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Trotter, Harding, Anderton and Chase are a quartet of young friends at a Birmingham school, and the narrative of the Rotters' club is about to take them on an unforgettable ride through the surreal landscape of the 1970s.

Los Angeles, Sommer 1976: Durch einen verrückten Zufall lernt die junge Athenerin Calista einen witzigen Herrn mit österreichischem Akzent kennen, ohne zu ahnen, dass es sich um das Kino-Genie Billy Wilder handelt, Schöpfer unsterblicher Filme wie »Manche mögen's heiß«. Die Begegnung wird ihr Leben verändern. Als Dolmetscherin begleitet sie den Regisseur und seine glamouröse Filmcrew auf die verschlafene griechische Insel Madouri, wo er seinen...

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THE NEW STATE OF THE NATION MYSTERY FROM THE AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR, AVAILABLE TO PRE-ORDER NOWWhen Eleonore (Leo) Reeves moves back home with her parents after graduation, she's frustrated by the narrow horizons of English country life. But when Richard, an old family friend, comes to stay for the weekend, she's refreshed by his political outlook, and intrigued by the spark of attraction she detects between him and her mother. Richard tells Leo...

Ab wann lief alles schief? Benjamin Trotter zieht in eine romantische Wassermühle in die Grafschaft Shropshire, ins Herz des ländlichen England, um seinen Roman, an dem er schon dreißig Jahre arbeitet, zu beenden. Seine Nichte Sophie fühlt sich im multikulturellen London zu Hause, lebt aber nach der Heirat mit ihrem Mann in der Provinz und spürt ein zunehmendes Unbehagen, ist auch er so fremdenfeindlich wie seine Mutter? Doug, Journalist un...

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Ein großes Familienepos, das Erinnerungen weckt und uns lachen lässt - humorvoll, melancholisch und berührend. Die Krönung Elizabeths II., Wembley 1966, der "Schokoladenkrieg" zwischen England und der EU, James Bond und Prinzessin Diana, Brexit und Pandemie - das sind einige der Fixpunkte im langen Leben der Mary Lamb und ihrer weitverzweigten Familie. Mary ist Herz und Zentrum dieses Romans, als Tochter, Mutter und Großmutter. Das Beispiel v...

A NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS' CHOICE"Outstanding."--Alex Harvey, Los Angeles Review of Books"Captivating...A delight."--Malcolm Forbes, Washington Examiner"A really warm and wonderful and fun and happy book."--NPR's All Sides with Ann Fischer"Beautifully written and filled with compassion, humor and an abundance of knowledge about old Hollywood, Mr. Wilder and Me sheds light on lives that aren't perfect but still well lived."--BookpageA naive youn...

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A heartbreaking novel of family secrets from one of the masters of modern fiction, The Rain Before it Falls is part of our Penguin Essentials series which spotlights the very best of our modern classicsDeeply moving and compelling, The Rain Before it Falls is the story of three generations of one family riven by tragedy. When Rosamund, a reluctant bearer of family secrets, dies suddenly, a mystery is left for her niece Gill to unravel. Some ph...

From the bestselling, award-winning author of Middle England comes a profoundly moving, brutally funny and brilliantly true portrait of Britain told through four generations of one familyIn Bournville, a placid suburb of Birmingham, sits a famous chocolate factory. For eleven-year-old Mary and her family in 1945, it's the centre of the world. The reason their streets smell faintly of chocolate, the place where most of their friends and neighbo...

In the summer of 1977, a young woman named Calista finds work on famed Hollywood director Billy Wilder's film set. The filming takes them to Munich, where Wilder grapples with his family history. This tender and intimate novel examines the nature of time and fame, of family, and of the treacherous lure of nostalgia.

From the bestselling author of Middle England and Mr Wilder and Me comes a brilliant new state of the nation novelIn the Birmingham suburb of Bournville, a family celebrate VE Day in 1945. With the joy of such an occasion there also come larger national questions about the nature of the horrific war the country has just been through. Following this family through generations as they navigate seventy-five years of drastic social change, from wa...

From the bestselling author of Middle England comes a novel that tells the story of post-war Britain through four generations of one familyIn the Birmingham suburb of Bournville, site of a famous chocolate factory, a family celebrates VE Day in 1945. As the country struggles to understand the war it has just endured, six more national celebrations follow: coronations and football matches, fairy-tale weddings and royal funerals. As we travel th...

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In seinem neuen Roman zeichnet Bestseller-Autor Jonathan Coe ein faszinierendes Porträt der Hollywood-Legende Billy Wilder. Los Angeles, Sommer 1976: Durch einen verrückten Zufall lernt die junge Athenerin Calista einen witzigen Herrn mit österreichischem Akzent kennen, ohne zu ahnen, dass es das Kino-Genie Billy Wilder ist, Schöpfer von unsterblichen Filmen wie Manche mögen's heiß. Die Begegnung wird ihr Leben verändern. Als Dolmetscherin beg...

**The dazzling new novel from the prize-winning, bestselling author of Middle England** In the heady summer of 1977, a naïve young woman called Calista sets out from Athens to venture into the wider world. On a Greek island that has been turned into a film set, she finds herself working for the famed Hollywood director Billy Wilder, about whom she knows almost nothing. But the time she spends in this glamorous, unfamiliar new life will change ...

**The dazzling new novel from the prize-winning, bestselling author of Middle England** In the heady summer of 1977, a naïve young woman called Calista sets out from Athens to venture into the wider world. On a Greek island that has been turned into a film set, she finds herself working for the famed Hollywood director Billy Wilder, about whom she knows almost nothing. But the time she spends in this glamorous, unfamiliar new life will change ...

**The dazzling new novel from the prize-winning, bestselling author of Middle England** A young woman named Calista meets the famed Hollywood director Billy Wilder in the sweltering summer of 1976. She knows nothing about him or his work, but this chance encounter will change her life for good.But while Calista is thrilled with her new adventure, Wilder himself - struggling to raise the money for his next feature film - is living with the real...

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