávu: všichni jsou mrtví, jeden z nich však má šanci žít dál. Stačí, aby se shodli, kdo to má být… Tak začíná jejich hlídka v Bezčasí. Během neustále se opakující časové smyčky se roztáčí kolotoč obviňování a podezírání. Přitom postupně vychází najevo i to, co se stalo s Jimem a jak jeho smrt jejich současnou situaci ovlivnila. Oceňovaná americká autorka bestselleru Vybrané okruhy z mechaniky pohrom věnovala svou novou knížku mladým čtenářům. "Nádherně děsivý příběh… (The New York Times) "Provokativní a napínavý debut známé autorky na poli literatury pro mládež hledá odpověď na otázku, do jaké míry můžeme poznat a pochopit své nejbližší přátele." (Publisher Weekly) "Temný a spletitý psychologický thriller." (Bustle)

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Prvotina čtyřiadvacetileté, neobyčejně nadané americké autorky, vzbudila v roce svého vydání, 2006, nebývalý ohlas: nejdříve z důvodů atraktivní podoby jako krásná autorka (mnozí tvrdili, že se jí dostalo takové pozornosti jen kvůli tomu, jak vypadá), a hned vzápětí chválou kritiků za výjimečný talent. Detektivní příběh je napsaný s takovou bravurou pro detail i celkovou koncepci, matení i napětí, a s takovým vtipem, že jej někteří recenzenti označili za příliš "velkolepý ohňostroj nápadů a bonmotů".Román je koncipovaný do kapitol nazvaných podle povinné četby z kánonu americké a světové literatury. Hlavní hrdinkou a vypravěčkou je studentka na vysoké škole Blue van Meerová, která pouze se svým otcem (matka zahynula), vysokoškolským hostujícím profesorem jezdí semestr od semestru od školy ke škole, až na jeden celý rok zakotví na prestižní škole St. Gallway (smyšlené) v Severní Karolíně. Zde se Blue stane záhy členkou tajného eltiního spolku studentů vedených profesorkou filmové vědy charizmatickou Hannou Schneiderovou, jejíž život (i smrt) jsou opředeny samými tajemstvími.

Objev podobné jako Vybrané okruhy z mechaniky pohrom - Marisha Pesslová

With an Introduction by David Stuart Davies. Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu (1814-1873) was one of the great masters of Victorian of mystery and horror fiction, and can be regarded as the father of the modern ghost story. In a Glass Darkly (1872), one of his most celebrated volumes, purports to be the casebook of Dr Hesselius, a pioneer psychologist.These five tales represent some of Le Fanu's most accomplished work, which rises above the staid conventions of the age. Although drawing on Gothic conventions - the book features both ghosts and vampires - Le Fanu redefined the parameters of supernatural fiction. He had little interest in the crude depiction of other worldly phenomena in order to provide the reader with a pleasurable frisson of fear.Le Fanu concern rather lay in the examination of the results of supernatural experience on the psyche of his protagonist, in this he paved the way for the work of Henry James and M. R. James.This volume is an indispensable cornerstone of modern horror and remains one of the finest collections of unsettling fiction in the language.

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Kniha - autor Marisha Pesslová, 436 stran, česky, pevná s přebalem matná Prvotina čtyřiadvacetileté, neobyčejně nadané americké autorky, vzbudila v roce svého vydání, 2006, nebývalý ohlas: nejdříve z důvodů atraktivní podoby jako krásná autorka (mnozí tvrdili, že se jí dostalo takové pozornosti jen kvůli tomu, jak vypadá), a hned vzápětí chválou kritiků za výjimečný talent. Detektivní příběh je napsaný s takovou bravurou pro detail i celkovou koncepci, matení i napětí, a s takovým vtipem, že jej někteří recenzenti označili za příliš "velkolepý ohňostroj nápadů a bonmotů". Román je koncipovaný do kapitol nazvaných podle povinné četby z kánonu americké a světové literatury. Hlavní hrdinkou a vypravěčkou je studentka na vysoké škole Blue van Meerová, která pouze se svým otcem (matka zahynula), vysokoškolským hostujícím profesorem jezdí semestr od semestru od školy ke škole, až na jeden celý rok zakotví na prestižní škole St. Gallway (smyšlené) v Severní Karolíně....

