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In this novel two very different men cross each other's paths in St. Louis, Missouri. Ben Hudnut is an upper-middle-class entrepreneur determined to bring an affordable cashew to American consumers. When he isn't pursuing this goal, he's usually in the company of his wife and four daughters-occasionally joined for family dinner by his dull but devoted secretary. Jeremy Cook, meanwhile, is a cynical unemployed academic, a linguist who doesn't know...
222) By the Balls
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This volume includes the two underground cult-classic novels By the Balls and Five Shots and a Funeral, along with two brand-new short stories, a new introduction, and over a dozen short essays by industry luminaries. The tales follow the exploits of Ben Drake, a detective with a passion for small cigars and big fights, a love of Old Grand-Dad, and a weakness for women in trouble. North of Las Vegas in the fictional town of Testacy City, Drake sniffs...
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President Whalebone of Victriola dies unexpectedly when he gets mashed by a bus, and though Vice President Starbuck planned on being president, Whalebone names his physician, Doctor Atlaas Emerald his successor. That's when Emerald discovers his cCabinet is a bunch of buffoon and that President Zolga has absconded a piece of borderland ten meters wide running the length of their mutual border. Emeral challenges Xolga to a boxing match since War has...
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C'est souvent en riant comme deux ânes que Benigno et son ami Séraphin parlent femmes, sexe et affaires de cœur… Mais, s'ils se bidonnent parfois jusqu'à échanger bourrades et coups de poing, ces deux esseulés aux propos de machos rigolards ne sont pas précisément des joyeux drilles… En réalité, tous deux traînent leur solitude et leur mal de vivre, à la recherche désespérée de l'âme sœur.
Le lecteur suit ces deux compères...
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"Nothing is sacred to Di Filippo, as shown in this hilarious collection of parodies and other satirical writings that affectionately send up the SF genre." -Publishers Weekly (starred review)
No one has a finger on the pulse of the future quite like Paul Di Filippo, and here he sets his sights on humanity's path in the wake of social media, artificial intelligence, and virtual reality-all with tongue firmly in cheek.
In an age of poetry...
226) Heroics
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In HEROICS, Irene--like everyone in the future--struggles with boredom. Food, clothing, and all the necessities of human life have been taken care of. But, what does that leave of life itself? At eighty-two, Irene sets out on a pilgrimage across America hoping to find the answer. Along the way, she becomes transformed, both physically and by her interactions with other civilians all trying to cope with this new world. Filled with wry humor and fantastic...
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"The literary cognoscenti ('the superciliati,' she calls them) hold no terror for this ribald satirist."-New York Times
When the chairperson of the prestigious Knapper-Warburton Literary Prize dies in suspicious circumstances, Robert Amiss (the token sane member of the judging panel) wastes no time in summoning Baroness "Jack" Troutbeck to step into the chair. Speculation that a killer may be targeting the judges does not worry the baroness in the...
228) Constancy
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A short story, 7, 800 words, humor. Constance leaves home, takes on the guardianship of a friend's young daughter, and her own elderly grandmother, and a three-story apartment house. Emotional interruptions by her sometimes boyfriend in the Army have competition from the new man in her life -- the electrician she calls to service her building. When he shows up in his Civil War reenactor's Union Army uniform, Constance discovers that commitment to...
229) Vive le sport !
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Quand on apprend que les passionnés de sport ont recours à des produits dopants pour rester éveillés devant leur écran pendant le déroulement des événements sportifs et que la diffusion prolongée d'émissions sportives entraîne une baisse de la natalité considérable, le gouvernement décide de réduire à trois heures la durée de diffusion de matchs de foot. Seulement, cette décision a un effet inattendu…
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Deux ans déjà que le père Anselme, curé de Chafron, est mort de vieillesse en plein office. Même que ça a fait un sacré barouf ! Et depuis, l'évêque ne lui a jamais trouvé de successeur malgré les nombreuses demandes des paroissiens. Il faudrait un miracle !
