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A fantastic new collection of short stories from one of America's greatest writers

The dazzling new novel from one of America's most significant contemporary writers. The Big Guy loves his family, money and democracy. Undone by the results of the 2008 Presidential election, he taps a group of like-minded men to reclaim their version of America. A dark, funny and prescient exploration of how we arrived in today's divided world.

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The Safety of Objects, A.M. Homes' first collection of short stories, displays the flair for the hilarious, the perverse and the extraordinary that characterizes all of her books.

THE END OF ALICE treads the wafer-thin line between the evil and the everyday, following the correspondence of two paedophiles. One, the narrator, is a child-killer, serving his twenty-third year in prison. The other, his seemingly sweet admirer, is a nineteen-year-old woman, intent on seducing a young neighbourhood boy. Teetering on the knife's edge between the American Dream and the American Nightmare, THE END OF ALICE unpicks the darkness o...

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FROM THE WINNER OF THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION.A.M Homes returns with signature humour and psychological accuracy, to tell thirteen stories exposing the heart of an uneasy 21st-century America. In tales of a family obsessed with the surfaces of their lives, or the story of a shopper who suddenly finds himself nominated to run for President, she explores our attachments to each other through characters who aren't quite who they hoped to becom...

A.M Homes returns with signature humour and psychological accuracy, to tell thirteen stories exposing the heart of an uneasy 21st-century America. In tales of a family obsessed with the surfaces of their lives, or the story of a shopper who suddenly finds himself nominated to run for President, she explores our attachments to each other through characters who aren't quite who they hoped to become, though there is no one else they can be. Her f...

Harold Silver, mite professore di storia innamorato di Richard Nixon, ha speso una vita intera a guardare il fratello più giovane George, più alto, più di successo, farsi una bella moglie, due bambini e una casa importante, ma una serie di eventi inaspettati che culminano in un episodio di efferata violenza famigliare stravolge la vita di entrambi i fratelli. A.M. Homes continua a sezionare storie di ordinaria follia della "placida" America bo...

With dark humor and sharp dialogue, Homes plumbs the depths of everyday American anxieties." -TimeA razor-sharp story collection from a writer who is always "furiously good" (Zadie Smith, bestselling author of Swing Time).With her signature humor and compassion, A.M. Homes exposes the heart of an uneasy America in her new collection - exploring our attachments to each other through characters who aren't quite who they hoped to become, though t...

A funny, tender look at the ways your parents can disrupt your life and the pains of adolescence

From the author of the best-selling This Book Will Save Your Life, an intense, thrilling portrait of the patient-analyst relationship gone awry

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Strange, smart and sexy short stories from one of America's most brilliant contemporary writers.

In a tale that unfolds over the course of one week, the author of "The Safety of Objects" lays bare the foundations of marriage and family life at the end of the 20th century--an American Dream gone dry.

Richard Novack, ricco cinquantacinquenne americano, gestisce il suo patrimonio dal computer di casa. Le uniche persone di cui ha bisogno sono il personal trainer, la nutrizionista e la governante. Almeno fino a quel momento, perché questa mattina è diversa dalle altre... In questo libro c'è tutta l'America conosciuta da tutti: l'America salutista che si affida ai santoni di nuove religioni, la Los Angeles cinematografica, ma anche quella che c...

In this stunningly original collection, A. M. Homes writes with terrifying compassion about the things that matter most. Homes's distinctive narrative illuminates our dreams and desires, our memories and losses, and demonstrates how extraordinary the ordinary can be. With uncanny emotional accuracy, wit, and empathy, Homes takes us places we recognize but would rather not go alone.