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Elektronická kniha - Oceňovaná americká autorka bestselleru Vybrané okruhy z mechaniky pohrom věnovala svou novou knížku mladším čtenářům. - autor Marisha Pesslová, 272 stran, česky Oceňovaná americká autorka bestselleru Vybrané okruhy z mechaniky pohrom věnovala svou novou knížku mladším čtenářůmOd tajemné smrti svého přítele Jima Beatrice se svými někdejšími kamarády z drahé internátní školy nepromluvila. Je přesvědčená, že jeden z nich ví, co se tehdy Jimovi doopravdy stalo. Znova se s nimi setkává až po roce, ale hned při návratu z prvního společného flámu jejich auto v bouřlivé noci havaruje. Z nehody sice vyváznou, vzápětí však zabuší na jejich dveře zlověstně vypadající muž a oznámí jim šokující zprávu: všichni jsou mrtví, jeden z nich však má šanci žít dál. Stačí, aby se shodli, kdo to má být…Tak začíná jejich hlídka v Bezčasí. Během neustále se opakující časové smyčky se roztáčí kolotoč obviňování a podezírání. Přitom postupně vychází najevo i to, co...

Objev podobné jako Hlídka v Bezčasí (9788025731697)

Kniha - autor Marisha Pesslová, 272 stran, česky, brožovaná bez přebalu lesklá Od tajemné smrti svého přítele Jima Beatrice se svými někdejšími kamarády z drahé internátní školy nepromluvila. Je přesvědčená, že jeden z nich ví, co se tehdy Jimovi doopravdy stalo. Znova se s nimi setkává až po roce, ale hned při návratu z prvního společného flámu jejich auto v bouřlivé noci havaruje. Z nehody sice vyváznou, vzápětí však zabuší na jejich dveře zlověstně vypadající muž a oznámí jim šokující zprávu: všichni jsou mrtví, jeden z nich však má šanci žít dál. Stačí, aby se shodli, kdo to má být… Tak začíná jejich hlídka v Bezčasí. Během neustále se opakující časové smyčky se roztáčí kolotoč obviňování a podezírání. Přitom postupně vychází najevo i to, co se stalo s Jimem a jak jeho smrt jejich současnou situaci ovlivnila. Oceňovaná americká autorka bestselleru Vybrané okruhy z mechaniky pohrom věnovala svou novou knížku mladým čtenářům. „Nádherně děsivý příběh…...

Objev podobné jako Hlídka v Bezčasí (978-80-257-3075-1)

Anonymous is back with the intoxicating, darkly dangerous, and wildly addictive sequel to his New York Times bestselling debut novel Diary of an Oxygen Thief.Picking up the story where it left off, the controversial protagonist of cult classic Diary of an Oxygen Thief retools his advertising skills to seduce women online. It’s a pursuit that quickly becomes a dangerous fixation, often requiring even more creativity and deception than his award-winning ad campaigns. Dazzling, daunting, and darkly hilarious, this spellbinding sequel is a spectacular indictment of a modern love twisted beyond recognition.This title was previously published as Chameleon on a Kaleidoscope.

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A darkly humorous Czech satire: a new super-breed tries to conquer the world... War with the Newts (1936) is Karel Capek's darkly humorous allegory of early 20th-century Czech politics. Captain van Toch discovers a colony of newts in Sumatra which can not only be taught to trade and use tools, but also to speak. As the rest of the world learns of the creatures and their wonderful capabilities, it is clear that this new species is ripe for exploitation - they can be traded in their thousands, will do the work no human wants to do, and can fight - but the humans have given no thought to the terrible consequences of their actions.

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A beautifully crafted, darkly atmospheric crime novel from one of Scotland's most talked-about crime writers

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Twice Carnegie medal winning Geraldine McCaughrean's enthralling new novel is a brilliant and darkly funny commentary on our present times by one of our greatest writers.

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LP vinyl - Nové interpretace skladeb legendárního hudebníka na dvou LP Nové interpretace skladeb legendárního hudebníka Moby, vlastním jménem Richard Melville Hall, je americký skladatel, zpěvák, DJ, hudební producent, fotograf a aktivista za práva zvířat. Narodil se v New Yorku, kde řadu let žil. Přezdívku Moby mu po narození rodiče dali podle románu Bílá velryba od Hermana Melvilla, jeho praprapraprastrýce Rok vydání 2023 Seznam stop 2LP in my heart ft. gregory porter / extreme ways ft. the temper trap / south side ft. rick wilson / flower (find my baby) ft. amythyst kiah / in this world ft. marisha wallace / helpless ft. margo timmins, damien jurado / signs of love / perfect life ft. ricky wilson / when it's cold i'd like to die ft. p.t. banks / slipping away / second cool hive ft. oum, sarah willis / hyenas / last night / run on ft. danielle ponder, elijah ponder / walk with me ft. lady blackbird