Mais quand on est malin comme Honoré Honoré, le nouveau maire du village, le miracle, on peut essayer de le provoquer. Il suffirait pour cela de faire appel aux pouvoirs de...
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In a lost corner of London, just outside the East End, lies a faded bow-fronted shop.
No-one ever visits, but if you were to push open the creaking door and step over the piles of unwanted mail, you would find, in the dust-laden darkness, row upon row of shelves stuffed with trumpets, tubas, cornets, trombones, clarinets, drums.
Each time one of the instruments is played, it tells a story, a different story every time. This is The Marching Band...
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Cet ouvrage présente un ensemble d'histoires originales et inattendues o les sourires rivalisent avec les grimaces pour s'emparer du devant de la scène. L'approche satirique mêlant l'humour noir, le burlesque, le fantastique et l'absurde, le tout dans un style simple et direct, offre une expérience de lecture plaisante et captivante. Les personnages, étonnants et riches en profondeur psychologique, dévoilent une large gamme de sentiments et...
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The immigrant tenants of a building in Rome offer skewed accounts of a murder in this prize-winning satire by the Algerian-born Italian author.
Piazza Vittorio is home to a polyglot community of immigrants who have come to Rome from all over the world. But when a tenant is murdered in the building's elevator, the delicate balance is thrown into disarray. As each of the victim's neighbors is questioned by the police, readers are offered an all-access...
234) Men Behaving Badly
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O'Leary's new collection is a frank, unflinching follow-up to 2017's successful DICK CHENEY SHOT ME IN THE FACE. Here O'Leary does the impossible: dive into the psyches of the most destructive men– a stalker, a Klansman, public shooters- and creates narratives that neither rationalize, nor over-empathize. Refreshingly, these stories deliver both valuable insight, and perspective-enhancing humor. Employing fiercer social commentary and broader imagination,...
235) Revue & corrigés
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Deux individus au caractère excentrique et à l'esprit aventureux décident de concrétiser leur rêve en créant une revue de littérature policière. Cependant, leur enthousiasme les conduit à faire affaire avec des investisseurs peu scrupuleux. Cela les entraîne, malgré eux, dans une série d'événements imprévisibles et dangereux qui dépassent largement leurs attentes.
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Pierre Zimmer est un professionnel de la communication...
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Pummeled to Death by Hamburger," is a captivating journey into the world of Michael J. Dunston as he navigates the complex and often absurd landscape of the medical cannabis industry. He endures stereotypes, misconceptions, and tribulations, and reveals the human side of an industry that is overshadowed by preconceived notions. The book is presented as fiction, but its narrative is so compelling that it feels like an eye-opening insider's account....
237) Going Green
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In the ambiguously near future, a snap decision by a government official inadvertently sets in motion the destruction of mankind. Going Green chronicles the brief journey from infection to extinction through a series of short, interconnected stories, peppered with colorful commentary from both the skeptics and those just looking to survive.
238) Notes on a Cuff
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Darkly humorous short fiction set in the early years of the Soviet Union, by the author of The Master and Margarita.
A collection of comic, self-aware, and stylistically dazzling short stories touching on such familiar territory for many Russian authors as disease, famine, civil war, and political turmoil, Notes on a Cuff and Other Stories showcases the style that Mikhail Bulgakov would be known for during the literary and theatrical renaissance...
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A debut novelist casts a satirical eye at southern society while celebrating the power of great teachers in this award-winning comedy of manners.
As an English teacher at an elite private school in Mountain Brook, Alabama, Norman Laney is as unorthodox as he is morbidly obese. A natural wonder from the blue-collar South, Laney has barged into the exclusive world of Mountain Brook with a mission to defeat "the barbarians," introduce true civilization...
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Simone, une centenaire autrefois punk et militante pour la cause animale, cherche désespérément la célébrité pour sauver le monde. Dans une société française dominée par la robotique, elle épouse un sex-doll dans l'espoir de devenir virale sur les réseaux sociaux. Est-ce le début de la sénilité comme le craint son arrière-petit-fils, qui pirate régulièrement ses deux robots domestiques ? Malgré les défis, Simone ne renonce pas....
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