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For the first time in English, Osamu Dazais hilariously comic and deeply moving prequel to No Longer HumanThe Flowers of Buffoonery opens in a seaside sanitarium where Yozo Obathe narrator of No Longer Human at a younger ageis being kept after a failed suicide attempt. While he is convalescing, his friends and family visit him, and other patients and nurses drift in and out of his room. Against this dispiriting backdrop, everyone tries to maintain a lighthearted, even clownish atmosphere: playing cards, smoking cigarettes, vying for attention, cracking jokes, and trying to make each other laugh.While No Longer Human delves into the darkest corners of human consciousness, The Flowers of Buffoonery pokes fun at these same emotions: the follies and hardships of youth, of love, and of self-hatred and depression. A glimpse into the lives of a group of outsiders in prewar Japan, The Flowers of Buffoonery is a darkly humorous and fresh addition to Osamu Dazais masterful and intoxicating oeuvre.

Koredes sister Ayoola is many things: the favorite child, the beautiful one, possibly sociopathic. And now Ayoolas third boyfriend in a row is dead, stabbed through the heart with Ayoolas knife.Koredes practicality is the sisters saving grace. She knows the best solutions for cleaning blood (bleach, bleach, and more bleach), the best way to move a body (wrap it in sheets like a mummy), and she keeps Ayoola from posting pictures to Instagram when she should be mourning her missing boyfriend. Not that she gets any credit.

THE SENSATIONAL NEW PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER FROM RILEY SAGER, THE ONLY ONE LEFT, IS AVAILABLE TO PRE-ORDER NOW! COMING JULY 2023Something is lurking beneath the water's surface...Recently widowed actress Casey Fletcher has escaped to her family's lake house for peace and quiet. She's been happily losing herself in her thoughts and several bottles of bourbon, until the glamorous couple across the lake catch her attention. They look so perfect - just like Casey and her husband used to be.But is anyone what they seem?Casey has a detective sat at her kitchen table.She has a man bound and gagged upstairs.Casey will uncover dark truths so life-changing that nothing will ever be the same again.

Au grand jeu du destin, Mimo a tiré les mauvaises cartes. Né pauvre, il est confié en apprentissage à un sculpteur de pierre sans envergure. Mais il a du génie entre les mains. Toutes les fées ou pre

The brand new instalment in the highly acclaimed international bestselling series, featuring Cormoran Strike and Robin Ellacott, written by Robert Galbraith, a pseudonym of J.K. Rowling.Private Detective Cormoran Strike is contacted by a worried father whose son, Will, has gone to join a religious cult in the depths of the Norfolk countryside.The Universal Humanitarian Church is, on the surface, a peaceable organisation that campaigns for a better world. Yet Strike discovers that beneath the surface there are deeply sinister undertones, and unexplained deaths.In order to try to rescue Will, Strike''''s business partner Robin Ellacott decides to infiltrate the cult and she travels to Norfolk to live incognito amongst them. But in doing so, she is unprepared for the dangers that await her there or for the toll it will take on her . . .Utterly page-turning, The Running Grave moves Strike and Robin''''s story forward in the epic, unforgettable seventh instalment of the series.

In her spare, stark style, Annie Ernaux documents the desires and indignities of a human heart ensnared in an all-consuming passion. Blurring the line between fact and fiction, she attempts to plot the emotional and physical course of her two-year relationship with a married man where every word, event, and person either provides a connection with her beloved or is subject to her cold indifference. With courage and exactitude, Ernaux seeks the truth behind an existence lived, for a time, entirely for someone else.

Hilarious and wise Another knockout Taylor Jenkins Reid One of my favourite authors Colleen Hoover A must read book of the year Lauren Asher Two exes One pact Could this holiday change everything Harriet and Wyn are the perfect couple they go together like bread and butter gin and tonic Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds Every year they take a holiday from their lives to drink far too much wine with their favourite people in the world Except this year they are lying through their teeth because Harriet and Wyn broke up six months ago And they still haven t told anyone But the cottage is for sale so this is the last time they ll all be here together They can t bear to break their best friends hearts so they ll fake it for one more week But how can you pretend to be in love and get away with it in front of the people who know you best Brimming with characters you can t help but fall for and off the charts chemistry HAPPY PLACE is Emily Henry doing what she does best Another Emily Henry masterpiece Hannah Grace ICEBREAKER Heartfelt and hilarious This book is my happy place Lucy Score THINGS WE NEVER GOT OVER Smart sunny sexy and also a gorgeous story of female friendship Beth O Leary THE FLATSHARE The master of witty repartee Dail