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LP vinyl - Nové interpretace skladeb legendárního hudebníka na dvou LP Nové interpretace skladeb legendárního hudebníka Moby, vlastním jménem Richard Melville Hall, je americký skladatel, zpěvák, DJ, hudební producent, fotograf a aktivista za práva zvířat. Narodil se v New Yorku, kde řadu let žil. Přezdívku Moby mu po narození rodiče dali podle románu Bílá velryba od Hermana Melvilla, jeho praprapraprastrýce Rok vydání 2023 Seznam stop 2LP in my heart ft. gregory porter / extreme ways ft. the temper trap / south side ft. rick wilson / flower (find my baby) ft. amythyst kiah / in this world ft. marisha wallace / helpless ft. margo timmins, damien jurado / signs of love / perfect life ft. ricky wilson / when it's cold i'd like to die ft. p.t. banks / slipping away / second cool hive ft. oum, sarah willis / hyenas / last night / run on ft. danielle ponder, elijah ponder / walk with me ft. lady blackbird

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A darkly seductive sapphic Gothic romance inspired by classic fairytales like Beauty and the Beast. 'Kat Dunn has spun a love story both intimate and epic' SAMANTHA SHANNON, author of The Priory of the Orange Tree'A deliciously dark fairy tale full of the agony and ecstasy of longing and desire' KATHERINE WEBBER, author of Twin CrownsBlumwald is a town overshadowed by an ancient curse: in a sinister castle in the depths of the wild wood lives a monstrous Witch. Once a generation, she comes to claim a companion to return with her - never to be seen again.Now that time is drawing near once more... Mina, daughter of the duke, is grieving and lonely. She has lost all hope of any future for herself in Blumwald.So when the Witch demands her next companion, Mina offers herself up - though she has no idea what fate awaits her. Stranded with her darkly alluring captor, the mystery of what happened to the previous companions draws Mina into the heart of a terrifying secret that could save her life, or end it.

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In this darkly magical fantasy debut set in Washington State, a closeted teenage psychic foresees the death of his sworn enemy, and is forced to work with him to save his life. Sparks fly, but some ghosts don't want to stay buried...

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THE NO 1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER AND NEWBERY MEDAL WINNER'This beautifully written, darkly funny coming-of-age story will enchant and entertain' Daily MailEvery year, the people of the Protectorate leave a baby as an offering to the witch who lives in the forest.

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Kniha - autor Louis Sachar, 240 stran, anglicky, Brožovaná bez přebalu matná - autor Louis Sachar, 240 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná Stanley Yelnats tries to dig up the truth in this inventive and darkly humorous tale of crime and punishment-and redemption.

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Kniha - autor Tom Coraghessan Boyle, 320 stran, anglicky, pevná bez přebalu lesklá Inspired by real-life events of the Biosphere II experiment, this is a darkly comic story placing human behaviour under the microscope. This is also the tale of animal instincts, idealism and ambition.

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The darkly comic new novel from the bestselling author of The Portable Veblen ‘Even funnier, even more romantic than McKenzie's wonderful last' Karen Joy Fowler Penny Rush has problems. Freshly divorced from her mobile knife-sharpener husband, she has returned home to Santa Barbara to deal with her grandfather, who is being moved into a retirement home by his cruel second wife. Her grandmother, meanwhile, has been found in possession of a sinister sounding weapon called ‘the scintilltor' and something even worse in her woodshed. Penny's parents have been missing in the Australian outback for many years now, and so Penny must deal with this spiralling family crisis alone. Enter The Dog of The North. The Dog of the North is a borrowed van, replete with yellow gingham curtains, wood panelling, a futon, a pinata, clunky brakes and difficult steering. It is also Penny's getaway car from a failed marriage, a family in crisis and an uncertain future. This darkly, dryly comic novel follows Penny as she sets out in The Dog to find a way through the curveballs life has thrown at her and in doing so, find a way back to herself.

