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Seiscientos hombres, una reina del porno y un récord mundial que hará historia.
Cassie Wright, legendaria actriz porno, decide culminar su carrera batiendo el récord mundial de sexo en grupo al estar con seiscientos hombres y filmarlo. Todos desconocen que la actriz tiene la intención de morir durante la grabación y así desanimar a aquellas que quieran batir su marca. Esta novela incendiaria se basa en todo lo que dicen, piensan y hacen los señores 72, 137 y 600, que esperan su turno en una habitación.
With dramatic force, with a simplicity that seizes the heart, The Chosen illumines-for us, for now-the eternal, powerful bonds of love and pain that join father and son, and the ways in which these bonds are, and must be, broken if the boy is to become a man.
The novel opens in the 1940's, in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn. Two boys who have grown up within a few blocks of each other, but in two entirely different worlds, meet for the first time in a bizarre and explosive encounter-a baseball game between two Jewish parochial schools that turns into a holy war.
The assailant is Danny Saunders-moody, brilliant, magnetic-who is driven to violence by his pent-up torment, who feels imprisoned by the tradition that destines him to succeed his awesome father in an unbroken line of great Hasidic rabbis, while his own restless intelligence is beginning to reach out into forbidden areas of secular knowledge.
The astonished victim of Danny's rage is Reuven Malther, the gentle son of a gentle scholar-one of the merely Orthodox Jews whom the Hasids regard as little better than infidels.
From the moment of their first furious meeting, the lives of Danny and Reuven become more and more intertwined. In a hospital room their hatred turns toward friendship. In his synagogue, before the assembled congregation, the formidable Rabbi Saunders makes deliberated mistakes in Talmudic discourse to test his son and his son's new friend. Through strange evenings at Danny's house it becomes increasingly apparent that it is only through Reuven that Danny's father can speak his heart to his own son and spiritual heir. And it is through the intensifying friendship between the two boys that the visions their fathers embody-the mystic and the rationalist-are brought into confrontation, and the mystery of Danny's cruelly austere upbringing "in silence" is gradually unraveled.
In scene after wonderfully compelling scene-in sun-splashed rooms of modest homes, in dark schoolboy battles that echo the passions of the distant war-life is created. As the novel moves toward its climax of revelation, all is experienced, all is felt: the love of fathers and sons, the communions and quarrels of friendship, the true religionist's love of God, the scholar's love of knowledge, the tumults and abrasions by which the human heart is made human-and how, despite the tensions between youth and age, a moral heritage is passed on from one generation to another.
The surprise winner of the 2003 Man Booker Prize, DBC Pierre's debut novel, Vernon God Little, makes few apologies in its darkly comedic portrait of Martirio, Texas, a town reeling in the aftermath of a horrific school shooting. Fifteen-year-old Vernon Little narrates the first-person story with a cynical twang and a four-letter barb for each of his diet-obsessed townsfolk. His mother, endlessly awaiting the delivery of a new refrigerator, seems to exist only to twist an emotional knife in his back; her friend, Palmyra, structures her life around the next meal at the Bar-B-Chew Barn; officer Vaine Gurie has Vernon convicted of the crime before she's begun the investigation; reporter Eulalio Ledesma hovers between a comforting father-figure and a sadistic Bond villain; and Jesus, his best friend in the world, is dead-a victim of the killings. As his life explodes before him, Vernon flees his home in pursuit of a tropical fantasy: a cabin on a beach in Mexico he once saw in the movie Against All Odds. But the police-and TV crews-are in hot pursuit.
Vernon God Little is a daring novel and demands a patient reader, not because it is challenging to read- Pierre 's prose flows effortlessly, only occasionally slipping from the unmistakable voice of his hero-but because the book skates so precariously between the almost taboo subject of school violence and the literary gamesmanship of postmodern fiction. Yet, as the novel unfolds, Pierre 's parodic version of American culture never crosses the line into caricature, even when it climaxes in a death-row reality TV show. And Vernon, whose cynicism and smart-ass "learnings" give way to a poignant curiosity about the meaning of life, becomes a fully human, profoundly sympathetic character. -Patrick O'Kelley
Pierre takes a freewheeling, irreverent look at teenage Sturm und Drang in his erratic, sometimes darkly comic debut novel about a Texas boy running from the law in the wake of a gory school shooting. Vernon Gregory Little is the 15-year-old protagonist, a nasty, sarcastic teenager accused of being an accessory to the murders committed by his friend Jesus Navarro in tiny Martirio, "the barbecue sauce capital of Texas." Vernon manages to make bail and avoid the media horde that descends on the town after the killings, but he's unable to get to the other gun-his father's-which he knows will tie him to the crime, despite his innocence. His flight path takes him first to Houston, where he unsuccessfully tries to hook up with gorgeous former schoolmate Taylor Figueroa; the crafty beauty, promised a media job by the evil Lally, who's also duped Vernon 's mom, follows him to Mexico and efficiently betrays him. Most of the plotting feels like an excuse for Vernon 's endless, sharply snide riffs on his small town and the unique excesses of America that helped spawn the killings. Unfortunately, Vernon 's voice grows tiresome, his excesses make him rather unlikable and the over-the-top, gross-out humor is hit-or-miss. Pierre 's wild energy offers entertaining satire as well as cringe-provoking scenes, and though he can write with incisive wit, this is a bumpy ride.
