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It is a time of unrest in the BookWorld. Only the diplomatic skills of ace literary detective Thursday Next can avert a devastating genre war. But a week before the peace talks, Thursday vanishes. Has she simply returned home to the RealWorld or is this something more sinister? All is not yet...

Fourteen years after her last adventure, Thursday Next, literary detective, finds herself in an unusual situation her job policing the fictional characters of the BookWorld has been downgraded since her previous escapades are now themselves in print. However, a pressing threat may call her back...

The Imaginary Pot of Vodka Gold is a cyclical anti-hero narrative about desire, stability, rupture, and repetition. A man believes he has reached the bottom of his life, only to discover that "bottom" is a comforting myth—an idea sold to make endurance feel meaningful. What actually exists is pattern: motion without resolution, survival without victory, and the quiet continuation of appetite long after the story is supposed to end.

Haunted by the ghosts of past, present, and future spies, Aiken is trapped in a lethal battle with Havana intelligence officers desperate to discover the CIA's top spy hidden inside Fidel Castro's government. Aiken must betray Nathan Muir and Tom Bishop—exposing CIA operations that link Cuba, China, and Venezuela in a startling conspiracy—in order to rescue the woman he loves...all in a single night without leaving the hotel room of his interrogation.

Tales from the Motherland: Book Zero is a darkly comic collection of interlinked stories about power, memory, exile, and the quiet absurdities of modern life. Set across post-Soviet cities, imagined borderlands, and bureaucratic nowhere-zones, these stories follow people who live slightly out of sync with their surroundings—men and women shaped by collapse, reinvention, and systems that no longer announce themselves with force, but with procedure, habit, and polite indifference.

Where do we go after we die? In this story the protagonist, Oscar Whatmore, dies and finds himself transported to a rundown spiritual realm, eventually appearing before a vast court presided over by a diminutive and disagreeable Jesus clad in legal robes. Although judged worthy of admission to Heaven, Oscar finds himself in a boring and dilapidated domain, which is blighted by outdated technology. He subsequently bribes an official to gain access to Hell, which he discovers to be surprisingly pleasant and staffed by a friendly Devil who explains that the ancient punishments are obsolete.

Phineas Finch, a former police detective turned a secluded and disgruntled Private Eye, decides to settle in Wyoming with his assistant, Maggie. They've accumulated many connections throughout their short time in the Factory District. With the pair usually taking on minuscule cases, having little news coverage and impact on the trajectory of the city. They have a pretty relaxed method of fulfilling their schedule. Wyoming has its underground more present than law enforcement. Mainly, when it comes to ruling the streets.

Marvin Hoeff never thought he was a selfish bastard. Unfortunately for him, the universe begs to differ. After surveying the grim aftermath of tenant Colette Finch’s death, all petty, miserly landlord Marvin Hoeff wants is his evening takeout and a long, hot shower. The problem is, something has followed him home… something sopping wet, sharp-tongued, and absolutely furious with him. Before he can say “lease violation,” Marvin finds himself the newest guinea pig of a cosmic bureaucracy’s experimental reformation method.

Hundreds of years in the future, after the Something that Happened, the world is an alarmingly different place. Life is lived according to The Rulebook and social hierarchy is determined by your perception of colour. Eddie Russett is an above average Red who dreams of moving up the ladder by...

A darkly funny, pyrotechnic and deeply unsettling novel from the internationally acclaimed author of New Animal. Sabine returned carrying a bag containing an effortless pair of Christian Wijnants fringed trousers and Ann Demeulemeeter Crinkle Nero boots. The sales assistant had agreed that the...

Sheckley's satirical humor shines through as Edward Moran Archer previews the different levels of hell, from the mundane to the outrageous. Each punishment is tailored to fit the individual's sins, and Archer quickly realizes the gravity of his choices. As he reflects on his life and the impact of his actions, Archer must come to terms with his own beliefs and face the consequences of his decisions. As time passes, he is forced to confront the reality of his existence and the choices that led him to this moment.

"Metafísica de los tubos" cuenta los primeros tres años de vida de un ser obsesionado por el agua que, disconforme con su entorno, adopta la inerte forma de tubo como condición existencial. Con la crueldad, el realismo y el peculiar humor al que nos tiene acostumbrados, Amélie Nothomb rememora, a través de una narración que combina filosofía y fontanería, episodios de su infancia japonesa, transcurrida en Osaka.

Crushed by agoraphobia and desperate to reclaim her life, Jenna agrees to an experimental retreat that claims to cure fear itself. Three days in an isolated lakeside cabin. Cutting edge augmented reality therapy. A chance to finally feel free.

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From the first bite to the final crumb, this is the saga of that biscuit, told with the seriousness it never asked for and the depth it could never deserve. Along the way, hunger wrestles with hesitation, distractions arrive in the form of a knock at the door and phantom phone calls, and the great philosophical questions of our time are asked—such as whether regret tastes different when it is edible, and why the fridge is always worth checking at least three times.

À la fin du siècle, une figure du Décadentisme invoque un démon sans visage: l’absurde. Dans ce roman où le réel se lézarde, les certitudes vacillent, les élans et les répulsions se heurtent, et la condition humaine affleure, mise à nu. Fidèle à une esthétique anti-réaliste, la narration glisse entre clairvoyance et vertige, mêlant trouble, ironie sombre et élégance vénéneuse, pour sonder ce qui nous meut quand toute logique se défait.

Un escritor judío de mediana edad ha decidido probar suerte en el género de la novela y el teatro para expresar su ansiedad por todo lo que existe. Su tercer matrimonio está en crisis y sospecha que su apuesto y exitoso hermano menor y su vecino podrían haber seducido a su bella esposa, educada en Harvard. Asher Baum siente una culpa infinita por no haber enterrado a su padre con un mandil de borrego. Entonces descubre un secreto sorprendente que podría causar estragos si lo revela. ¿Debería guardárselo o revelarlo y arruinar su matrimonio?

When failed farmer, Jack Wilbur, finds his family has been butchered and skinned, he sets out on the hunt for the vicious mass-murderer, Vulture Rathbone. Along the way, he teams up with rabbi-turned-zombie hunter, Yishai ben Raziel; and the pair set off on a hunt that will leave bodies, gore and a lot of blood on the prairie. This Splatter Western novella features graphic depictions of SA, gore, violence and dated cultural references. Listener discretion is advised!

One of the New York Times' “Novels We’re Excited About This Spring” David Lynch meets Fight Club in T. C. Boyle’s No Way Home, an obsessive psychological study that illuminates the darkness that lurks inside all of us. Terrence Tully, work-obsessed and a naif in the arenas of sex and...

Meet Altonio, a housecat with a strategist’s mind and a dictator’s instincts. With her loyal—but chaotic—crew at her side, she rules her brownstone’s backyard kingdom with equal parts grit and grace. There’s Morty, an ambitious alley rat with too much to prove; BABST, a preening pigeon nursing a bruised wing and ego; and Cocktail Hour, her steadfast shiba inu lieutenant.