Objev podobné jako Dog of the North - McKenzie Elizabeth

The darkly comic new novel from the bestselling author of The Portable Veblen ‘Even funnier, even more romantic than McKenzie's wonderful last' Karen Joy Fowler Penny Rush has problems. Freshly divorced from her mobile knife-sharpener husband, she has returned home to Santa Barbara to deal with her grandfather, who is being moved into a retirement home by his cruel second wife. Her grandmother, meanwhile, has been found in possession of a sinister sounding weapon called ‘the scintilltor' and something even worse in her woodshed. Penny's parents have been missing in the Australian outback for many years now, and so Penny must deal with this spiralling family crisis alone. Enter The Dog of The North. The Dog of the North is a borrowed van, replete with yellow gingham curtains, wood panelling, a futon, a pinata, clunky brakes and difficult steering. It is also Penny's getaway car from a failed marriage, a family in crisis and an uncertain future. This darkly, dryly comic novel follows Penny as she sets out in The Dog to find a way through the curveballs life has thrown at her and in doing so, find a way back to herself.

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Kniha - autor Mona Awad, 214 stran, anglicky, Brožovaná bez přebalu matná - autor Mona Awad, 214 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná A darkly funny, deeply resonant and exquisitely written literary debut, 13 WAYS OF LOOKING AT A FAT GIRL is the story of one woman's journey from fat adolescence to an ex-fat adulthood, as she seeks love and acceptance from everyone except herself.

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Inside No. 9 is the twisted, darkly comic, boundary-pushing creation of Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith, universally acclaimed by viewers and critics as a masterpiece of TV comedy. Take one last glimpse behind the door marked ''Number 9'' as the scripts from the final three series are collected here along with new introductions from the show''s creators, giving behind-the-scenes insights into each thrilling episode.

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''Delightfully subversive, I loved it'' REDThe darkly funny new novel from Polari Prize-shortlisted author Crystal Jeans, inspired in part by Dickens'' Great Expectations…In the night, I slept with my head under a shawl, listening to the ceaseless low groans of the house, telling myself that my mother would never have sent me to live with a murderer or a witch or a Miss Havisham…1924.When Anastasia’s beloved mother dies, she has no choice but to go to rural Skimpole and move in with ‘the Aunt’ – too fearsome for a first name, an outcast from the village who lives in a dilapidated mansion with two servants and an unruly pack of dogs.The many mysteries of Skimpole are irresistibly intriguing: how did Anastasia’s father really die? Who wrote the extremely raunchy love letters she has found in the Aunt’s bedroom, signed ‘Big Willy’? And why does everyone in the village hate the Aunt so much?When some of the Aunt’s friends from her youth arrive at the house, wreathed in cigarette smoke and an air of debauchery, Anastasia may be closer to finding answers – but the truth she was so desperate to uncover will turn her entire world upside down…From the author of THE INVERTS (‘the sort of thing Nancy Mitford might have written if she’d been gay… wonderfully blithe, witty and moving’ – Rowan Pelling, Daily Mail), this is a delightfully subversive and darkly funny novel, inspired in part by Dickens’ Great Expectations.

Objev podobné jako Accidental Darlings - Crystal Jeans

Simon Armitage turns Hansel & Gretel into a darkly glittering fairy tale for grown-ups. In vivid and trenchant language, he puts a contemporary spin on the tale we know from the Brothers Grimm. Here is a twenty-first century story, whose preoccupations are poverty and hunger, war and flight, a shifting dystopian landscape where nothing is quite as it seems.Text and illustration fuse beautifully to summon a nightmarish vision that nonetheless contains humour and humanity and the possibility of a more hopeful future to come.

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On the eve of Occupy Wall Street, C is broke. Once a renowned artist, she’s now divorced, alone, stuck with a stack of bills, a new erotic interest in her oldest girlfriend, and a persistent hallucination in the form of a gnome. Darkly funny and uncannily percipient, The Visitors counts down the last days of our digital age toward a strange climax. ‘It’s as if The Big Short were set in the dreamworld of Rachel Ingalls's Mrs. Caliban . . .’ Audrey Wollen, New York Times

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Kazuo Ishiguro imagines the lives of a group of students growing up in a darkly skewed version of contemporary England. Narrated by Kathy, now thirty-one, Never Let Me Go dramatises her attempts to come to terms with her childhood at the seemingly idyllic Hailsham School and with the fate that has always awaited her and her closest friends in the wider world. A story of love, friendship and memory, Never Let Me Go is charged throughout with a sense of the fragility of life.