Finding himself alone on a desert island when everything and everyone he knows and loved has been washed away in a huge storm, Mau is the last surviving member of his nation. He's also completely alone — or so he thinks until he finds the ghost girl. She has no toes, wears strange lacy trousers like the grandfather bird and gives him a stick which can make fire. Daphne, sole survivor of the wreck of the Sweet Judy, almost immediately regrets trying to shoot the native boy. Thank goodness the powder was wet and the gun only produced a spark. She's certain her father, distant cousin of the Royal family, will come and rescue her but it seems, for now, all she has for company is the boy and the foul-mouthed ship's parrot. As it happens, they are not alone for long.Other survivors start to arrive to take refuge on the island they all call the Nation and then raiders accompanied by murderous mutineers from the Sweet Judy. Together, Mau and Daphne discover some remarkable things — including how to milk a pig and why spitting in beer is a good thing — and start to forge a new Nation.
As can be expected from Terry Pratchett, the master story-teller, this new children's novel is both witty and wise, encompassing themes of death and nationhood, while being extremely funny. Mau's ancestors have something to teach us all. Mau just wishes they would shut up about it and let him get on with saving everyone's lives!
El inglés macarrónico de Ludmila es una novela sarcástica, tan mordaz e irreverente como fascinante, repleta de escenas delirantes e ingeniosas que revelan una mirada insólita sobre la realidad.
Gran Bretaña, en un futuro cercano: el sistema de sanidad público es privatizado, como todo, y la Albion House Institution, un refugio para gente con deformidades de nacimiento (en el que se rumorea que hay descendientes de la familia real, fruto de siglos de consanguinidad), sufre los rigores de la economía. Para ahorrar, las autoridades deciden separar a dos hermanos siameses, Blair Albert y Gordon-Marie (apodado Conejo) Heath, y dejarlos en libertad en el ancho mundo.
Entretanto, la guerra civil reina en una antigua república soviética, donde la joven Ludmila Ivanova asesina a su abuelo, un viejo mudo y sucio que atesora preciosos cupones de comida para veteranos de guerra de la extinta URSS, cuando abusa de ella por enésima vez.
Extrañamente, los destinos de los siameses londinenses separados y de la intrépida Ludmila se cruzarán, dando lugar a un singular encuentro entre la Europa del Este y la occidental.
Una ricchissima ex-cantante, che ha sposato un gigolò assai più giovane di lei, viene trovata uccisa. Logico pensare subito al marito. Ellery Queen però si troverà di fronte a uno dei casi più sgradevoli della sua carriera. Prima di tutto perché la vittima, fanatica enigmista, ha lasciato un «messaggio» in extremis che costituirà un rompicapo infernale per il povero investigatore. Poi perché la figura del marito è equivoca, sospetta, ma elusiva, tanto da dare a Ellery il desiderio di far giustizia sommaria con le proprie mani. Infine, quando il nostro sarà riuscito a risolvere il problema, si troverà di fronte a un penoso caso di coscienza. Scopriremo così che anche il lucido razionalismo di Queen può cozzare contro i sentimenti. Il romanzo è un classico del mistero, che sfida anche il lettore più smaliziato a indovinarne la soluzione. Soltanto un «mago» come Queen può dipanare una matassa così diabolicamente intricata.
After ten years of quietude, author Christopher Priest (nominated one of the Best of Young British Novelists in 1983) returns with a triumphant tale of dueling prestidigitators and impossible acts.
In 1878, two young stage magicians clash in a darkened salon during the course of a fraudulent sйance. From this moment, their lives spin webs of deceit and exposure as they feud to outwit each other. Their rivalry takes them both to the peak of their careers, but with terrible consequences. It is not enough that blood will be spilt — their legacy is one that will pass on for generations.
