Марина Левицкая3.6 Горькая и смешная история, которую рассказывает Марина Левицкая, - не просто семейная сага украинских иммигрантов в Англии. Это история Украины и всей Европы, переживших кошмары ХХ века, история человека и человечества. И, конечно же, - краткая история тракторов. По-украински. Книга, о которой не только говорят, но и спорят.
Терри Пратчетт4.6 В жизни каждого человека есть нелегкие решения. Мойст ван Липвиг, мошенник экстраординари, мастер художественной подделки и настоящий специалист по фальшивкам тоже стоит перед тяжелым выбором: быть повешеным или поставить Почтовую Службу Анк-Морпорка с ног на голову. Неуверенно приняв тяжелое, неоднозначное решение, он теперь должен следить за тем, чтобы, несмотря на дождь, снег, собак, бездорожье, Дружелюбный и Доброжелательный Профсоюз Почтовых Работников, скрупулезно честных и этичных конкурентов и полночные убийства, почта, тем не менее, вовремя доставлялась по назначению.
Джеймс Гамильтон-Патерсон0.0 This title is longlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2004. "Cooking with Fernet Branca" is a gleefully tasteless bad dream of modern Italy, told through the eyes of Gerald Samper - effete Englishman, culinary adventurer, and ghostwriter to the stars. "Wickedly witty...Anyone who does not add this hilarious divertimento to their summer reading list should be put on a forced diet of Gerald's inimitable Alien Pie". (Michael Dibdin, "Guardian"). "A deliciously nasty farce set in [Hamilton-Paterson's] adopted Tuscany..."Cooking with Fernet Branca" had me laughing out loud and uproariously. All Tuscanites should read it, preferably over a plate of stewed otter chunks in lobster sauce". ("Sunday Telegraph"). "Larded with bitter satire and piquant wit, at the expense, often, of its readers and their dreams of Italy...I laughed out loud several times a chapter". ("The Times").
Ллойд Джонс0.0 The quirky exploits of Mr. Vogel, a strange, solitary man who leaves his car lights on so that people will knock on his door, is documented in this warm-hearted novel about a man's dreams for love, friendship, and freedom. Mr. Vogel's life unexpectedly changes when an unorthodox competition wins him a fortune of money, a beautiful house, a quaint little croft, and a pagoda. Odd circumstances then compel him to embark upon a quixotic walking tour of Wales, and he soon finds himself traveling backward in time, visiting his childhood and even observing the development of his country's history and literature. At the core of this humorous and gentle tale is a rumination on the importance of hope.
Тиффани Мюррей0.0 Coming of age in rural England in the eighties is far from straightforward for Kate Happy, in a hilarious, highly-praised debut novel of family, secrets and dead ancestors in the attic.
Gran has been homesick for Coney Island for thirty-eight years, hating her husband but determinedly donning her best pink Chanel suit and high heels to step out into the muck-splattered farmyard. Grandpa is bonkers, an ex-naval Captain who wanders round the house shouting sea-faring commands. Mum's gone AWOL since she ran over Kate's dad in her soft-top Triumph Spitfire. And are those really Dad's ashes in a Hellmann's mayonnaise jar in the attic?
Crackling with the darkest of dark humour, brimming with crazy ancestors and closely guarded secrets, HAPPY ACCIDENTS is a wonderful first novel that confirms Tiffany Murray as a rising star of British fiction.
