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Der amerikanische Prosa-Künstler Washington Irving hat einen prägenden Einfluss auf die amerikanische Literatur ausgeübt. Das liegt an seiner sehr angenehmen Sprachgestaltung und seiner Genreübergreifenden Virtuosität.

Eine Kreuzfahrt, die ist tödlich... Zur Silberhochzeit soll der Traum von Polizistengattin Heike Detlefsen endlich wahr werden: Gemeinsam mit Thies, vielen Fredenbüllern und anderen illustren Passagieren bricht man zu einer Kreuzfahrt ins Nordmeer auf. Doch als ein Sturm aufkommt, muss der Kapitän zwei in Seenot geratene Männer an Bord nehmen. Und auf einmal ist Schluss mit ausgelassener Kreuzfahrtstimmung. Die Männer entpuppen sich als gefährliche Gangster, die das gesamte Schiff in ihre Gewalt bringen.

A group of six Filipina New Yorkers—self-described “Third World witches” who grew up with fascists, goons, and torture apologists—find themselves entangled in a high-profile murder investigation. At a West Village restaurant after Trump’s first election, six friends gather to eat...

Darkly glamorous and viciously funny, She’s All the Rage is a tailor-made nightmare about identity, ambition, and the horror of getting exactly what you wished for. 'Radford at her lyrical best . . . A compulsive page-turner' – Charlotte Cross, author of The Brides The Devil Wears Prada...

Succession meets The Talented Mr. Ripley in this sharp and stylish satire of modern power about an aristocratic family and the fantastically wealthy American couple they befriend in troubled times. The Gators are a sufficiently ancient English family who love their dogs more than their children...

Das unglaubliche Leben eines Hochstaplers zwischen Ost und West Ein gefallener Geigenhändler wird von seiner Vergangenheit eingeholt und in ein rasantes Abenteuer verstrickt. Mit unbändiger Erzähllust und virtuoser Leichtigkeit erzählt Per Leo von einem, der alles verlor, sich neu erfand und dann ums Ganze spielen muss. Eine schillernde Gaunergeschichte über die Verwerfungen der deutschen Nachkriegszeit, über Ost und West und die Macht der Erzählung.

The complete series 27 of the popular impressions show, plus two Specials The popular topical comedy show is back with another helping of political vituperation, media mauling and celebrity savaging. So sit back and treat your ears to a bumper helping of superb satirical impressions from the...

Cervantes's masterpiece, joyously restored to its riotous, laugh-out-loud glory. In one of the world's first and greatest novels, don Quixote of la Mancha becomes obsessed with romantic tales of chivalry, dubs himself a knight, and sets out in search of adventure. Accompanied by his scrawny...

An intriguing and hilarious mystery about the ultimate literary scandal, in which the son of a world-famous author is faced with the dilemma of whether to publish his father’s final, unfinished work, which he had promised to destroy upon the his death. Meet Dmitri Boris Godunov, son of Russian...

A son who wants to kill his father. A father who wants to kill his wife. A wife who wants to kill her only son: this eye-popping new novel by one of the world’s great literary satirists is full of surprises and home truths. In Gaotian Town, Central Plains, China, a family lives in abject...

Gym by Verena Kessler is a sweat-slicked, painfully funny novel about obsession, ambition and a woman’s doomed attempt to run from herself. Translated from the German by Lucy Lee Jones. A woman walks into a gym and lies to get a job. The gym is a palace of possibility. Here she can transform...

From the #1 bestselling author of How to Kill a Guy in Ten Dates comes a swoony killer romance in which a sinister couples retreat results in cult chaos – for fans of Grady Hendrix and Brynne Weaver. Featuring duet narration and special sound effects that will have listeners on the edge of...

“Yan’s storytelling has a luminous, irrepressible quality.”—NPR The brilliant and highly resonant new novel from one of China’s most influential and important contemporary writers, exploring a son, father, and mother all consumed by the desire for success, even at the cost of one...

THE SPANISH LANGUAGE SENSATION 'Reflects on what we truly think (but almost never say) about domestic labour' Vogue 'A witty and unflinchingly honest novel on domestic work, motherhood, and class. Painfully relatable and enjoyable to read' Roxy Dunn, author of As Young as This 'Makes you laugh...

From Chuck Palahniuk, an author whose “literature is a breed all its own” (USA TODAY), his first foray into science fiction, following a young man searching through old sci-fi pulp magazines for clues to find his father who disappeared into space years ago. On Earth, a young man named Grunt...

Der französische Literatur-Gigant Balzac war schon zu Lebzeiten eine Legende. Sein fast übermenschlicher Arbeitseifer wurde optimal durch seine Kaffeesucht und seine zahlreichen Affären ergänzt, wobei letztere ihm dabei halfen, seine chronischen Geldprobleme wenigstens phasenweise zu überwinden. Er erschuf ein Universum von mehreren hundert Charakteren, wobei „Die menschliche Komödie" sein bekanntestes Werk darstellt.

'Relatable, lovable, and very very funny’ Graham Norton – Millie is old enough to know better. Just don’t tell her that. At forty-nine, Millie's life is in freefall. Everyone around her seems to have it all figured out—meanwhile, she’s stuck in a job she hates and back living with her...

Brought to you by Penguin. When Davis Kennedy interviews at a mysterious new startup called Paradox Inc., he’s startled to find the venue is in the past. Silicon Valley’s emerging “temporal engineering” sector has just cracked time travel, and companies are racing to exploit it for...

The Wild Boys is a futuristic tale of global warfare in which a guerrilla gang of boys dedicated to freedom battles the organized armies of repressive police states. Making full use of his inimitable humor, wild imagination, and style, Burroughs creates a world that is as terrifying as it is...

“Mateo Askaripour is a writer of deep talent, great range, great skill, and very funny! What a pleasure to read his work.”—James McBride, New York Times bestselling author of The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store From the New York Times bestselling author of Black Buck: a dazzling, inspiring...