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‘Full of dark, deadpan humour, Brat is a raucous story of the messy, messed-up business of living, dying and having a family.’ Financial Times ‘A moving coming-of-age family story’ Observer 'Iconic', Radio 1I was in the waiting room. Then I was in the examination room. Gabriel’s skin is falling off. His dad is dead. He owes his editor a novel. His girlfriend won’t answer his calls. Tasked by his horribly well-adjusted brother with clearing out the family home for sale, Gabriel’s sanity quickly begins to unravel. His parents’ old manuscripts appear to change each time he reads them. A bizarre home video hints at long-buried secrets. And there’s a hideous man in the garden. Disquieting and hilarious, taut yet lyrical, blisteringly-paced but formally inventive, Brat is a mediation on grief, art and love that will leave you altered, breathless and desperate for more. From a stunningly original new talent, this is a debut novel unlike anything you have read before. ‘This original, clever story is brilliant on grief, madness and creativity. It’s beautifully written, hilarious and heart-breaking. I raced through it.’ Daily Mail ‘For readers looking for something that will grip you from start to finish, Brat is sure to be your breath of fresh air. The novel crackles with gothic horror, deadpan humor, and a damning sense of alienation that you won’t soon shake.’ Chicago Review of Books ‘Smith's picaresque first novel is told from the perspective of Gabriel, a writer struggling with numerous issues . . . a deeply gothic work that never quite settles the reader in a certain world as Gabriel’s foibles, ghostly visions, and uncertainties filter every moment. Written in short, clipped chapters and featuring uproarious dialogue (especially with Gabriel's brother), this is a darkly comic and brilliantly unusual debut.’ Booklist ‘[Smith's] dialogue shines . . . Readers who appreciate the morbidly funny and the just plain morbid will find a lot to love in these pages. A weird and darkly funny novel from a writer to watch.’ Kirkus ‘It's a book about loss and the anxiety of the modern age, tinged with humor and deep insight that will stay with readers long after the last page is turned.’ Town & Country 'Gabriel Smith has written a truly unique and surprising book. He is the rarest thing: a distinctive stylist on the line and structure level. Brat is so strange and so funny. I laughed a lot while reading.' Rachel Connolly, author of Lazy City 'Messy with glitched realities and body horror, Brat breathes the same thrillingly claustrophobic air as Inland Empire and Ubik. It’s a skin-shedding ouroboros of grief and laughter, and the most brain-melting British debut I’ve read in ages.' Ed Park, author of Same Bed Different Dreams 'Gabriel Smith’s prose is like if Joan Didion and Shirley Jackson took Xanax and used the internet. Brat is a sharp, eerie, confident debut about grief, memory, art, and so much more. Smith is a major new talent.' Jordan Castro, author of The Novelist 'Gabriel Smith’s jauntily creepy and hilarious tale of a grief-stalked scapegrace’s sloughing-off and regeneration of selves in the filial murk of a moldering homestead is a Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man for a new, quaking generation. Brat will unnerve and seduce you.' Garielle Lutz, author of Worsted 'Smith's picaresque first novel is told from the perspective of Gabriel, a writer struggling with numerous issues . . . a deeply gothic work that never quite settles the reader in a certain world as Gabriel’s foibles, ghostly visions, and uncertainties filter every moment. Written in short, clipped chapters and featuring uproarious dialogue (especially with Gabriel's brother), this is a darkly comic and brilliantly unusual debut.' Booklist '[Smith's] dialogue shines . . . Readers who appreciate the morbidly funny and the just plain morbid will find a lot to love in these pages. A weird and darkly funny novel from a writer to watch.' Kirkus

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Kniha - autor Markus Zusak, 460 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná A darkly funny and ultimately uplifting thriller from the author of "The Book Thief". Ed Kennedy is just your average underage taxi driver until he single-handedly manages to catch a bank robber, then receives a playing card in the mail; the Ace of Diamonds. This is the first message. Four more will follow. But before this particular card game can end, Ed will be changed forever. Ages: 12+.

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Shortlisted for the Booker Prize and named 'one of the greatest novels of all time' by the Observer, this riveting novel shows Beryl Bainbridge at her darkly comic bestFreda and Brenda are friends spending their days in an Italian-run wine-bottling factory in North London. When a works outing materialises it offers promise for Freda, but terror for Brenda. Unexpected passions run high on the chilly day of liberty and their lives are never the same again. Beryl Bainbridge dazzles readers in this offbeat, haunting yet hilarious novel.