A brilliant modern translation by Christine Donougher of Victor Hugo's thrilling masterpiece, with an introduction by Robert Tombs.This is the best translation of the novel available in English, as recommended by David Bellos in The Novel of the Century.Victor Hugo's tale of injustice, heroism and love follows the fortunes of Jean Valjean, an escaped convict determined to put his criminal past behind him. But his attempts to become a respected member of the community are constantly put under threat: by his own conscience, and by the relentless investigations of the dogged policeman Javert. It is not simply for himself that Valjean must stay free, however, for he has sworn to protect the baby daughter of Fantine, driven to prostitution by poverty.

THE LANCASTER PREP SERIES IS BACK THIS TIME FOLLOWING A NEW GENERATION OF STUDENTS IN THIS STEAMY SWOONY CAMPUS ROMANCEThis steamy sizzling and beautifully romantic new adult romance will be perfect for readers who love spicy scenesWillow is navigating her school year in the shadow of her infamous parents Could she find love with the mysterious boy in her class Will history repeat itself Everyone loves Willow Lancaster and every girl wants to be her After studying in Europe she returns to Lancaster Prep eager to kick off being a senior back with her friends and maybe even start something up with her old crush But everything has changed Her supposed best friend is dating her crush and everyone is obsessed with the new guy Rhett Bennett is gorgeous Lethally charming Absolutely full of himself And he s all she can think about Then Rhett begins to feel the same way about her And now she s desperate to throw away her good girl reputation just for him Tropes themes 1 Opposites attract 2 Best friend s old lover 3 Smutty reads4 Slow burn romance Readers love the Lancaster Prep series Being in the lancaster prep universe is one of the best feelings and Monica does it every single time Reader Review I LOVE Monica Murphy s books

'How many loves do you get in a lifetime?'She is a beautiful, affluent, self-involved and mildly neurotic London socialite. He is Britain's most photographed bad-boy who broke her heart.Magnolia Parks and BJ Ballentine are meant to be, and everyone knows it.She dates other people to keep him at bay; he sleeps with other girls to get back at her for it. But at the end of their every sad endeavour to get over one another, it's still each other they crawl back to.But now their dysfunction is catching up with them, pulling at their seams and fraying the world they've built; a world where neither has ever let the other go completely.As the cracks start to show and secrets begin to surface, Magnolia and BJ are finally forced to face the formidable question they've been avoiding all their lives: How many loves do you really get in a lifetime?

One night in the reform club, Phileas Fogg bets his companions that he can travel across the globe in just eighty days. Breaking the well-established routine of his daily life, he immediately sets off for Dover with his astonished valet Passepartout. Passing through exotic lands and dangerous locations, they seize whatever transportation is at hand whether train or elephant overcoming set-backs and always racing against the clock. Part of a new batch of Boys Own Books.

Oito contos sinceros e intensos coa infancia como protagonista.

'Bushnell's beat is that demi-monde of nightclubs, bars, restaurants and parties where the rich come into contact with the infamous, the famous with the wannabes and the publicity-hungry with the gossip-peddlers' EVENING STANDARD Wildly funny, unexpectedly poignant, wickedly observant, SEX AND THE CITY blazes a glorious, drunken cocktail trail through New York, as Candace Bushnell, columnist and social critic par excellence, trips on her Manolo Blahnik kitten heels from the Baby Doll Lounge to the Bowery Bar. An Armistead Maupin for the real world, she has the gift of assembling a huge and irresistible cast of freaks and wonders, while remaining faithful to her hard core of friends and fans: those glamorous, rebellious, crazy single women, too close to forty, who are trying hard not to turn from the Audrey Hepburn of BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S into the Glen Close of FATAL ATTRACTION, and are - still - looking for love.

