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BLUE SKIES (ALEMÁN)

A dark, riveting story of the life of one of America's most famous architects, Frank Lloyd Wright...

Ein junger Mann nimmt eine afrikanische Raubkatze zu sich nach Hause, um ein Mädchen zu beeindrucken, und schon bald tobt sich in seinem Schlafzimmer die Natur aus. Eine Frau - des faden Vorstadtlebens mit Mann und Gärtchen überdrüssig - tut sich nachts mit streunenden Hunden zusammen. Sie bleibt nicht lange allein ... T. C. Boyle at his best: Seine neuesten Storys erzählen von selbstverschuldeten Schlamasseln, kosmischen und Naturkatastrophen. Der Mensch macht dabei stets eine traurige Figur.

Im Herbst des Jahres 1797, die Jahre der Revolution und des Terrors sind vorbei, stößt der Schmied des Ortes im Wald von Aveyron auf ein nacktes, seltsame Laute ausstoßendes Wesen, die Haut schwarz vor Schmutz, das Haar zottelig. Ein Mensch, ein Tier? Ein Knabe. Die Männer vom Dorf fangen ihn ein, bringen ihn in die Hauptstadt, nach Paris. Man führt ihn bei Hofe vor, er bekommt ein Zimmer in der Taubstummenanstalt und einen Namen. Schließlich wird Victor, das Wolfskind, der Obhut eines jungen Arztes übergeben. Victor wird ihm zu Ruhm verhelfen, aber trotz all seiner Bemühungen wird der Arzt scheitern ...

'How can you talk about being civil when innocent animals are being tortured to death? Civil? I'll be civil when the killing's done ' The island of Anacapa, off the coast of California, is overrun with black rats which are threatening the ancient population of ground-nesting birds...

Sten Stenson, Vietnam veteran and retired school principal, and his wife, Carolee, are on a cruise in Costa Rica when their coach excursion is hijacked. Sten's military training overtakes him and within moments one of the attackers lies dead. The rest flee and Sten finds himself hailed a hero by the tour group and everyone back home. Meanwhile, in the redwood forests north of San Francisco, Sara - a farrier who refuses to recognize the authority of the government - is arrested after failing to cooperate with police at a routine stop. A chance meeting with twenty-five-year-old Adam, Sten and Carolee's unstable son, sparks a strange but passionate relationship fuelled by a mutual hatred of the law. Adam, an angry and misunderstood outsider, perennially dressed in camouflage and with his head shaved to the bone, has an unhealthy obsession with nineteenth-century mountain man John Colter. As Adam's views and behaviour become steadily more extreme, he descends into a spiral of fanatical violence that is impossible for his family or Sara to halt. The latest novel by internationally bestselling author T. C. Boyle, The Harder They Come is as timely as it is provocative. A deep and disturbing meditation on the roots of American gun violence, it explores the fine line between heroism and savagery, and just how far a parent can be held accountable for the actions of his child.

A man falls from a roof whilst spying on his on his beautiful widowed neighbour. A newly married couple seeking enlightenment take a three year vow silence and move to a yurt in Arizona desert. A handsome young man works in real-estate by day, but has a far more sinister profession by night. Giant men are kept in cages to ensure their nightly service to their country. A man develops an unhealthy interest in his recently deceased reclusive rock-star neighbour. And on Christmas day at the San Francisco Zoo a terrible and tragic event occurs.These stories explore the mundane, the devastating, the figurative and the implausible in an enthralling collection.