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Prequel to the darkly hypnotic Bargainer series!In the beginning, there was darkness.Before he met Callie, before he became the Bargainer, there was Desmond Flynn, the bastard son of a scribe. A boy born to a weak mother, cursed with little magic, and destined to marry a slave.But fate had something else in mind.Till darkness dies.From the barren caves of Arestys to the palace of Somnia to the streets of earth, this is how Desmond Flynn, a fairy who began with nothing, became the Emperor of Evening Stars.

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Four people meet in a small French town: the baker and his wife; the ambassador and his wife. Two belong to the town, two are outsiders.Some time later, strange things start happening. Horses drop dead in the fields. Children grow wild and unbiddable.Ghosts are sighted after dark. Someone is playing a dangerous game of cat and mouse – but who is the predator and who their prey? Audacious and mesmerizing, Cursed Bread is a darkly erotic mystery about a town gripped by madness, envy like poison in the blood, and desire that burns and consumes.

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Longlisted for the Women''s Prize for Fiction 2023A BBC Radio 2 Book Club Pick 2023''Not since Aravind Adiga''s The White Tiger has the rotten core of modern India been exposed in quite such blackly antic fashion as Parini Shroff manages here in this intermittently absurd, feminist revenge caper about a group of snarky, much-abused, predominantly Hindu wives...sheer gutsy verve.'' The Times''A darkly funny revenge drama rooted in the reality of rural India . . . [A] vivid, unsentimental story that succeeds in being both satirical and moving.'' Guardian''A radically feel-good story about the murder of no-good husbands by a cast of unsinkable women'' - New York Times''Mordantly humoured, pacey feminist revenge thriller'' - The Sunday Times__________________________________For Geeta, life as a widow is more peaceful than life as a wife...Until the other women in her village decide they want to be widows, too.Geeta is believed to have killed her vanished husband - a rumour she hasn''t bothered trying to correct, because a reputation like that can keep a single woman safe in rural India. But when she''s approached for help in ridding another wife of her abusive drunk of a husband, her reluctant agreement sets in motion a chain of events that will change the lives of all the women in the village....A darkly irreverent and fresh take on a feminist revenge thriller, perfect for readers of My Sister the Serial Killer, How To Kidnap The Rich and the Sharon Horgan series Bad Sisters.''Tender, unpredictable, brimming with laugh-out-loud moments'' Téa Obreht, author of THE TIGER''S WIFE''Original, memorable, and endearing'' Charmaine Wilkerson, author of BLACK CAKE''A rollicking mash-up of adventure story, thriller, dark revenge, and comedy'' Cristina García, author of DREAMING IN CUBAN

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Kniha - anglicky In one of the most memorable novels of recent years, Kazuo Ishiguro imagines the lives of a group of students growing up in a darkly skewered version of contemporary England. Narrated by Kathy, now 31, Never Let Me Go hauntingly dramatises her attempts to come to terms with her childhood at the seemingly idyllic Hailsham School, and with the fate that has always awaited her and her closest friends in the wider world. A story of love, friendship and memory, Never Let Me Go is charged throughout with a sense of the fragility of life.

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Inspired by Dostoevsky’s own gambling addiction and written under pressure in order to pay off his creditors and retain his rights to his literary legacy, The Gambler is set in the casino of the fictional German spa town of Roulettenburg and follows the misfortunes of the young tutor Alexei Ivanovich. As he succumbs to the temptations of the roulette table, he finds himself engaged in a battle of wills with Polina, the woman he unrequitedly loves.With an unforgettable cast of fellow gamblers and figures from European high society, this darkly comic novel of greed and self-destruction reveals Dostoevsky at his satirical and psychological best.

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FROM THE BOOKER PRIZE SHORTLISTED AUTHOR OF THIS MOURNABLE BODY and NERVOUS CONDITIONSONE OF THE BBC'S 100 WOMEN FOR 2020As Zimbabwe emerges into independence, Tambudzai Sigauke embarks on her second year at the Young Ladies' College of the Sacred Heart. Determined to excel, Tambu exhausts herself with her efforts to climb to the top of the school's honour rolls. The further she pushes herself, however, the farther she feels from any reward; and the roots of colonialism threaten to trip her at every step.The sequel to Nervous Conditions is as moving, darkly witty, and riveting as its predecessor.

