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Master of Ceremonies" is the dizzying, tender, and true story of a fledgling actor whose first break results in a two-year stint as the emcee at Chippendales, in this work that is resplendent with seedy glamour, hilarious backstage madness, and unflinching honesty.

Fans of the work of Donald Barthelme, Kurt Vonnegut, George Saunders, and T. Coraghessan Boyle will revel in Alasdair Gray's masterful, witty collection. Gray's stories defy genre, and his angular, playful style, prodigious wit, and razor-sharp intellect are matched by his remarkable skill with the short-story form. In "Job's Skin Game, " the narrator humbly tells his life story like the evenings news. During a moment of awkward revelation, he...

The 30-year-old black sheep of the staid Barcelona finance titans of Miralles and Miralles is yanked into family business matters when the president of the family business, his older, accomplished brother, disappears. Thus begins an easy-riding, reluctant-detective story.

The Scottish poet and lyricist Robert Burns has been idolized and eulogized. He has been sainted, painted, sculpted, tormented, and toasted. Best known for his poem "Auld Lang Syne, " Burns is regarded as the patron saint of the heartsore and the hungover. But beneath his cult following and the patriotic yawps, there is the writing itself, which is among the purest of any age. In "A Night Out with Robert Burns "novelist and Scottish essayist A...

Drawing on exclusive interviews with "the best actor of his generation" and his family, friends, and colleagues, Kelly creates a richly detailed and multifaceted portrait of an uncompromising American artist. Includes more than 75 black-and-white photographs.

First published in Italy in 2010 as Io e te, Giulio Einaudi editore, Torino.

In this remarkable piece of fiction, famously atheistic author Pullman challenges the events of the Gospels and puts forward his own compelling and plausible version of the life of Jesus.

The stunning memoir of Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award winner Gil Scott-Heron, "The Last Holiday" has been praised for bringing back to life one of the most important voices of the last fifty years. Now in paperback, "The Last Holiday" provides a remarkable glimpse into Scott-Heron's life and times, from his humble beginnings to becoming one of the most influential artists of his generation. The memoir climaxes with a historic concert tour i...

After an argument with her artistically elitist boyfriend, a young Parisian woman and her best friend hop into her white Fiat Uno and take off on a wild road trip.

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A major anthology of Amnesty International's celebrated comedy shows, to mark the human rights charity's 50th anniversary. Includes contributions from the shows' many stars such as John Cleese, Alan Bennett, Rowan Atkinson, Fry & Laurie, French & Saunders, Eddie Izzard, Russell Brand, Frank Skinner, Dylan Moran, Alan Carr and many others. Ties in with a DVD release of the 2012 show and a Channel 4 behind-the-scenes documentary. All royalties w...

Exploring the great plots from Plato to The Matrix and from Tolstoy to Toy Story, this is a book for anyone who wants to unlock any narrative and learn to create their own. It will show you how to read and write better.

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It is 1943, and the Second World War is ravaging Europe. Mussolini decides to pull out of his alliance with the Nazis, and withdraws the Italian troops occupying Albania. Soon after, Nazi forces invade Albania from occupied Greece. The first settlement in their path is the ancient stone city of Gjirokastër, an Albanian stronghold since the fourteenth century. The townsfolk have no choice but to surrender to the Nazis, but are confused when the...

When Ramble's husband calls her an "autistic vampire" and abruptly ends their marriage over lunch, she isn't quite sure what to do. She has no rent money, a looming deadline for work, and new neighbors who seem to have involved her in petty crime. Faced with the dissolution of a life she hadn't really wanted, Ramble takes stock of what she has left. In Rebecca Gowers's sharp debut, Ramble begins to reconsider everything her screwy family and u...

Rhodes' profound humor addresses sex, love, dating, and the confoundingly beautiful, inscrutable girlfriend.

In 1958, Kadare was selected to pursue his writing and literary studies as a graduate student in Moscow at the prestigious Gorky Institute for World Literature. Twilight of the Eastern Gods is Kadare's fictionalized recreation of his time spent at this "factory of the intellect, " a place created to produce a new generation of poets, novelists, and playwrights, all adhering to the state-sanctioned "socialist realist” aesthetic. During his tim...

The original, benchmark compendium of facts weirder than fiction, intriguing information, and must-talk-about trivia that has sold over eight million copies worldwide and spawned many imitators. For nearly three decades David Wallechinsky and Amy Wallace have been researching curious facts and unusual statistics and the incredible stories behind them. Now the most entertaining and informative of these have been brought together in a long-await...

Funny, tender, quirky, vulnerable, and exquisitely readable, Don't Tell Me the Truth About Love -- in seven virtuoso stories -- explores contemporary relationships with wicked finesse and humor -- perfect for your left-of-center Valentine. Rhodes -- one of Granta's Twenty Best Young British Novelists -- writes some of the world's most idiosyncratically charming, achingly honest stories. In the territory of love, relationships, and sex he has a...