William Sutcliffe

The gap year classic, available as a Penguin Essential for the first time in the year of its 20th anniversary. A devastatingly funny satire on the whole idea of student travel,and particularly the India back-pack trail. Dave travels to India with Liz because he thinks he might be able to get her into bed. Liz travels to India with Dave because she wants a companion for her voyage of spiritual discovery. She loves it. He dreams of frosty mornings, pints of lager and restaurants where vegetable curry is only a side-dish . . .

In William Sutcliffe's new novel, the hapless gap-yearers of ARE YOU EXPERIENCED? have given way to three men in their early thirties who are not (in the eyes of their alienated mothers) properly settled. Matt works for lads mag BALLS! and is a serial dater of girls half his age. Paul is an experienced hand at lying and evasion to keep his life choices a secret from his mother. Daniel spends his Saturday nights alone in his flat reading novels, pining for ex-girlfriend and love of his life Erin. The mothers decide to launch a co-ordinated attack: they will arrive, without warning, to stay with their sons for one week with the intention of man-handling them back onto the right path. Wonderfully funny, with some characteristically hilarious set pieces, William has once again shone a brilliantly incisive spotlight on his generation.

Tierna, irónica, mordaz y muy de nuestro tiempo. Un grupo de amigos en la treintena padecen las cuestiones claves de nuestra sociedad moderna. Las confusiones respecto a la pareja, el amor contrariado, la depresion y las neuras de gentes muy cercanas al lector, magnificamente recreadas en estos divertidos personajes.

Hay que conocer mundo. Esta es la enfermedad que ataca con tremenda virulencia a los amigos de Dave durante todo el año previo a suentrada en la universidad. Las cumbres del Himalaya, Indonesia, Oceanía: cuanto más lejos y más exótico, mejor. Y luego se puede poner en el currículum.. Ahora Dave y Liz, la novia de su mejor amigo, emprenden viaje a la India. Ella espera encontrar iluminación interior; él desea encontrarla a ella en su cama. Apenas pone el pie en Delhi, a Dave le asalta la sospecha de que las cosas no se van a desarrollar segúnlo previsto. Pero todo sea porque al volver a casa, y entrar en la universidad, pueda decir: «Sí, yo he viajado».. Una novela hilarante, agridulce, fresca, con unos diálogos muy ingeniosos y unos personajes sabiamente perfilados.

Un divertidísimo best seller en Reino Unido, que satiriza las novelas de viajes espirituales y descubrimientos metafísicos. Para Dave, que se ha ido a la India sólo por concretar sus aspiraciones con su amiga Liz, ni el yoga, ni la meditación, ni la paz interior son términos que le interesen. Su viaje no hace más que sobreexcitar sus manías de occidental.

Dave travels to India with Liz hoping to get her into bed. Liz travels with Dave wanting a companion for her voyage of self-discovery. This novel is a satire about backpackers.

NEW BOY is a dark modern comedy about the hormonal angst of a Jewish lad growing up in north-west London's bagel belt.

A gripping and powerfully relevant thriller set in a reimagined London where constant surveillance is the norm, We See Everything simmers with tension and emotion. From internationally bestselling author William Sutcliffe, this is perfect for fans of Patrick Ness and Malorie Blackman. Lex lives on The Strip - the overcrowded, closed-off, bombed-out shell of London. He's used to the watchful enemy drones that buzz in the air above him. Alan's talent as a gamer has landed him the job of his dreams. At a military base in a secret location, he is about to start work as a drone pilot. These two young men will never meet, but their lives are destined to collide. Because Alan has just been assigned a high-profile target. Alan knows him only as #K622. But Lex calls him Dad.

A fresh, funny, heartfelt look at this generation's must-win battle: one earth, one chance.It's the summer holidays, and thirteen-year-old Luke's life has been turned upside down. First his older sister Rose moved 'across the road', where a community of climate rebels is protesting the planned airport expansion. Then his dad followed her.Dad only went to get Rose back, but now he's out there building totem poles, wearing sandals and drinking mead (whatever that is) with the best of them.Can Luke save his family when alltheywant to do is save the planet?

First published as Whatever Makes You Happy, the hilarious and moving novel about mothers and their adult sons will soon be a Netflix original movie starring Felicity Huffman, Angela Bassett and Patricia ArquetteThree sons. Three mums. One week.Matt, Daniel and Paul were childhood friends. Now in their thirties, they've lost touch and have only one thing in common: their mothers. Little do they know that, having spent a cardless Mother's Day discussing how their emotionally dysfunctional offspring should be settling down, Carol, Gillian and Helen have decided to pay their wayward sons a visit. On the same day, they turn up on their sons' doorsteps, uninvited and unannounced. Their plan is to reestablish the mother-son bond by moving in for one week. Just a week. Surely that's not a lot to ask...

SUNDAY TIMES CHILDREN'S BOOK OF THE YEAR 2019Laugh-out-loud funny and instantly recognisable - not since The Inbetweeners has a coming of age story been so irreverent and relatable.Fifteen-year-old Sam is not a famous vlogger, he's never gone viral, and he doesn't want to be the Next Big Thing. In fact he's ordinary and proud of it.None of which was a problem until Dad got rich and Mum made the whole family move to London. Now Sam's off to the North London Academy for the Gifted and Talented, where everyone's busy planning Hollywood domination or starting alt-metal psychedelica crossover bands. Sam knows he'll never belong, even if he wanted to. And that's before he ends up on stage wearing nothing but a fur onesie ...A brilliantly funny look at fitting in, falling out and staying true to your own averageness.'Dangerously funny ... To the parent, every line rings true - this is a writer with real live teenagers and he is especially good on the ups and downs of sibling relations and young love. Sutcliffe is gifted and talented. I hope the prizes flood in. I'll be giving this to every teenager I know' - Alex O'Connell, The Times'The Gifted, the Talented and Me made me cry with laughter. A comic novel like this is a gift to the nation' - Amanda Craig

Una faula moderna que et captiva des de la primera pàginaEn Joshua te tretze anys. Viu amb la seva mare i el seu padrastre a Amaria, un poble allat al cim d'un turó, on totes les cases són noves. A l

Un viaje a otro mundo, a un lugar peligroso de donde quizá no se puede volver. Una historia inteligente y sobrecogedora sobre la lealtad, la identidad y la justicia.Joshua tiene trece años. Vive en Amarias, una pequeña ciudad prospera en lo alto de una colina, donde todas las casas son completamente nuevas. Una ciudad rodeada por un gran muro protegido por soldados. A Joshua le han enseñado que el muro es lo unico que los separa de los brutales asesinos que viven al otro lado, lo unico que les mantiene a salvo.Un dia, buscando una pelota de futbol que ha perdido, descubre un tunel que le lleva al otro lado. Joshua sabe que nunca tendra otra oportunidad para descubrir lo que alli hay, sospecha que no le han contado la verdad. Si sigue adelante, todo lo que sabe sobre el mundo se hara añicos, pero no puede dar marcha atras...Reseña:Una novela para todas las edades, llena de corazon, esperanza y humanidad. Un libro increible.Finantial TimesSutcliff es simplemente el mejor describiendo el paisaje de la Franja de Gaza a traves de los ojos de un curioso heroe.The New York TimesTe lleva a ver el mundo como cuando tenias 10 años... Un libro muy potente e inteligente.The Guardian