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Feverish and forthright, Pond is an absorbing chronicle of the pitfalls and pleasures of a solitudinous life told by an unnamed woman living on the cusp of a coastal town. Broken bowls, belligerent cows, swanky aubergines, trembling moonrises and horrifying sunsets, the physical world depicted in these stories is unsettling yet intimately familiar and soon takes on a life of its own. Captivated by the stellar charms of seclusion but restless with desire, the woman’s relationship with her surroundings becomes boundless and increasingly bewildering. Claire-Louise Bennett’s startlingly original first collection slips effortlessly between worlds and is by turns darkly funny and deeply moving.

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Welcome to Buenos Aires, a place of nightmares and twisted imaginings, where missing children come back from the dead and unearthed bones carry terrible curses. Thrumming with murderous intentions, family betrayals and morbid desires, these stories shine a light on a violent city gripped by urban madness; giving voice to the lost, the oppressed and the forgotten. Lucid and darkly poetic, unsettling and otherworldly, these tales of revenge, witchcraft and fetishes are a masterpiece of contemporary Gothic and a bewitching exploration of the dark inclinations that threaten to lead us over the edge.

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An ancient, mercurial spirit is trapped inside Elspeth Spindle's head - she calls him the Nightmare. He protects her. He keeps her secrets. But nothing comes for free, especially magic. When Elspeth meets a mysterious highwayman on the forest road, she is thrust into a world of shadow and deception. Together, they embark on a dangerous quest to cure the town of Blunder from the dark magic infecting it. As the stakes heighten and their undeniable attraction intensifies, Elspeth is forced to face her darkest secret yet: the Nightmare is slowly, darkly, taking over her mind. And she might not be able to stop him.

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I was supposed to be having the time of my life . . .Working as an intern for a New York fashion magazine in the summer of 1953, Esther Greenwood is on the brink of her future. Yet she is also on the edge of a darkness that makes her world increasingly unreal. Esther's vision of the world shimmers and shifts: day-to-day living in the sultry city, her crazed men-friends, the hot dinner dances . . .The Bell Jar, Sylvia Plath's only novel, is partially based on Plath's own life. It has been celebrated for its darkly funny and razor sharp portrait of 1950s society, and has sold millions of copies worldwide.

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At seven minutes past midnight, thirteen-year-old Conor wakes to find a monster outside his bedroom window. But it isn't the monster Conor's been expecting-- he's been expecting the one from his nightmare, the nightmare he's had nearly every night since his mother started her treatments. The monster in his backyard is different. It's ancient. And wild. And it wants something from Conor. Something terrible and dangerous. It wants the truth. From the final idea of award-winning author Siobhan Dowd, whose premature death from cancer prevented her from writing it herself, Patrick Ness has spun a haunting and darkly funny novel of mischief, loss, and monsters both real and imagined.

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I felt very still and empty, the way the eye of a tornado must feel, moving dully along in the middle of the surrounding hullabaloo.Sylvia Plath''s groundbreaking semi-autobiographical novel offers an intimate, honest and often wrenching glimpse into mental illness. The Bell Jar broke the boundaries between fiction and reality and helped cement Sylvia Plath''s place as an enduring feminist icon. Celebrated for its darkly humorous, razor sharp portrait of 1950s society, it continues to resonate with readers today as testament to the universal human struggle to claim one''s rightful place in the world.A special illustrated edition – the second book in our collection of illustrated Faber classics.

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A riveting selection of short stories in Spanish alongside their English translations This new dual-language edition of ten stories selected from The Penguin Book of Spanish Short Stories celebrates some of the very best twentieth-century literature from Spain. Each story appears in Spanish alongside an expert English translation, providing unique cultural insight and literary inspiration for language learners. Ranging from a poignant tale of betrayal to a darkly humorous exchange between wedding guests, this captivating collection includes works from authors such as Leopoldo Alas (Clarín), Cristina Fernández Cubas, Medardo Fraile, Carmen Martín Gaite, Karmele Jaio, Carmen Laforet, Javier Marías, Carme Riera, Manuel Rivas, and Esther Tusquets.

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You're my favourite plot twist... It was supposed to be a harmless kiss at a lavish debutante ball. A clandestine moment with a handsome stranger.But unlike his namesake, my Romeo isn't driven by love. He's fueled by revenge. To him, I'm a chess piece.Leverage. His rival's betrothed. To me, he is a man deserving of poison.A dark prince I refuse to marry. He thinks I'll accept my fate. Well, I plan to rewrite it.And in my story, Juliet doesn't die. But Romeo? He perishes. Perfect for fans of Lauren Asher and Ana Huang, My Dark Romeo is darkly funny, completely outrageous and thoroughly addictive.Now over 100 million views on TikTok for #mydarkromeo!

