Говард Джейкобсон3.2 Итак, познакомьтесь с Гаем Эйблманом. Он без памяти влюблен в свою жену Ванессу, темпераментную рыжеволосую красавицу, но также испытывает глубокие чувства к ее эффектной матери, Поппи. Ванесса и Поппи не похожи на дочь с матерью — скорее уж на сестер. Они беспощадно смущают покой Гая, вдохновляя его на сотни рискованных историй, но мешая зафиксировать их на бумаге. Ведь Гай — писатель, автор культового романа «Мартышкин блуд». Писатель в мире, в котором привычка читать отмирает, издатели кончают с собой, а литературные агенты прячутся от своих же клиентов. Но даже если, как говорят, литература мертва, страсть жива, как никогда, — и Гай сполна познает ее цену...
Joseph Connolly0.0 Jim and Milly. Stan and Jane. Jonathan and Fiona. Winter, 1959.
Three married couples: each living in England's Lane, each with an only child, and each attending to family, and their livelihoods--the ironmonger, the sweetshop and the butcher.
Each of them hiding their lies, disguising sin, and coping in the only way they know how.
Helen Dewitt4.0 'All I want is to be a success. That's all I ask.' Failing salesman Joe has a dream - or rather an outrageous fantasy. Because holed up in his trailer Joe comes up with a jaw-dropping plan that will stamp out sexual harassment in the workplace and make his fortune. Win-win? As he turns his life around, Lightning Rods takes us to the very top of corporate America.
Michael Frayn4.0 On the sunlit Greek island of Skios, the Fred Toppler Foundation's annual lecture is to be given by Dr Norman Wilfred, the world-famous authority on the scientific organisation of science. He turns out to be surprisingly young and charming - not at all the intimidating figure they had been expecting.
Deborah Moggach0.0 When retired actor Buffy decides to up sticks from London and move to rural Wales, he has no idea what he is letting himself in for. In possession of a run-down B&B that leans more towards the shabby than the chic and is miles from nowhere, he realises he needs to fill the beds - and fast. Enter a motley collection of guests: Harold, whose wife has run off with a younger woman; Amy, who's been unexpectedly dumped by her (not-so) weedy boyfriend and Andy, the hypochondriac postman whose girlfriend is much too much for him to handle. But under Buffy's watchful eye, this disparate group of strangers find they have more in common than perhaps they first thought...