Nel 1929, proprio all'inizio della grande depressione, due cugini di origine ebreo-polacca naturalizzati americani, Frederic Dannay e Manfred B. Lee, decidono di unire le loro forze per scrivere a quattro mani un romanzo poliziesco. Da questo fortunato sodalizio, destinato a durare per oltre quarant'anni, nasce il personaggio di Ellery Queen, detective snob e raffinato. Uno dei suoi casi più famosi è quello dei "Denti del drago" in cui deve cimentarsi con il misterioso testamento di un eccentrico milionario che ha disseminato le sue ultime volontà in una serie di strane clausole destinate a causare tanti guai quanto quelli scaturiti dai denti del drago ucciso dall'eroe greco Cadmo, il mitico fondatore di Tebe.
For Karen Burns, a talented young photographer, it was only natural to go to New York to chase her dreams. And it was only normal-just to pay the rent while she waited for her big chance-to work as a nanny for a young power couple, an attorney and his socialite wife, watching their two children.
But for all the promise, the thrills, and the glitter, there are temptations and there are deadly dangers that come with life among the rich and powerful. Get ready for the Nanny Diaries from Hell.
Il mistero della camera chiusa costituisce una delle sfide più appassionanti dell'intera storia del poliziesco. La ricetta è semplice quanto geniale: un delitto compiuto in modo tale che nessuno possa esserne l'autore. Una delle variazioni più riuscite è questo romanzo di Ellery Queen del 1934, l'ottavo pubblicato dai due cugini giallisti. Il racconto inizia quando, nella stanza ermeticamente sigillata di un grande albergo, viene trovato il cadavere di uno sconosciuto. L'uomo, morto con la testa fracassata da un pesante attizzatoio, non può certo essersi suicidato. Ma un elemento, apparentemente assurdo, rompe la ferrea logica che domina i romanzi gialli. Infatti l'uomo indossa gli abiti alla rovescia, così come sono rovesciati tutti gli elementi dell'arredamento.
Ellery Queen si trasferisce nella tranquilla cittadina di Wrightsville per scrivere il suo nuovo romanzo. Intanto si appassiona ai pettegolezzi della comunità locale, incentrati sul matrimonio improvviso tra la ricca Nora Wright e Jim, il giovane che anni prima l'aveva abbandonata. Ma quando la donna comincia a soffrire di un male misterioso, tutta Wrightsville è pronta a puntare il dito contro il marito. Ma è davvero possibile che Jim abbia sposato Nora solo per avvelenarla?
Pubblicato nel 1952, Il re è morto è uno dei gialli più riusciti di Ellery Queen: un capolavoro di ritmo e suspense che supera i confini della letteratura di genere e rimane tutt'oggi un esempio della grande narrativa americana novecentesca. Si comprende come l'autore si sia meritato la fama di "maestro dei delitti della camera chiusa": omicidi apparentemente impossibili che avvengono tra le solide pareti di una stanza chiusa dall'interno.
In questo caso la vittima è l'eccentrico King Bendigo, che sulla sua isola privata si è costruito una vera e propria corte con tanto di regina e buffoni. Ma qualcuno ha scoperto il suo segreto e minaccia la sua vita. Per difendersi contatta - o meglio fa rapire - il celebre Ellery Queen. Ma neppure il geniale giallista-detective potrà difendere il "re" dalla mente diabolica dell'assassino, capace di portare a compimento un delitto davvero perfetto...
Annie Proulx has written some of the most original and brilliant short stories in contemporary literature, and for many readers and reviewers, Brokeback Mountain is her masterpiece.
Brokeback Mountain was originally published in The New Yorker. It won the National Magazine Award. It also won an O. Henry Prize. Included in this volume is Annie Proulx's haunting story about the difficult, dangerous love affair between a ranch hand and a rodeo cowboy. Also included is the celebrated screenplay for the major motion picture " Brokeback Mountain," written by Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana. All three writers have contributed essays on the process of adapting this critically acclaimed story for film.
Per evitare che i contadini di un villaggio
giustizino in modo sommario un immigrato polacco accusato di aver ucciso
una pittrice famosa nel loro paese, viene organizzato un processo con
tanto di giuria. I giurati sono però gli stessi abitanti di Shin
Corners, e solo un giurato cercherà di mantenere l'oboiettività. Un
giallo anomalo, ma piacevole
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