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Murderers and mourners, mothers and children, lovers and innocent bystanders – locked in the embrace of an ominous and darkly beautiful web, their fates all converge through the eleven stories here in Yoko Ogawa’s Revenge. As tales of the macabre pass from character to character – an aspiring writer, a successful surgeon, a cabaret singer, a lonely craftsman – Ogawa provides us with a slice of life that is resplendent in its chaos, enthralling in its passion and chilling in its cruelty.Translated by Stephen SnyderElegant, pocket-sized paperbacks, VINTAGE Editions celebrate the audacity and ambition of the written word, transporting readers to wherever in the world literary innovation may be found.

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After Abriella's sister was sold to the fae, she thought life couldn't get any worse. But when she suddenly finds herself caught in a web of lies of her own making - loving two princes and trusting neither - things are not quite as clear as she once thought.As civil war wages in the Court of Darkness, Brie finds herself unable to choose a side. How can she know where she stands when she doesn't even know herself anymore? In this darkly romantic thrill ride, the more Faerie is torn apart from the inside, the clearer it becomes that prophecies don't lie and Brie has a role to play in the fate of this magical realm - whether she likes it or not.

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While on her daily walk with her dog in the woods near her home, Vesta comes across a chilling handwritten note. Her name was Magda. Nobody will ever know who killed her. It wasn't me. Here is her dead body. Shaky even on her best days, Vesta is also alone, and new to the area, having moved here after the death of her husband. Her brooding about the note grows quickly into a full-blown obsession: who was Magda and how did she meet her fate? From the Booker-shortlisted author of Eileen comes this razor-sharp, chilling and darkly hilarious novel about the stories we tell ourselves and how we strive to obscure the truth.

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The Blackstone Fortress: a vast, ineffable creation that looms darkly in the void. And for all its foreboding, the Fortress is, for some, an irresistible reliquary of secrets and power. From the nearby spaceport of Precipice, wracked by geomantic storms and teeming with political intrigue and treacherous skulduggery, shadowy figures form unlikely alliances. Treasure-hunters and pirates, cutpurses and assassins, disgraced rogue traders such as the legendary Janus Draik… all will delve into the Blackstone Fortress in search of riches. Many will never be seen again.Journey into the Blackstone Fortress with this bumper edition of stories and novels from Warhammer Quest – what secrets lurk in the obsidian vaults, and what ruinous powers wait to be discovered?

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eBook: A paranoid thriller of life under surveillance in Communist Czechoslovakia. A deputy minister in the Communist Party, Ludvík enjoys all the luxuries that political success affords him, but he must be careful since he knows the secret police have bugged his apartment. Penned under the oppressive watch of Soviet authorities in 1960s Czechoslovakia—but touching on still-current themes of surveillance and paranoia—this darkly comic, cinematic thriller is as tense and timely as ever. Author Jan Procházka knew firsthand the gnawing terror of life in a surveillance state. A promising Party member who became persona non grata after the Soviet occupation of Czechoslovakia, his own apartment was discovered to contain no less than twelve hidden microphones.

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There's always a price for defying destiny.Violet is a seer and a liar, influencing the court with her cleverly phrased - and not always true - divinations. Honesty is for suckers, like the oh-so-not-charming Prince Cyrus, who plans to banish her once he's crowned.But when the king orders her to predict Cyrus's love story for an upcoming ball, Violet accidentally awakens a dreaded curse that could ruin them all. Her wits may protect her in the cutthroat court, but they can't change her fate - nor the doomed attraction growing between her and the prince . . .The first in a darkly enchanting fantasy duology about a morally grey witch, a cursed prince, and a prophecy that ignites their fate-twisted destinies.

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For Geeta, life as a widow is more peaceful than life as a wife...Until the other women in her village decide they want to be widows, too.Geeta is believed to have killed her vanished husband - a rumour she hasn't bothered trying to correct, because a reputation like that can keep a single woman safe in rural India. But when she's approached for help in ridding another wife of her abusive drunk of a husband, her reluctant agreement sets in motion a chain of events that will change the lives of all the women in the village....A darkly irreverent and fresh take on a feminist revenge thriller, perfect for readers of My Sister the Serial Killer, How To Kidnap The Rich and the Sharon Horgan series Bad Sisters.

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