Elena Ferrante, la misteriosa scrittrice di Lamica geniale, primo volume della quadrilogia bestseller che ha incantato tutto il mondo e da cui e stata tratta una serie tv di grande successo, ritorna con un nuovo libro che sara disponibile in libreria a partire dal 7 novembre. Di questo nuovo libro non si sa molto, dalle poche righe dellincipit rivelate da Edizioni E/O si puo soltanto dedurre che parlera di una figlia abbandonata dal padre e che la storia, con molta probabilita, sara nuovamente ambientata a Napoli: Due anni prima di andarsene di casa mio padre disse a mia madre che ero molto brutta. La frase fu pronunciata sottovoce, nellappartamento che, appena sposati, i miei genitori avevano acquistato al Rione Alto, in cima a San Giacomo dei Capri. Tutto - gli spazi di Napoli, la luce blu di un febbraio gelido, quelle parole - e rimasto fermo. Io invece sono scivolata via e continuo a scivolare anche adesso, dentro queste righe che vogliono darmi una storia mentre in effetti non sono niente, niente di mio, niente che sia davvero cominciato o sia davvero arrivato a compimento: solo un garbuglio che nessuno, nemmeno chi in questo momento sta scrivendo, sa se contiene il filo giusto di un racconto o e soltanto un dolore arruffato, senza redenzione.

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Sandro Veronesi, lautore di Caos Calmo e di Terre rare, ritorna in libreria con Il colibri.Marco Carrera, il protagonista di questo romanzo, e il colibri. Proprio come il piccolo uccello, che apparentemente sembra rimanere immobile nellaria grazie ad un battito alare rapidissimo, Marco riesce, grazie ai suoi movimenti frenetici, a rimanere saldo, a non precipitare nella sua vita fatta di perdite e dolore, dove il passato sembra volerlo trascinare sempre piu a fondo. Ma non solo, Marco, grazie al movimento perpetuo, dal precipizio riesce addirittura a risalire, compiendo incredibili acrobazie esistenziali. Intorno a lui viene costruita una rete di personaggi che si muovono in una storia che va dai primi anni 70 fino ad un futuro prossimo al nostro in cui, grazie alle prodezze del colibri, lUomo Nuovo potra finalmente splendere. Il colibri e un romanzo sul dolore e sulla forza ancestrale della vita, dove il protagonista e destinato a diventare un compagno di viaggio nella vita del lettore.

Una màquina d’espavilar ocells de nit és ja un clàssic de la literatura catalana. Novel·la, assaig, biografia i ficció es barregen en la història d’un jove estudiant de música que entra a formar part

Summer. Massachusetts.An old Silver Wraith with a frightening history. A story about one serial killer and his lingering, unfinished business.Anyone could be next.We're going to Christmasland ...NOS4R2 is an old-fashioned horror novel in the best sense. Claustrophobic, gripping and terrifying, this is a story that will have you on the edge of the seat while you read, and leaving the lights on while you sleep. With the horrific tale of Charles Manx and his Silver Wraith, Joe Hill has established himself as the premiere horror and supernatural thriller writer of his generation.

Sono passati parecchi anni da quell'estate in Riviera: Elio, in piena confusione adolescenziale, aveva scoperto la forza travolgente del primo amore grazie a Oliver, lo studente americano ospite del padre nella casa di famiglia. Erano stati giorni unici, in grado di segnare le loro vite con la forza di un desiderio incancellabile, nonostante ciascuno abbia poi proseguito per una strada diversa. Questo romanzo di Andre Aciman si apre con l'incontro casuale su un treno tra un professore di mezza eta e una giovane donna: lui e Samuel, il padre di Elio, sta andando a Roma per tenere una conferenza ed e ansioso di cogliere l'occasione per rivedere suo figlio, pianista affermato ma molto inquieto nelle questioni sentimentali; lei e una fotografa, carattere ribelle e refrattaria alle relazioni stabili, e in quell'uomo piu maturo scopre la persona che avrebbe voluto conoscere da sempre. Tra i due nasce un'attrazione fortissima, che li portera a mettere in discussione tutte le loro certezze. Anche per Elio il destino ha in serbo un incontro inaspettato a Parigi, che potrebbe assumere i contorni di un legame importante. Ma nulla puo far sbiadire in lui il ricordo di Oliver, che vive a New York una vita apparentemente serena, e sposato e ha due figli adolescenti, eppure... Una parola, solo una parola, potrebbe bastare a riaprire una porta che in fondo non si e mai chiusa.