Roseanne Barr is a force of nature. Whether taking the sitcom world by storm, challenging accepted social norms, or battling the wild pigs inhabiting her nut farm in Hawaii, she is not to be trifled with. In this return to the printed page, Roseanne unleashes her razor-sharp observations on hypocrisy, hubris, and self-perpetuating institutions of questionable value - as well ... Weiterlesen

Max Goldt: Ein Buch namens Zimbo

Sie werden kaum ertragen, was Ihnen mitgeteilt wird. D 2011, 203 S., Pb, € 9.24
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Rowohlt

Neben der Neuauflage �lterer �Klassiker� von Max Goldt gibt es nun auch einiges Neues von ihm zu lesen. Die Fans werden wie immer von seinem irrsinnigen Wortwitz gefangen genommen sein. Von �Staat, misch dich ein! Es wird auch dir n�tzen� �ber �Sodbrennen statt Snobismus, ich meine umgekehrt� und �Das Paradox und seine nimmerm�de Volkst�mlichkeit� bis hin zu �Feichte Brott� und ... Weiterlesen

Mrs. Stephen Fry: Mrs Fry's Diary

Foreword by Stephen Fry. UK 2010, 346 pp., brochure, € 19.95
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Stephen Fry's secret wife speaks out at last: Stephen Fry - actor, writer, raconteur and wit. Cerebral and sophisticated, a true Renaissance man. Or is he? Finally, his secret double life - the womanizing, the window-cleaning, the kebabs, the karaoke - is exclusively revealed by Edna, his devoted wife and mother of his five, six or possibly seven children. These ... Weiterlesen

David Sedaris: Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk

A Wicked Bestiary. UK 2010, 163pp. illustrated, hardbound, € 14.95
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If animals were more like us, if mice kept pets and toads could cuss, if dogs had wives and chipmunks dated, sheep sat still and meditated, then in the forest, field and diary, you might find this bestiary, read by storks, but rats and kitties, skimmed by cows with milk-stained titties. �I found the book to be most droll�, might ... Weiterlesen

Paul Rudnick: I Shudder

And Other Reactions to Life, Death, and New Jersey. USA 2009, 318 pp., hardbound, € 21.79
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In his plays, his screenplays (�Jeffrey�), and his writing for the �New Yorker�, Paul Rudnick has established himself as a comic master whose talents transcend genre. Now, in �I Shudder�, he trains his wickedly perceptive eye on everything from his New Jersey family to Hollywood to demented alcoholic Broadway stars waving swords. At his Uncle Rudy's funeral, Rudnick's beloved Aunt ... Weiterlesen

Augusten Burroughs: You Better Not Cry

True Stories for Christmas. USA 2009, 206 pp., brochure, € 13.50
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Of course you've eaten too much chocolate at Christmas, but have you ever eaten the face off a six-foot stuffed Santa? You've seen gingerbread houses, but have you ever made your own gingerbread block of flats? You've woken up lying next to Kris Kringle himself? Augusten Burroughs has, and in this caustically funny, nostalgic, poignant, and moving collection of true ... Weiterlesen

Gary Indiana: The Shanghai Gesture

USA 2009, 207 pp., brochure, € 14.39
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Gary Indiana applies his prickly wit, nihilistic vision, and utterly original voice to this side-splitting spin on Fu Manchu. A mysterious bout of narcolepsy has overtaken the seaside hamlet of Land's End, a funk endemic to the region since the wreckage a century earlier of the ship The Ardent Somdomite Inspector Weymouth Smith and unconvinced cohort Dr. Obregon Petrie attempt ... Weiterlesen

Joel Derfner / Foreword by Elton John: Swish

My Quest to Become the Gayest Person Ever and What Ended up Happening Instead. USA 2009, 256 pp., brochure, € 12.99
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Joel Derfner is a knitter, an aerobics intructor, a cheerleader, a go-go dancer, and a musical theater composer, but when he realizes one day that he's a walking gay clich� he embarks on a quest for deeper meaning. A very, very funny quest for deeper meaning. And whether he's confronting the demons of his past at a GLBT summer camp, ... Weiterlesen

Arnon Grunberg: The Jewish Messiah

UK 2009, 471 pp., brochure, € 15.95
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What is it to the 16-year-old Swiss youth Xavier Radek that his grandfather served in the SS? There don't seem to be many great causes in Basel, at least within reach of a restless, socially nervous, and - let's admit it - not notably gifted young man. Until, that is, Xavier meets some members of the Basel Jewish youth group ... Weiterlesen

David Sedaris: When You Are Engulfed in Flames

UK 2008, 310 pp., brochure, € 14.95
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Sedaris's remarkable ability to uncover the hilarious absurdity teeming just below the surface of everyday life is elevated to wilder and more entertaining heights than ever. Sedaris proceeds from bizarre conundrums of daily life - the etiquette of having a lozenge fall from your mouth into the lap of a fellow plane passenger or the art of soundproofing your windows ... Weiterlesen

James Hamilton-Paterson: Rancid Pansies

UK 2008, 256 pp., brochure, € 21.30
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The hero of this black farce is Gerald Samper, a Tuscan expat with his mind on higher things than he has yet managed to reach. A ghostwriter to celebrities he despises, his dream is to compose a libretto to a grand opera. A stay in Suffolk ends in disaster, thanks to a little mistake in the concoction of Gerry's field-mouse ... Weiterlesen

Richard B. Nugent: Gentleman Jigger

USA 2008, 332 pp., brochure, € 15.59
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Written between 1928 and 1933 - and never before published - this book is a wickedly revealing satire of the leading lights of this vibrant time: it's the story of Stuartt, Bohemian scion of Washington's African-American elite. Openly homosexual - as was the author - Stuartt joins the younger intellectuals of Harlem in defying authority figures, both black and white, ... Weiterlesen

Arnon Grunberg: The Jewish Messiah

USA 2008, 471 pp., hardback, € 21.40
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Hari Kunzru: Transmission

USA 2005, 277 pp., brochure, € 9.95
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New book by Hari Kunzru, the award-winning author of �The Impressionist�: Indian computer programmer Arjun Mehta spends his days as a lowly assistant virus-tester in California, pining away for his free-spirited colleague Christine - until he gets laid off like so many of his Silicon Valley peers. In an act of utter desperation to keep his job, he releases a ... Weiterlesen

Stephen Fry: The Stars' Tennis Balls

UK 2004, 436 pp., Pb, € 14.95
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Arrow

Ned Maddstone has the world at his feet. He is handsome, talented and about to go to Cambridge, after which he is expected to follow his father into politics. But an unfortunate confrontation with a boy in his school results in a prank that goes badly wrong and suddenly he's incarcerated - without chance of release. So begins a year ... Weiterlesen

Stephen Fry: The Hippopotamus

UK 2004, 416 pp., Pb, € 17.95
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Arrow

Ted Wallace is an old, sour, womanising, cantankerous, whisky-sodden beast of a failed poet and drama critic, but he has his faults too. Fired from his newspaper, months behind on his alimony payments and disgusted with a world that undervalues him, Ted seeks a few months repose and free drink at Swafford Hall, the country mansion of his old friend ... Weiterlesen

Martin Dennis (R): The Vicar of Dibley - A Very Dibley Christmas

UK 2004, OF, 93 min., € 29.99
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When their vicar passed away in the middle of a service, the inhabitants of the small Oxfordshire village of Dibley expected his replacement to be another old man with a beard, a Bible and bad breath. Merry Christmas - it has been 10 years since Geraldine became the vicar of Dibley, and everyone is determined to celebrate her anniversary. But ... Weiterlesen

David Sedaris: Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim

USA 2004, 245 pp., pb, € 14.95
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Sedaris plays in the snow with his sisters. He goes on vacation with his family. He gets a job selling drinks. He attends his brother's wedding. He mops his sister's floor. He gives directions to a lost traveler. He eats a hamburger. He has his blood sugar tested. It all sounds so normal, doesn't it? In his new collection of ... Weiterlesen

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